Pronunciation Homophones tale Noun tail The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus. The visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind. One who surreptitiously follows another. Translations Dutch: staart m (1,2), achtervolger m (3) Finnish: häntä (1,2) French: queue f (1) Frisian: sturt (1) German: Schwanz m (1) Hebrew: זנב (Za'nav) m, שובל (Sho'val) Indonesian: ekor, buntut (1) Japanese: 尻尾 (しっぽ, shippo) (1) Russian: хвост m (1) Spanish: cola f (1) Transitive verb to tail To surreptitiously follow and observe. Translations Dutch: schaduwen Finnish: jäljittää