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{{also|Tail|taił|täil}}
==English==
{{wikipedia|lang=en}}
[[File:Ring tailed lemurs.jpg|thumb|Two ring-tailed lemurs, each with a long tail.]]

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|tāl}}, {{IPA|en|/teɪl/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-tail.ogg|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|en-au-tail.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{homophones|en|tale|tael}}
* {{rhymes|en|eɪl|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|tail}}, {{m|enm|tayl}}, {{m|enm|teil}}, from {{inh|en|ang|tæġl||tail}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*tagl}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*taglą||hair, fiber; hair of a tail}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*doḱ-||hair of the tail}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*deḱ-||to tear, fray, shred}}. Cognate with {{cog|sco|tail||tail}}, {{cog|stq|Tail|t=tail, end}}, {{cog|fy|teil|t=tail}}, {{cog|nl|teil||tail, haulm, blade}}, {{cog|nds|Tagel||twisted scourge, whip of thongs and ropes; end of a rope}}, {{cog|de|Zagel||tail}}, dialectal {{cog|da|tavl||hair of the tail}}, {{cog|sv|tagel||hair of the tail, horsehair}}, {{cog|no|tagl||tail}}, {{cog|is|tagl||tail, horsetail, ponytail}}, {{cog|got|𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌻||hair}}. In some senses, apparently by a generalization of the usual opposition between ''[[head]]'' and ''tail''.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{senseid|en|Q60960}}{{lb|en|anatomy}} The [[caudal]] [[appendage]] of an [[animal]] that is attached to its [[posterior]] and near the [[anus]].
#: {{ux|en|Most primates have a '''tail''' and fangs.}}
# An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the [[thong]]s on a [[cat-o'-nine-tails]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1672|author=Gideon Harvey|title=Morbus Anglicus: or the Anatomy of Consumptions|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/morbus-anglicus-or-the-anatomy-of-consumptions-containing-the-nature-causes-subject-progress-change-signs-prognosticks-preservatives-and-several-methods-of-curing-all-consumptions-coughs-and-spitting-of-blood-with-remarkable-observations-touching-the-same-diseases-to-which-are-added-some-brief-discourses-of-melancholy-madness-and-distraction-occasioned-by-love-together-with-certain-new-remarques-touching-the-scurvey-and-ulcers-of-the-lungs/oclc/933186433|page=112|text=Duretus writes a great praise of the Distill'd waters of those '''tails''' that hang on Willow Trees.}}
# The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
# The [[feather]]s attached to the [[pygostyle]] of a [[bird]].
# The [[tail-end]] of an object, e.g. the [[rear]] of an [[aircraft]]'s [[fuselage]], containing the [[tailfin]].
#* {{RQ:King James Version|Deuteronomy|28|13|passage=And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the '''taile,''' {{...}} }}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1862|title=Ballou's Dollar Monthly Magazine|volume=16|page=83
|passage=It was soon over, and the unmoved magistrate calmly ordained that Deborah Williams, Elizabeth and Faith Wilson, should be tied to a cart's '''tail''', and thus led through the principal streets of the town, receiving during their progress twenty lashes each, well laid on, upon the naked back.}}
# The rear structure of an aircraft, the [[empennage]].
# {{lb|en|astronomy}} The [[visible]] [[stream]] of [[dust]] and [[gas]]es blown from a [[comet]] by the [[solar wind]].
# The latter part of a [[time]] period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
# {{lb|en|statistics}} The part of a [[distribution]] most distant from the [[mode]]; ''as'', a [[long tail]].
# One who [[surreptitious]]ly [[follow]]s another.
# {{lb|en|cricket}} The [[lower order]] of [[batsman|batsmen]] in the [[batting order]], usually [[specialist]] [[bowlers]].
# {{lb|en|typography}} The lower [[loop]] of the [[letter]]s in the [[Roman alphabet]], as in ''g'', ''q'' or ''y''.
#: {{syn|en|descender}}
# {{lb|en|chiefly|in the plural}} The side of a [[coin]] not bearing the [[head]]; normally the side on which the [[monetary]] [[value]] of the coin is indicated; the [[reverse]].
# {{lb|en|mathematics}} All the last terms of a [[sequence]], from some term on.
#: {{ux|en|A sequence <math>(a_n)</math> is said to be ''frequently <math>0</math>'' if every '''tail''' of the sequence contains <math>0</math>.}}
# {{lb|en|now|_|colloquial|chiefly|_|US}} The [[buttock]]s or [[backside]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1499|author=w:John Skelton|title=The Bowge of Courte
|passage=By Goddis sydes, syns I her thyder broughte, / She hath gote me more money with her '''tayle''' / Than hath some shyppe that into Bordews sayle.}}
#* {{RQ:Montaigne Florio Essayes|chapter=49|book=I|passage=They were wont to wipe their '''tailes''' {{transterm|frm|cul}} (this vaine superstition of words must be left unto women) with a sponge, and that's the reason why Spongia in Latine is counted an obscene word{{nb...}}.}}
# {{lb|en|slang}} The [[penis]] of a person or animal.
# {{lb|en|slang|uncountable}} [[sexual intercourse|Sexual intercourse]].
#: {{syn|en|Thesaurus:copulation}}
#: {{ux|en|I'm gonna get me some '''tail''' tonight.}}
#* {{RQ:Salinger Catcher|chapter=13|passage=“Innarested in a little '''tail''' t’night?” “Me?” I said. Which was a very dumb answer, but it’s quite embarrassing when somebody comes right up and asks you a question like that.}}
#* {{quote-song|en|year=1971|album=Live at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh|artist=The Corries|title=Abigail|text=On the bosom of young Abigail<br>Was written the price of her '''tail'''<br>And on her behind<br>For the use of the blind<br>Was the same information in Braille}}
# {{lb|en|kayaking}} The [[stern]]; the back of the kayak.
# A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1814|author=Walter Scott|title=Waverley: Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5998|page=238|text=Ah! if you Saxon Duinhé-wassal (English gentleman) saw but the chief with his '''tail''' on. {{...}} that is, with all his usual followers}}
# {{lb|en|anatomy}} The [[distal]] [[tendon]] of a [[muscle]].
# {{lb|en|entomology}} A [[filamentous]] [[projection]] on the [[tornal]] section of each [[hind]] wing of certain butterflies.
# A [[downy]] or [[feathery]] [[appendage]] of certain [[achen]]s, formed of the permanent elongated [[style]].
# {{lb|en|surgery}} A portion of an [[incision]], at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; called also [[tailing]].
# One of the strips at the end of a [[bandage]] formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
# {{lb|en|nautical}} A [[rope]] [[splice]]d to the strap of a [[block]], by which it may be [[lash]]ed to anything.
# {{lb|en|music}} The part of a [[note]] which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the [[stem]].<ref>'''1852''', John Weeks Moore, ''Complete Encyclopædia of Music''</ref>
# {{lb|en|mining}} A [[tailing]].
# {{lb|en|architecture}} The bottom or lower portion of a member or part such as a slate or tile.
# {{lb|en|colloquial|dated}} A [[tailcoat]]. <!--W1913 supplement-->
# {{lb|en|electrical engineering}} {{syn of|en|pigtail||a short length of twisted electrical wire}}

=====Hyponyms=====
{{col4|en|coattail
|cocktail
|magnetotail
|pigtail
|rattail
|shirttail
}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col|en|antitail
|astrotail
|at the tail
|bang tail
|bang-tail
|bangtail
|barbtail
|beaver tail
|beavertail
|betail
|bigtail
|blue rat's tail
|bluetail
|boattail
|bobtail
|bonytail
|box tail
|brantail
|bristletail
|bristle-tail
|broadtail
|broken tail
|broomtail
|brown-tail moth
|bucktail
|burro's tail
|Cameroon scaly-tail
|cat-o'-nine-tails
|catstail
|cattail
|cat-tail sedge
|chase one's own tail
|chase tail
|cold tail
|comet tail
|cottontail
|cowtail
|cross-tail
|culvertail
|dead tail
|de-tail
|dogstail
|dog's-tail grass
|dovetail
|drabble-tail
|draggle-tail
|dragon's tail
|ducktail
|emutail
|e-tail
|fantail
|fat tail
|fat-tail
|feathertail
|fee tail
|filetail
|firetail
|fishtail
|fish-tail
|fish tail
|flagtail
|flangetail
|flickertail
|flufftail
|forcepstail
|forktail
|foxtail
|freetail
|frozen tail
|fuzztail
|goldentail
|goldtail
|grow a tail
|hairtail
|hangtail
|hardtail
|hare's-tail
|haul tail
|have a tiger by the tail
|have one's tail up
|have the tiger by the tail
|have the world by the tail on a downhill pull
|heads or tails
|head to tail
|heavy tail
|heliotail
|high-tail
|hightail
|high-tail it
|hooktail
|horntail
|horse tail
|horsetail
|in two shakes of a cow's tail
|in two shakes of a dog's tail
|in two shakes of a duck's tail
|in two shakes of a lamb's tail
|jollytail
|kick some tail
|kicktail
|kick tail
|lashtail
|lay salt on someone's tail
|lemur-tail seahorse
|like a dog with two tails
|limber tail
|limber tail syndrome
|lion's tail
|lizard's tail
|lizard tail
|lobster-tail pot
|longtail
|long-tail boat
|long-tail Covid
|looptail
|lyretail
|mackerel sky and mare's-tails make lofty ships carry low sails
|mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails
|make head nor tail of
|make head or tail of
|make neither head nor tail of
|mare's-tail
|mare's tail
|mares' tails
|metaltail
|mill tail
|monkey tail
|monkey tail tree
|mousetail
|nail-tail wallaby
|needletail
|nose to tail
|on one's tail
|oxtail
|peacock's tail
|pentail
|petaltail
|petticoat tail
|piece of tail
|pigtail
|pincertail
|pintail
|pin the tail on the donkey
|ploughtail
|plowtail
|plume tail
|pony tail
|ponytail
|pseudotail
|pull the devil by the tail
|put salt on someone's tail
|quaketail
|quilltail
|raccoon tail
|racket-tail
|racquet-tail
|rat-tail
|rat-tail file
|rat-tail radish
|rat-tail splice
|redtail
|red tail disease
|ribbontail
|ringtail
|ring-tailed
|roostertail
|rooster-tail
|roughtail
|rubytail
|scaletail
|scissorstail
|scissortail
|sharptail
|shavetail
|sheartail
|sheath-tail bat
|shieldtail
|shirt-tail
|shorttail
|silktail
|silvertail
|singletail
|skunk tail
|snake tail
|Softail
|softtail
|spadetail
|spatuletail
|spiketail
|spindletail
|spinetail
|split-tail
|spread tail
|sprigtail
|springtail
|squaretail
|squirreltail
|stifftail
|sting in the tail
|streamertail
|stripetail
|stubtail
|swallowtail
|swallow-tail
|swimmer's tail
|swingletail
|swingtail
|swordtail
|tagtail
|tailable
|tailache
|tail away
|tailback
|tailband
|tail-bay
|tail-beam
|tailbeat
|tail between one's legs
|tailblock
|tail block
|tailboard
|tailbone
|tail bone
|tail boom
|tailbud
|tail-buzzer
|tail call
|tailcoat
|tail cone
|tailcord
|tailcuff
|tailcup
|tail down
|taildragger
|tail dragger
|tailend
|tail end
|tail-end
|tail-ender
|tailer
|taileron
|tail event
|tailfan
|tailfeather
|tailfin
|tail flap
|tailflip
|tailflipping
|tailgate
|Tailgate
|tail grape
|tailgroup
|tail gunner
|tail-gut
|tailgut
|tail gut
|tailhead
|tailhole
|tailhook
|tail in
|tailism
|taillamp,tail lamp
|tailless
|tail lift
|taillight
|taillike
|tail merging
|tailmost
|tail-napkin
|tail number
|tailnumber
|tail-off
|tail off
|tail packing
|tail pad
|tailpiece
|tailpin
|tailpipe
|tailplane
|tail plug
|tail-pod radish
|tail-pole
|tail pole
|tail question
|tailrace
|tail recursion
|tail recursive
|tail rhyme
|tailride
|tail risk
|tail rotor
|tail-shedding
|tailshield
|tailsitter
|tailskid
|tail-skid
|tail slate
|tailslide
|tail slide
|tailspin
|tailspot
|tail stall
|tailstand
|tailstock
|tailstrike
|tailswing
|tail swing
|tail valve
|tail vein
|tail-wagger
|tailward
|tailwards
|tailwater
|tailwheel
|tailwhip
|tailwind
|tail wind
|tailwise
|tapertail
|tapetail
|teeter-tail
|teeth-to-tail ratio
|the cow knows not the worth of its tail till it loses it
|thistletail
|thorntail
|threadtail
|tickle the dragon's tail
|tigertail
|tiger tail
|tiger tail seahorse
|top and tail
|top to tail
|tripletail
|triple-tail
|trundletail
|trust someone as far as one could fling a bull by the tail
|T-tail
|turkey tail
|turntail
|twintail
|undertail
|veiltail
|wagtail
|wax someone's tail
|wedgetail
|whale's tail
|whale tail
|whiptail
|whitetail
|white-tailed hawk
|wholetail
|wiretail
|with one's tail up
|work one's tail off
|work someone's tail off
|wrentail
|wrytail
|yellowtail
}}

=====Related terms=====
{{col4|en|cat-o'-nine-tails
|chase one's tail
|have the world by the tail
|Otter Tail County
|tail covert
|tail feather
|tail fin
|tail light
|tail wagging the dog
|turn tail
}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|srn|tere}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top-also|appendage of an animal|dock}}{{multitrans|data=
* Abaga: {{tt|abg|asog̶ontaʔe}}
* Abkhaz: {{tt|ab|аҵыхәа}}
* Acehnese: {{tt|ace|iku}}
* Afar: {{t|aa|gáydi}}
* Afrikaans: {{tt+|af|stert}}
* Ahom: {{tt|aho|𑜍𑜂𑜫}}
* Akan: {{t|ak|dua}}
* Aklanon: {{tt|akl|ikog}}
* Albanian: {{tt+|sq|bisht|m}}
* Alviri-Vidari: {{tt|avd|دمب|tr=domb}} {{qualifier|Vidari}}
* Amharic: {{tt|am|ጅራት}}
* Apinayé: {{tt|apn|jamy}}
* Arabic: {{tt|ar|ذَنَب|m}}, {{tt|ar|ذَيْل|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{tt|arz|ديل|m|tr=dél}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|ذيل|m|tr=dēl}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{tt|ary|ديل|m|tr=dīl}}, {{tt|ary|زنطيط|m|tr=zanṭīṭ}}, {{tt|ary|قزيبة|f|tr=qazzība}}, {{tt|ary|شوال|m|tr=šwāl}}
* Aragonese: {{tt|an|coda|f}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|պոչ}}
* Aromanian: {{tt|rup|coadã|f}}
* Assamese: {{tt|as|নেজ}}, {{tt|as|নেগুৰ}}
* Asturian: {{tt+|ast|rabu|m}}
* Avar: {{tt|av|рачӏчӏ}}, {{tt|av|рачӏ}}
* Avestan: {{t|ae|𐬛𐬎𐬨𐬀}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|quyruq}}
* Balinese: {{tt|ban|buntut}}, {{tt|ban|hikuh}}
* Baluchi: {{tt|bal|دمب|tr=dumb}}
* Banjarese: {{tt+|bjn|buntut}}, {{tt+|bjn|ikung}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|ҡойроҡ}}
* Basque: {{tt|eu|buztan}}
* Bau Bidayuh: {{tt|sne|kuon}}
* Belarusian: {{tt|be|хвост|m}}
* Bengali: {{tt+|bn|লেজ}}
* Big Nambas: {{t|nmb|vli}}
* Bikol Central: {{tt+|bcl|ikog}}
* Brunei Malay: {{tt|kxd|ikung}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt|bg|опа́шка|f}}
* Burmese: {{tt+|my|အမြီး}}
* Buryat: {{tt|bua|һүүл}}
* Canela: {{tt|ram|japy}}
* Carpathian Rusyn: {{tt|rue|хвост|m}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|cua|f}}
* Cebuano: {{tt|ceb|ikog}}
* Central Melanau: {{tt|mel|ikiu}}
* Chakma:  {{t-needed|ccp}}
* Chechen: {{tt|ce|цӏога}}
* Chepang: {{tt|cdm|मेः}}
* Chichewa: {{tt|ny|mchira}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tt|yue|尾|tr=mei5}}
*: Dungan: {{tt|dng|йиба}}
*: Eastern Min: {{tt|cdo|尾|tr=muōi}}
*: Gan: {{tt|gan|尾巴|tr=ui3 ba / mi3 bang}}
*: Hakka: {{tt|hak|尾|tr=mî}}, {{tt|hak|尾巴|tr=mi1 ba1}}
*: Hokkien: {{tt+|nan-hbl|尾|tr=bóe, bé}}, {{tt+|nan-hbl|尾仔|tr=bóe-á, bé-á}}
*: Jin: {{tt|cjy|尾巴|tr=i2 ba1}}
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|尾巴|tr=wěibā}}
*: Northern Min: {{t|mnp|尾}}
*: Wu: {{tt|wuu|尾巴|tr=3nyi-po; 3mi-po}}
*: Xiang: {{tt|hsn|尾巴|tr=uei3 ba1}}
* Chuvash: {{tt|cv|хӳре}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|ocas|m}}, {{tt+|cs|chvost|m}} {{qualifier|dated}}, {{tt+|cs|ohon|m}}
* Dalmatian: {{tt|dlm|cauda|f}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|hale|c}}
* Dolgan: {{tt|dlg|кутурук}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|staart|m}}
* Eastern Cham: {{tt|cjm|ꨁꨆꨭꨩ|tr=iku'}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|sd|h=s-d:sd}}
* Enga: {{t|enq|etenge}}
* Erzya: {{tt|myv|пуло}}
* Esperanto: {{tt+|eo|vosto}}
* Estonian: {{tt+|et|saba}}
* Evenki: {{tt|evn|ирги}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|häntä}} {{q|of cats, dogs etc.}}, {{tt+|fi|pyrstö}} {{q|of birds and fish}}, {{qualifier|of a pig}} {{tt+|fi|saparo}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|queue|f}}
* Friulian: {{tt|fur|code|f}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|rabo}}, {{tt+|gl|cauda|f}},{{tt|gl|tomadía|f}}, {{tt+|gl|cola|f}}
* Ge'ez: {{tt|gez|ዘነብ}}
* Georgian: {{tt+|ka|კუდი}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Schwanz|m}}, {{tt+|de|Schweif|m}}, {{tt+|de|Sterz|m}}, {{tt+|de|Stert|m}}, {{tt+|de|Zagel|m}}, {{tt+|de|Bürzel|m}}, {{tt+|de|Rute|f}}, {{tt+|de|Schwänzchen|n}} {{qualifier|diminutive}}, {{tt|de|Schwänzlein|n}} {{qualifier|diminutive}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|ουρά|f}}
*: Ancient: {{tt|grc|οὐρά|f}}, {{tt|grc|κέρκος|f}}
* Guaraní: {{tt|gn|tuguái}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|પૂછડી|f}}
* Gurindji: {{tt|gue|jawurd}}
* Haitian Creole: {{tt|ht|ke|}}, {{tt|ht|tche|}}
* Hausa: {{tt|ha|wutsiya}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|זָנָב|m|tr=zanáv}}
* Higaonon: {{tt|mba|ikog}}
* Hindi: {{tt|hi|पूंछ|f}}, {{tt+|hi|पूँछ|f}}, {{tt+|hi|दुम|f}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|farok}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|hali|m}} (of cattle, in addition to reptiles, amphibians, and basically all animals that do not fall into the other categories; also used for inanimate objects and figuratively), {{tt+|is|skott|n}} or {{tt+|is|rófa|f}} (of a cat, dog, monkey, etc.), {{tt+|is|tagl}} (of a horse), {{tt+|is|dindill|m}} (the small fluffy tail of sheep, rabbits, etc.), {{tt+|is|stél|n}} (of birds), {{tt+|is|sporður|m}} (of fish)
* Ido: {{tt+|io|kaudo}}
* Indonesian: {{tt+|id|ekor}}, {{tt+|id|buntut}}
* Ingush: {{tt|inh|цӏог}}
* Iranun: {{tt|ill|ikug}}
* Irish: {{tt+|ga|eireaball|m}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|coda|f}}
* Iu Mien: {{tt|ium|dueiv}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|尻尾|tr=しっぽ, shippo}}, {{tt+|ja|しっぽ|tr=shippo}}, {{tt+|ja|尾|tr=お, o}}, {{tt|ja|尾っぽ|tr=oppo}}
* Javanese: {{tt+|jv|buntut}}
* Jeju: {{t|jje|꼴렝이}}
* Kaingang: {{tt|kgp|my}}
* Kalmyk: {{tt|xal|сүүл}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|iki}}
* Kashubian: {{tt|csb|ògón|m}}
* Kayapó: {{tt|txu|jamy}}, {{tt|txu|tey}} {{qualifier|of a bird}}
* Kazakh: {{tt+|kk|құйрық}}
* Kelabit: {{tt|kzi|iur}}
* Khakas: {{tt|kjh|хузурух}}
* Khmer: {{tt+|km|កន្ទុយ}}
* Kikuyu: {{tt|ki|mũcuthĩ|c3}}
* Kimaragang: {{tt|kqr|noinan}}
* Kimbundu: {{t|kmb|mukila}}
* Komi-Permyak: {{tt|koi|бӧж}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|꼬리}}
* Krahô: {{tt|xra|japy}}
* Kriol: {{tt|rop|teil}}
* Kuna: {{tt|cuk|bunnu}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt|ckb|کلک}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|terî}}, {{tt+|kmr|dûv}}, {{tt+|kmr|poç}}, {{tt+|kmr|kilik}}, {{tt+|kmr|boçik}}
* Kyrgyz: {{tt+|ky|куйрук}}, {{tt+|ky|дүм}} {{qualifier|South}}
* Laboya: {{tt|lmy|kiku}}
* Lao: {{tt+|lo|ຫາງ}}
* Latgalian: {{tt|ltg|aste|f}}
* Latin: {{tt|la|cauda}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|aste|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt+|lt|uodegà|f}}
* Livonian: {{tt|liv|tabār}}, {{tt|liv|tabārd}} {{qualifier|of fish}}
* Lombard: {{tt+|lmo|coa|f}}, {{tt|lmo|cua|f}}
* Low German: {{tt+|nds|Steert|m}}
* Lü: {{tt|khb|ᦠᦱᧂ}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|о́пашка|f}}
* Malagasy: {{tt+|mg|rambo}}
* Malay: {{tt+|ms|ekor}}, {{tt+|ms|buntut}}
* Malayalam: {{tt|ml|വാല്‍}}
* Maltese: {{tt|mt|denb|m}}
* Manchu: {{tt|mnc|ᡠᠨᠴᡝᡥᡝᠨ}}
* Manx: {{tt|gv|arbyl|m}}, {{tt|gv|famman|m}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|hiore}} {{qualifier|of animals only}}, {{tt|mi|whiore}} {{qualifier|of animals only}}, {{tt|mi|waero}} {{qualifier|of animals only}}, {{tt|mi|hiku}} {{qualifier|of fish and reptiles}}, {{tt|mi|kapu}} {{qualifier|of crayfish and prawns}}
* Maranao: {{tt|mrw|ikog}}, {{tt|mrw|laoi}}
* Mari:
*: Eastern Mari: {{tt|mhr|поч}}
* Middle English: {{tt|enm|tayl}}
* Minangkabau: {{t+|min|ikua}}
* Moksha: {{tt|mdf|пула}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt+|mn|сүүл}}
*: Mongolian: {{tt|mn|ᠰᠡᠭᠦᠯ}}
* Muong: {{tt|mtq|tuôi}}
* Nanai: {{tt|gld|хуйгу}}
* Navajo: {{tt|nv|atseeʼ}}
* Nepali: {{tt|ne|पुच्छर}}
* Nganasan: {{tt|nio|тәйбу}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{tt|zdj|utsungo|c11|c10a}}
* Norman: {{tt|nrf|coue|f}}
* Northern Ohlone: {{tt|cst|tú̄pui}}
* Northern Thai: {{tt|nod|ᩉᩣ᩠ᨦ}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|nb|hale|m}}, {{qualifier|of a bird}} {{tt|nb|stjert|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|hale|m}}, {{qualifier|of a bird}} {{tt|nn|stjert|m}}
* Nuosu: {{tt|ii|ꁍꎼ}}, {{tt|ii|ꂪ}}
* Occitan: {{tt+|oc|coa|f}}
* Odia: {{tt+|or|ପୁଛ}}
* Ojibwe: {{q|its tail}} {{tt|oj|ozow}}
* Old Armenian: {{tt|xcl|ագի}}, {{tt|xcl|պոչ}}, {{tt|xcl|ձետ}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|cu|хвостъ|m}}, {{t|cu|ошибь|f}}, {{t|cu|опашь|f}}
* Old Czech: {{t|zlw-ocs|chvost|m}}
* Old East Slavic: {{tt|orv|хвостъ|m}}
* Old English: {{tt|ang|tæġl|m}}, {{tt|ang|steort|m}}
* Old Turkic: {{tt|otk|𐰴𐰆𐰑𐰺𐰆𐰸|tr=qudruq}}
* Oromo: {{tt|om|eegee}}
* Oroqen: {{tt|orh|irgi}}
* Ossetian: {{tt|os|дымӕг}}, {{tt|os|къӕдзил}}, {{tt|os|къуди}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{tt|ota|قویروق|tr=kuyruk}}, {{t|ota|ذنب|tr=zeneb}}
* Paiwan: {{tt|pwn|iku}}
* Panará: {{tt|kre|sãnpy}}
* Pangasinan: {{tt|pag|ikol}}
* Pannonian Rusyn: {{tt|rsk|хвост|m}}
* Papiamentu: {{tt|pap|rabo}}, {{tt|pap|rabu}}
* Pará Gavião: {{tt|gvp|japy}}
* Pela: {{t|bxd|ʃă.mi⁵¹}}
* Persian:
*: Dari: {{tt|prs|دُم}}, {{tt|prs|دُنْب}}
*: Iranian Persian: {{tt|fa-ira|دُم}}, {{tt|fa-ira|دُنْب}}
* Plautdietsch: {{tt|pdt|Zoagel|m}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|ogon|m}}, {{tt+|pl|chwost|m}} {{qualifier|dated}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|rabo|m}}, {{tt+|pt|cauda|f}}
* Punjabi:
*: Gurmukhi: {{tt|pa|ਪੂਸ਼}}, {{tt|pa|ਦੁਮ}}, {{tt|pa|ਦੁੰਬ}}
* Pykobjê: {{tt|sai-pyk|japyyh}}
* Quechua: {{tt|qu|cupa}}
* Rohingya: {{t|rhg|les}}
* Romagnol: {{tt|rgn|códa|f}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|coadă}}
* Romansch: {{tt|rm|cua}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|хвост|m}}
* Sambali: {{t|xsb|ikoy}}
* Samoan: {{tt|sm|i‘u}}
* Sanskrit: {{tt+|sa|शेप|tr=śépa}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|earball|m}}, {{tt|gd|eàrr|m|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|ре̑п|m}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|rȇp|m}}
* Shan: {{tt+|shn|ႁၢင်}}
* Shor: {{tt|cjs|қузуруқ|tr=quzuruq}}
* Sicilian: {{tt+|scn|cuda}}
* Sidamo: {{tt|sid|farro}}
* Silesian: {{tt|szl|szwanc|m}}
* Sinhalese: {{tt+|si|අවර}}
* Slovak: {{tt|sk|chvost|m}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|rep|m}}
* Somali: {{tt+|so|dabo}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{tt|dsb|wogon|m}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{t|hsb|wopuš|f}}
* Southern Kam: {{tt|kmc|sedl}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|cola|f}}, {{tt+|es|rabo|m}}, {{t+|es|hopo|m}} {{qualifier|hairy}}
* Sranan Tongo: {{t|srn|tere}}
* Sundanese: {{tt|su|ᮘᮥᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮒ᮪}}
* Suyá: {{tt|suy|mby}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|mkia|c3|c4}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|svans|c}}, {{qualifier|of bird or fish}} {{tt+|sv|stjärt|c}}
* Sylheti:  {{t-needed|syl}}
* Tabasaran: {{tt|tab|рижв}}
* Tagal Murut: {{tt|mvv|iku'}}
* Tagalog: {{tt+|tl|buntot|n}}
* Tajik: {{tt+|tg|дум}}
* Talysh: {{t|tly|dum}}
* Tamil: {{tt+|ta|வால்}}
* Taos: {{tt|twf|xwę́na}}
* Tapayuna: {{tt|sai-tap|wy}}
* Tat: {{t|ttt|düm}}
* Tatar: {{tt+|tt|койрык}}
* Tausug: {{tt|tsg|ikug}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|తోక}}
* Tetum: {{tt|tet|ikun}}
* Thai: {{tt+|th|หาง}}
* Tibetan: {{tt|bo|གཞུག་གུ}}, {{tt|bo|མཇུག་མ}}
* Tigrinya: {{tt|ti|ጭራ}}
* Tiwi: {{tt|tiw|tuwara}}, {{tt|tiw|putupwarra}} {{qualifier|of reptile, dugong or fish}}, {{tt|tiw|kimarra}} {{qualifier|of crocodile or fish}}
* Tocharian B: {{tt|txb|pako}}
* Tongan: {{tt|to|iku}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|kuyruk}}
* Turkmen: {{tt|tk|guýruk}}
* Tuvan: {{tt|tyv|кудурук}}
* Udihe: {{tt|ude|иги}}
* Udmurt: {{tt|udm|быж}}
* Ugaritic: {{tt|uga|𐎏𐎐𐎁}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt+|uk|хвіст|m}}
* Ulch: {{tt|ulc|худю}}
* Urdu: {{tt|ur|دُم|f}}, {{tt|ur|پُون٘چھ|f}}
* Uyghur: {{tt|ug|قۇيرۇق}}
* Uzbek: {{tt+|uz|dum}}, {{tt+|uz|ket}}, {{tt+|uz|quyruq}}
* Venetan: {{tt+|vec|coa|f}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|đuôi}}
* Volapük: {{tt+|vo|göb}}, {{tt|vo|göbil}} {{qualifier|diminutive}}
* Waigali: {{tt|wbk|ṭuṅtä}}
* Walloon: {{tt+|wa|cawe|f}}
* Waray-Waray: {{t|war|ikog}}
* Wardaman: {{tt|wrr|mordorl}}
* Warlpiri: {{tt|wbp|ngirnti}}, {{tt|wbp|wipi}}
* Welsh: {{tt+|cy|cynffon|f}}
* West Coast Bajau: {{tt|bdr|engko}}
* West Flemish: {{tt|vls|steirt|m}}
* West Frisian: {{tt|fy|sturt}}
* White Hmong: {{tt|mww|tw}}
* Xavante: {{tt|xav|bö}}
* Xerénte: {{tt|xer|bâ}}
* Xokleng: {{tt|xok|my}}
* Yagnobi: {{tt|yai|дум}}
* Yakan: {{tt|yka|engko}}
* Yakut: {{tt|sah|кутурук}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|וויידל|m}}, {{tt|yi|שוואַנץ|m}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|ìrù}}
* Yurok: {{t|yur|werhlery}}
* Zazaki: {{tt|zza|boçık}}
* Zealandic: {{tt|zea|staert|m}}
* Zhuang: {{tt|za|rieng}}
* Zulu: {{tt|zu|umsila|c3|c4}}
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{{trans-top|tail-end of a creature}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|natja|f}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|achtereinde}}, {{tt+|nl|achterste}}, {{tt+|nl|achterwerk}}, {{tt+|nl|zitvlak|n}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|pyrstö}}, {{tt+|fi|takamus}}, {{tt+|fi|ahteri}}, {{tt+|fi|perä}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|rabo|m}}, {{tt+|gl|cola|f}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Hintern}}, {{tt+|de|Hinterteil}}, {{tt+|de|Gesäß}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|ουρά|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|far}}, {{t+|hu|popsi}}, {{t+|hu|fenék}}, {{t+|hu|ülep}}, {{t+|hu|segg}}, {{t+|hu|hátsó}}
* Middle English: {{tt|enm|tayl}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{tt|ota|قویروق|tr=kuyruk}}, {{t|ota|ذنب|tr=zeneb}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|rabo|m}}
* Romagnol: {{tt|rgn|côda|f}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|nalgas|f-p}}, {{t+|es|maslo|m}}, {{t+|es|penca|f}}, {{t|es|mástel|m}} {{q|disused}}, {{t+|es|rabadilla|f}}, {{t|es|curcusilla|f}}, {{t|es|obispillo|m}}, {{t+|es|mitra|f}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|kuyruk}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|rear of an aircraft}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt|bg|опа́шка|f}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|cua|f}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|ocas|m}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|staart|m}}, {{tt+|nl|staartstuk|n}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|pyrstö}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|queue|f}}, {{tt+|fr|empennage|m}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|cola|f}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|ουρά|f}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|זָנָב|m|tr=zanáv}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|coda|f}}
* Japanese: {{tt|ja|尾部|tr=びぶ, bibu}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|о́пашка|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|ogon|m}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|cauda|f}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|хвост|m}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|cola|f}}, {{t+|es|popa|f}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|stjärt|c}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|kuyruk}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt+|uk|хвіст|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|object resembling a tail in shape}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|häntä}}, {{tt+|fi|pyrstö}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|rabo|m}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|قویروق|tr=kuyruk}}, {{t|ota|ذنب|tr=zeneb}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|comet tail}}
* Arabic: {{tt|ar|ذَنَب|m}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|պոչ}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt|bg|опа́шка|f}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|cua|f}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|ohon|m}}, {{tt+|cs|chvost|m}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|staart|m}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|pyrstö}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|queue|f}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|cola|f}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Schweif|m}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|ουρά|f|}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|שובל|m|tr=shovál}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|hali|m}}
* Irish: {{tt+|ga|eireaball|m}}, {{tt|ga|eireaball cóiméid|m}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|chioma|f}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|aste|f}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|о́пашка|f}}
* Malayalam: {{tt|ml|വാല്‍}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|nb|hale|m}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|ogon|m}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|rabo|m}}, {{tt+|pt|cauda|f}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|хвост|m}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|cola|f}}, {{t+|es|estela|f}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|svans|c}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|తోక}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|latter part of a time period}}
* Finnish: {{tt|fi|jälkiosa}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|statistics: part of a distribution most distant from the mode}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|häntä}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|surreptitious follower}}
* Arabic: {{tt|ar|ذَنَب|m}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|achtervolger|m}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|varjostaja}}, {{tt+|fi|varjo}}
* Japanese: {{tt|ja|尾行者|tr=びこうしゃ, bikōsha}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt|nb|forfølger|m}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|хвост|m}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|förföljare|c}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|తోక}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|cricket term}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|typography: lower loop of letters}}
* Czech: {{tt|cs|ocásek|m}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|staart|m}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|häntä}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|ουρά|f}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|о́павче|n}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{tt|ota|دامن|tr=daman}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|cauda|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|reverse side of a coin}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|գիր}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|тура́|f}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|rub|m}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|munt}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|klaava}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|pile|f}}
* Hebrew: {{tt|he|פלי|m|tr=páli}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt|ckb|خەت}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|пе́тка|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|coroa|f}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|ре́шка|f}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|klave}}
* Thai: {{tt+|th|ก้อย}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|yazı}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|math: last terms of a sequence, from some term on}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|häntä}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|hiku}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|slang for the phallus}}<!-- Only slang terms derived rom "tail" or equivalent -->
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|ocas|m}} {{qualifier|slang}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|häntä}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|queue}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Schwanz|m}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|farok}}
* Middle English: {{tt|enm|tayl}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|cola|f}} {{qualifier|coll.}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Ido: {{t+check|io|kaudo}}
}}<!-- close {{multitrans}} -->
{{trans-bottom}}

=====See also=====
* {{l|en|caudal}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To follow and [[observe]] [[surreptitiously]].
#: {{ux|en|'''Tail''' that car!}}
# {{lb|en|architecture}} To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with ''in'' or ''into''
# {{lb|en|nautical}} To [[swing]] with the [[stern]] in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
#: {{ux|en|This vessel '''tails''' downstream.}}
# To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
#* {{RQ:Fuller Church History
|passage=Nevertheless his bond of two thousand pounds, wherewith he was '''tailed''', continued uncancelled.}}
# To pull or draw by the tail.
#* {{RQ:Butler Hudibras|year=1905|passage=The conqu'ring foe they soon afailid, <br>First Trulla stav'd, and Cerdon '''tail'd'''}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to tail}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|следвам}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|尾隨|tr=wěisuí}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|sledovat}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|schaduwen}}, {{t|nl|beschatten}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|gvatsekvi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|varjostaa}}
* German: {{t+|de|beschatten}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|זינב|tr=zinév}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|követ}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|pedinare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|尾行|alt=尾行する|tr=びこうする, bikō suru|sc=Jpan}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|сле́ди}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|forfølge}}, {{t+|no|skygge}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|seguir}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|sledovať}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|theo đuôi}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|en|xno|-}}, probably from a shortened form of ''[[entail]]''.

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|?}}

# {{lb|en|legal}} [[limited|Limited]]; abridged; reduced; curtailed.
#: ''estate '''tail'''''

====Noun====
{{en-noun|?}}

# {{lb|en|legal}} Limitation of [[inheritance]] to certain [[heir]]s.
#: {{coi|en|'''tail''' male|limitation to male heirs}}
#: {{coi|en|in '''tail'''|subject to such a limitation}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|entail}}

===References===
<references/>

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ailt|ATLI|Ital|Ital.|LIAT|LITA|Lita|TILA|Ta-li|Tila|alit|alti|ital|ital.|lait|tali}}

{{C|en|Buttocks|Genitalia|Espionage|Sex}}

==Middle English==

===Noun===
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alt form|enm|tayl}}

==Sundanese==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|su|/ta.il/}}

===Noun===
{{head|su|noun}}

# [[tael]] {{gloss|A [[unit]] of [[weight]] [[correspond]]ing to about 40 [[gram]]s}}

===References===
* {{R:Coolsma}}
* {{R:KSun1985}}

{{c|su|Units of measure}}

==Welsh==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cy|/tai̯l/}}
* {{rhymes|cy|ai̯l|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{cy-noun|m|teiliau}}

# [[shit]], [[dung]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|cy|maer biswail}}