taust

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish tausta.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˈɑu̯st/

Noun

taust (genitive tausta, partitive tausta)

  1. background (a part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context)
  2. background (a less important feature of scenery)
  3. background (information relevant to the current situation about past events; history)

Declension

Synonyms

References

  1. taust in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN

Further reading


German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

taust

  1. second-person singular present of tauen

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

taust

  1. neuter singular of taus

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

taust

  1. neuter singular of taus
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