Takt
German (Berlin)
/takt/
noun
Definitions
- tact keen perception or discernment
- (music) time
- (music) bar, measure
- (by extension) moment
- interval
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tāctus (touch) borrowed from French tact.
Origin
French
tact
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tact English
- intactus Latin
- tactilis Latin
- tactus Latin
- tāctus Latin
- -n- German
- Gefühl German
- Minute German
- Minutentakt German
- Motor German
- Taktgefühl German
- Zweitaktmotor German
- takten German
- taktlos German
- zwei German
- tact Dutch, Flemish
- tact French
- *teh₂g- Proto-Indo-European
- takt Polish
- tacte Catalan, Valencian
- τακτ Greek (modern)