tog
Translingual
English
Etymology 1
Shortened from earlier togman (“cloak, loose coat”), from Middle English tog, toge, togue, from Old French togue, from Latin toga (“cloak, mantle”) (compare the doublets toga and toge). It started being used by thieves and vagabonds with the noun togman, which was an old slang word for "cloak". By the 1700s the noun "tog" was used as a short form for "togman", and it was being used for "coat", and before 1800 the word started to mean "clothing". The verb "tog" came out after a short period of time and became a popular word which meant to dress up. The unit of thermal resistance was coined in the 1940s after the clo, a unit of thermal insulation of clothing, which was itself derived from clothes.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɒɡ/
- (US) IPA(key): /tɔɡ/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /tɑɡ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒɡ
Noun
tog (plural togs)
- A cloak.
- (slang, archaic) A coat.
- c. 1864, Alfred Peck Stevens, “The Chickaleary Cove”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, published 1896, page 161:
- I have a rorty gal, also a knowing pal, / And merrily together we jog on, / I doesn't care a flatch, as long as I've a tach, / Some pannum for my chest, and a tog on.
- A unit of thermal resistance, being ten times the temperature difference (in °C) between the two surfaces of a material when the flow of heat is equal to one watt per square metre
Derived terms
Verb
tog (third-person singular simple present togs, present participle togging, simple past and past participle togged)
- (transitive) To dress (often with up or out).
- 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
- “ […] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. […] ”
Adverb
tog (not comparable)
Etymology 3
Clipping of tautog
Verb
tog (third-person singular simple present togs, present participle togging, simple past and past participle togged)
- (transitive) To fish for tautog.
Etymology 4
Clipping of photographer
Noun
tog (plural togs)
- (informal) A photographer, especially a professional one.
- 2006 July 9, “Lapel mic question”, in DV Info Net, archived from the original on 12 April 2024:
- Funny you should ask, I had a "scene" with a photographer, at yesterdays' Wedding, over the Groom's lapel Mic, the Groom was ok with it, but the tog, said it would spoil his photos, the Groom had a light jacket on, so it was visible, but, what else can you do?
- 2016 April 15, “Another Wedding Another Photog screwing things up”, in Whirlpool forums, archived from the original on 4 November 2016:
- If the tog said he'd deliver A grade shots but actually delivered D grade – tog is at fault
- 2022 December 9, “Whats your favourite lens?”, in reddit.com, archived from the original on 9 December 2022:
- Been a tog for a few years now, bit by bit expanding my lens library and just the other day picked up a 16-35mm f4 IS, it's pretty great.
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *tāga, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tég-os,[1] from *(s)teg- (“to cover”). Compare Latin tegō (“to cover”), Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof”), Old Irish tech (“house”), and others.
Noun
tog m (plural togje, definite togu, definite plural togjet)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 148
Danish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle Low German toge, toch, from Old Saxon *tugi, from Proto-Germanic *tugiz. Cognate with Dutch teug, German Zug, Old English tyge. The sense "train" is derived from German Zug.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔː(ˀ)ɣ/, [ˈtˢɔˀw], [ˈtˢɔw]
- Homophone: tåg
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toːˀ/, [ˈtˢoˀ]
Dutch
Faroese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰoː/
Icelandic
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰɔːɣ/
- Rhymes: -ɔːɣ
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from German Zug (sense 1), and German Low German tog, toch (sense 2).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [toːɡ]
Noun
tog n (definite singular toget, indefinite plural tog, definite plural toga or togene)
- (rail transport) a train (line of connected cars or carriages, often hauled by a locomotive)
- a procession or parade
- 17. mai-toget ― the 17th of May parade
Derived terms
References
- “tog” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German tuch (“fare, pulling”) (genitive toges). In the sense of a train, it is a semantic borrow from German Zug.
Noun
tog n (definite singular toget, indefinite plural tog, definite plural toga)
- (rail transport) a train (as above)
- a procession or parade
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From earlier and Old Norse tog, from Proto-Germanic *taugō.
Inflection
Historical inflection of tog
Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. |
References
- “tog” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtoɣ/
Old Norse
Etymology
Possibly from an older Proto-Germanic *tugą. Related to the verb toga.
Declension
Descendants
References
- “tog”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔk/
- Rhymes: -ɔk
- Syllabification: tog
- Homophone: tok
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish tócbáil, verbal noun of do·fócaib (“lifts up, raises; takes, takes up; brings; takes away, lifts off, removes; raises, sets up (of stones, buildings, etc.); exalts, uplifts, elevates, extols; rears, brings up, fosters; exacts, levies, raises (a tribute or tax); awakens, rouses, excites”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰok/
Derived terms
- dian-thograch (“ambitious”)
- tog dealbh (“photograph”) (verb)
- tog fianais (“demonstrate”)
- togarrach (“desirous, keen, wishful; inviting, enticing, alluring; stimulating”)
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “do·fócaib”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tócbáil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “tog”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *tǫgъ. Cognate with Czech tuhý.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tóːk/
Inflection
Hard | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nom. sing. | tóg | tóga | tógo |
singular | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | tóg ind tógi def |
tóga | tógo |
genitive | tógega | tóge | tógega |
dative | tógemu | tógi | tógemu |
accusative | nominativeinan or genitiveanim |
tógo | tógo |
locative | tógem | tógi | tógem |
instrumental | tógim | tógo | tógim |
dual | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | tóga | tógi | tógi |
genitive | tógih | tógih | tógih |
dative | tógima | tógima | tógima |
accusative | tóga | tógi | tógi |
locative | tógih | tógih | tógih |
instrumental | tógima | tógima | tógima |
plural | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | tógi | tóge | tóga |
genitive | tógih | tógih | tógih |
dative | tógim | tógim | tógim |
accusative | tóge | tóge | tóga |
locative | tógih | tógih | tógih |
instrumental | tógimi | tógimi | tógimi |
Further reading
- “tog”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuːɡ/