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tait

/teɪt/

tait noun: the honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus).

Noun

tait (plural taits)

  1. The honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus).

Proper noun capitalized: Tait

Tait (plural Taits)

  1. A Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.

tait meaning in Gujarati

tait in Gujarati

ટેઇટ

Forms of tait

Noun
pluraltaits
Proper noun
pluralTaits

Origin of tait

A borrowing into English of the Australian aboriginal name for the animal.

From Middle English Tayte, Tayt, Teyt (personal name), from Middle English tayt, teyte (“cheerful, merry”), from Old Norse teitr (“cheerful, glad”), from Proto-Germanic *taitaz (“glad, delicate, tender, radiant”). Cognate with Old English tāt (“glad”, attested in names), Old High German zeiz (“loving, pleasant, tender”).

Words that rhyme with tait

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Questions about tait

What does tait mean?
Tait means the honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus).
What is tait in Gujarati?
Tait in Gujarati is ટેઇટ. See Tait meaning in Gujarati.
What part of speech is tait?
Tait can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce tait?
Tait is pronounced /teɪt/.
What is the plural of tait?
The plural of tait is taits.

Words near tait in the dictionary

  1. Taistoists
  2. taistrel
  3. taistrels
  4. taistril
  5. taistrils
  6. tait
  7. Taita
  8. Taitano
  9. Taitanos
  10. Taite
  11. Taites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tait (page history and authors); Tait (page history and authors); tait (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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