# tab
## Translingual
### Symbol

tab
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tabasaran.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Tabasaran terms

## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tæb/, [tʰæb̥]
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -æb

### Etymology 1

First attested 1607, of uncertain origin.

#### Noun

tab (plural tabs)
* A small flap or strip of material attached to or inserted into something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.
    Antonym: slot
    Coordinate term: tang
    insert tab A into slot B
** 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:"His name was written upon a tab within it - Maple White, Lake Avenue, Detroit, Michigan."
** 1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, “Station to Station”, in Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 333:He pulls off his belt, cursing as the studs catch in the tabs of his jeans.
** 2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 18:We lifted the tabs on the cans and poured the brew carefully into glasses.
* (slang) An ear.
* (by extension, graphical user interface) A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls.
* (graphical user interface) The page or form associated with such a navigational widget.
    How many tabs are open in your Web browser?
* (British Army, military slang) A fast march or run with full kit.

##### Translations
#### Verb

tab (third-person singular simple present tabs, present participle tabbing, simple past and past participle tabbed)
* (transitive) To affix with tabs; to label.

##### Derived terms

* bread tab
* collar tab
* cross-tab
* cross tab
* hand-tab
* keep tabs on
* laundry tab
* peel tab
* pull-tab
* square tab shingle
* swipe-tab
* tabbed
* tab control
* tab explosion
* tab index
* tab leader
* tabnabbing
* tab order
* tab out
* tab page
* tab stop
* trim tab
* washing tab

### Etymology 2

Apocopation (shortening) of (variously) tabulate, tabulator, or tabulation.

#### Noun

tab (plural tabs)
* (informal, chiefly Canada, US) A restaurant bill.
* (informal, chiefly Canada, US) Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar; slate
    Put this round on my tab, please, barman.
* (by extension) The cost or bill for anything.
** 1984, Time, volume 123, number 1:Moreover, at a tab of $9 million, the system's price is about $1 million less than a conventional heating-cooling plant […]
* (computing) A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.
    Synonyms: tabulator, \t
** 2016 May 29, Carson Mell, “Bachmanity Insanity”, in Silicon Valley, season 3, episode 6, spoken by Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch):No no no no I don't, it's not hate, hate is a strong word, truth be told I do have a slight preference for tabs but that's only because I'm anal and because I prefer precision.

#### Verb

tab (third-person singular simple present tabs, present participle tabbing, simple past and past participle tabbed)
* (computing) To use the Tab key on a computer to advance the cursor or move the input focus, or on a typewriter to advance the carriage.
** 2010, Chris Anderson, Pro Business Applications with Silverlight 4, page 210:You can prevent a control from getting the focus when the user is tabbing between controls by settings its IsTabStop property to False.

##### Derived terms

* pick up the tab
* tabability
* tabable
* tabbed

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

Likely to have been formed by clipping the Geordie pronunciation of the word tobacco or alternatively from the brand name Ogden's Tabs.

#### Noun

tab (plural tabs)
* (Geordie and Mackem) A cigarette.
    Lend us a tab!

##### Translations
#### References

* Frank Graham, editor (1987), “TAB”, in The New Geordie Dictionary, Rothbury, Northumberland: Butler Publishing, →ISBN.

### Etymology 4

Clipping of tablature

#### Noun

tab (plural tabs)
* A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.

##### Translations
### Etymology 5

Clipping of Cantab, from Cantabrigian, from Latin Cantabrigia (“Cambridge”).

#### Alternative forms

* Tab

#### Noun

tab (plural tabs)
* (Oxbridge slang) A student of Cambridge University.
** 1995 January 20, Paul Thomas, “Re: >Re: Those 'orrible Tabs”, in rec.sport.rowing‎ (Usenet):You should have been there---it was a good race. Just to clarify matters for the hard of understanding, the tabs led for about 1500m before turning to shrapnel, and Oxford eventually won by 3/4 length.
** 1995 February 7, "Laser Cartridge" [username], “Re: Cambridge News, again.”, in rec.sport.rowing‎ (Usenet):Before Rachel gets in with a stab at the Tabs' coxing efforts, may I say that my experience of coxes on the Isis is somewhat similar.
** 1998 January 17, whitey [username], “Re: Tab bashing (was University Challenge - Its pish)”, in rec.arts.tv.uk.misc‎ (Usenet):Plus, there's always been a healthy rivalry between the tabs and us, but I'm sure this has nothing to do with it ;-)
** 2002 March 27, The Guv'nor [username], “Re: My target this week was...”, in uk.rec.bodybuilding‎ (Usenet):I hope the Tabs get beaten! :-) I support Oxford for no real reason but they have a bad habit of losing to Cambridge recently.
** 2002 March 29, Caroline Smith, “Re: Lifejackets thread returns... [was Re: Boat Race]”, in rec.sport.rowing‎ (Usenet):I have nothing against the girl (other than the fact she's a tab!), but it does strike me as a little daft!!
** 2006 March 30, JY [username], “Veterans Boat Race (that's Oxford, England vs Cambridge, England)”, in rec.sport.rowing‎ (Usenet):Anybody know who won? ¶ Or should that be, how much did the Tabs win by? ;-)

### Etymology 6

Clipping of tabloid.

#### Noun

tab (plural tabs)
* (colloquial) A tabloid newspaper.
** 1999, George H. Douglas, The Golden Age of the Newspaper‎, page 229:By 1926 the tabloid mania was at full tilt, and the tabs in New York went at each other with hammer and tong.
** 2010, Robert Lusetich, Unplayable: An Inside Account of Tiger's Most Tumultuous Season‎:That is the attitude of the tabs: they cover the world's most important city.

### Etymology 7

Clipping of tablet.

#### Noun

tab (plural tabs)
* (informal) A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.
** 2008, Stephen King, Graduation Weekend:Tonight the kids will go out and party down in a more righteous mode. Alcohol and not a few tabs of X will be ingested. Club music will throb through big speakers.

##### Translations
### Etymology 8
#### Noun

tab (plural tabs)
* (informal, theater) A tableau curtain.

##### Derived terms

* tabless

### See also

* tin tab

### Anagrams

* ATB, abt., B.T.A., BTA, TBA, bat, bat-, Bat-, ABT, abt, BAT

## Danish
### Etymology 1

Derived from the verb tabe (“to lose”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtˢæˀb̥]

#### Noun

tab n (singular definite tabet, plural indefinite tab)
* loss
* casualty

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtˢæˀb̥], (colloquial) IPA: [ˈtˢæwˀ]

#### Verb

tab
* imperative of tabe

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French table.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tab/

### Noun

tab
* table

## Nawdm
### Etymology

Cognate with Kabiyé tɔʋ, Gur Lama tʋn, Tem tɔ́ɔ́wʊ, Mbelime ta̰nbù, Gourmanchéma dabanli, Moba talbann, Farefare tãpɔ, Moore tãpo, Dagbani tɔbu, Ntcham butɔbu.

### Noun

tab b (plural tawni ɦi)
* bow

### References

* Bakabima, Koulon Stéphane, Nicole, Jacques (2018) Nawdm-French Dictionary‎, SIL International

## Sumerian
### Romanization

tab
* Romanization of 𒋰 (tab)

## Volapük
### Etymology

Borrowed from English table (table → tab; compare French: table, Latin: tabula, Interlingua: tabula, Esperanto: tablo, Ido: tablo).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tab]

### Noun

tab (nominative plural tabs)
* table (item of furniture)

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

#### Derived terms

* blümükamatab
* bötädatab
* dunetatab
* fidatab
* flanatab
* gämatab
* kläpatab
* klünatab
* klünatabil
* lavatab
* layetatab
* letab
* näitab
* penamatab
* pledamatab
* seidön oki leni tab
* stofedön tabi
* tab laidalotanas
* tababoed
* tabagefem
* tabaletaned
* tabasal
* tabasog
* tabastofed
* tabastofädem
* tabastömem
* tabategäd
* tabavamükian
* tabavin
* tabel
* tabik
* tabil
* trümatab

#### Related terms

* taib

## Welsh
### Etymology

Borrowed from English tab.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tab/
* Rhymes: -ab

### Noun

tab m (plural tabiau or tabs)
* tab (numerous senses)
    Mae gen ti ormod o dabiau ar agor.You've got too many tabs open.
    Rho fe ar y tab.Put it on the tab.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tab”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies