tail
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The meaning (definition) of the word tail
the part of an animal that sticks out behind
The word tail used in a sentence
“The happy dog wagged its fluffy tail.”
The plural of the word tail
tails
How the word tail is said around the world
| French | queue (ker) |
| Spanish | cola (KOH-lah) |
| Mandarin | 尾巴 (way bah) |
| Hindi | पूँछ (poonnky) |
| Arabic | ذيل (thahyl) |
| Russian | хвост (khvohst) |
| Portuguese (EU) | cauda (KOW-duh) |
| Portuguese (BR) | rabo (KHAH-buu) |
| Japanese | しっぽ (SHEEH-poh) |
| German | Schwanz (shvahnts) |
| Urdu | دم (dum) |
| Punjabi | ਪੂਛ (pooky) |
| Korean | 꼬리 (GOH-ree) |
| Hebrew | זנב |
| Greek | ουρά (oo-RAH) |
| Dutch | staart (stahrt) |
| Tagalog | buntot (BOON-toht) |
| Vietnamese | đuôi (DOO-uhy) |
| Turkish | kuyruk (kuuy-RUUK) |
| Persian | دم (dahm) |
| Polish | ogon (AW-gawn) |
| Ukrainian | хвіст (ghveest) |
| Bengali | লেজ (laygy) |
| Swedish | svans (svahns) |
| Italian | coda (KOH-dah) |
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