taken en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English taken, takenn, from Old English tacen, *ġetacen, from Old Norse tekinn, from Proto-Germanic *tēkanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to take; grasp; touch”). Cognate with Scots takin, tane, Danish tagen, Swedish tagen, Icelandic tekin. Morphologically take + -n.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.
He was very taken with the girl, I hear.
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(informal, not-comparable) In a serious romantic relationship.
I can't ask her out, she's taken.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tane | Scotland, alternative, archaic, dialectal | lexicographic | |
| ta'en | Scotland, alternative, archaic, dialectal | lexicographic |
Deriveds
untaken · taken aback · foretaken · none taken · is this seat taken
Translations (21)
pl zajęty (informal: in a relationship) · de vergeben (informal: in a relationship) · fi pihkassa (infatuated, fond of or attracted to) · sq Zan (geg) (infatuated, fond of or attracted to) · cs zadaný (informal: in a relationship) · sv förtjust (infatuated, fond of or attracted to) · no opptatt (informal: in a relationship) · it infatuato (infatuated, fond of or attracted to) · no betatt (infatuated, fond of or attracted to) · cs zadaná (informal: in a relationship) · it impegnato (informal: in a relationship) · de ergriffen (infatuated, fond of or attracted to) · sv intagen (infatuated, fond of or attracted to) · it coinvolto (infatuated, fond of or attracted to) · cs zaujatý (infatuated, fond of or attracted to) · it coinvolto (informal: in a relationship) · fi varattu (informal: in a relationship) · de eingenommen (infatuated, fond of or attracted to) · it attratto (infatuated, fond of or attracted to) · arz مرتبط (informal: in a relationship) · pl zajęta (informal: in a relationship)