"dog tag" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dog tags [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dog tag (plural dog tags)
  1. A small metal disk, attached to a dog's collar, containing identification information. Translations (disk attached to a dog's collar): 狗牌 (gǒupái) (Chinese Mandarin), koiramerkki (Finnish), Hundemarke [feminine] (German), clib madra [feminine] (Irish), adresówka [feminine] (Polish), placa de identificación (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dog_tag-en-noun-fk-9n6y0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 88 12 Disambiguation of "disk attached to a dog's collar": 98 2
  2. (by extension, informal) The identification tag worn around the neck by military personnel. Tags: broadly, informal Categories (topical): Military Translations (identification tag worn around the neck by military personnel): 狗牌 (gǒupái) (Chinese Mandarin), tuntolevy (Finnish), tunnuslevy (Finnish), Erkennungsmarke [feminine] (German), clib aitheantais [feminine] (Irish), piastrina di riconoscimento [feminine] (Italian), 認識票 (ninshikihyō) (alt: にんしきひょう) (Japanese), 인식표 (insikpyo) (alt: 認識票) (Korean), nieśmiertelnik [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-dog_tag-en-noun-ROZwA-bN Disambiguation of Military: 0 100 Disambiguation of 'identification tag worn around the neck by military personnel': 5 95

Inflected forms

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