targa
See also: targă
Estonian
Adjective
targa
- genitive singular of tark
Galician
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *targǭ (“edge”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰorgʰ- (“edge, seam”): confer Old Norse targa (“small round shield”) and Old High German zarga (“edge, rim”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtaɾɣa̝/
Noun
targa f (plural targas)
- A wooden ring or a loop in a string, used for fastening it.
- Synonyms: fibela, trela
Related terms
- tarxeta
References
- “targa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtar.ɡa/
- Rhymes: -arɡa
- Hyphenation: tàr‧ga
Etymology 1
From Frankish *targa (“shield”).
Noun
targa f (plural targhe, diminutive targhétta or targhettìna; targhìno m, augmentative targóna (referring to plaques, license plates, etc.) or [[targone<pos:large Medieval shield#Italian|targone<pos:large Medieval shield]]/target, pejorative targàccia)
- plate, shingle (metal etc.)
- nameplate
- number plate/license plate
- plaque
- signboard
- target (a rounded oval or rectangle shield used in medieval times)
Verb
targa
- inflection of targare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- targa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- targa in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
Anagrams
- grata
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *targǭ. Cognate with Old Norse targa, Old High German zarga (German Zarge).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑr.ɡɑ/, [ˈtɑrˠ.ɣɑ]
Noun
targa m
- a light shield, a targe
Descendants
- English: targe
- → Middle Welsh: taryan
- Welsh: tarian
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *targǭ. Cognate with Old English targa, Old High German zarga (German Zarge).
Noun
targa f (genitive tǫrgu)
- target, small round shield
Declension
Declension of targa (weak ōn-stem)
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | targa | targan | tǫrgur | tǫrgurnar |
| accusative | tǫrgu | tǫrguna | tǫrgur | tǫrgurnar |
| dative | tǫrgu | tǫrgunni | tǫrgum | tǫrgunum |
| genitive | tǫrgu | tǫrgunnar | targna | targnanna |
Derived terms
- tǫrgubuklari m (“target-shield”)
- tǫrguskjǫldr m (“target-shield”)
References
- targa in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtarɡa/
Noun
targa f (plural targhe)
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Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtar.ɡa/
- Rhymes: -arɡa
- Syllabification: tar‧ga
Verb
targa
- third-person singular present of targać