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Translingual
Etymology
From the Etruscan letter 𐌕 (t, “te”), from the Ancient Greek letter Τ (T, “tau”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤕 (t, “taw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏴.
See also
Symbol
T
- tesla, the SI unit of magnetic flux density.
- tera-
- (genetics) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for thymine
- (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for threonine
- (mathematics) matrix transpose
- (chemistry) tritium
- (linguistics) A wildcard for a tone or stress level (the tonicity of a syllable)
Gallery
- Uppercase and lowercase versions of T, in normal and italic type
- Uppercase and lowercase T in Fraktur
- Uppercase and lowercase T in sans-serif and serif font
See also
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English
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /tiː/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /t/
- (main allophones): IPA(key): [tʰ], [t], [t̬], [ɾ], [ʔ]
Audio (GA) (file)
Letter
Derived terms
See also
Number
T (upper case, lower case t)
Etymology 2
Abbreviations.
Adjective
T
- (ratings) Teen.
- (finance) Taxable.
- American Library Association abbreviation of twentieth, a book size range (12.5-15 cm in height).
- Transgender (TG) or transsexual (TS) (sometimes used in contrast to cisgender M or F; compare NB).
Noun
T (countable and uncountable, plural Ts)
- (informal) A T-shirt.
- Alternative form: tee
- 2005, Kate Brian, Lucky T, page 8:
- "I'm telling you, every good thing that has happened to me is because of this lucky T." Carrie had an extensive list going of all the positive moments that occurred after she got the T-shirt. She wore the lucky T to varsity basketball tryouts […]
- Abbreviation of Tuesday.
- Abbreviation of Thursday.
- (music) Tenor.
- (automotive) The Ford Motor Company's Model T automobile.
- (rail transport, in multiple unit formations) Trailer car.
- (informal, with the) The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA; specifically, the subway or train.
- I'm going to take the T.
- (sports) Abbreviation of ties (statistic).
- (basketball) A technical foul.
- Testosterone.
- (medicine) A T wave.
- 1999, Thomas M. Blake, Annotated Atlas of Electrocardiography: A Guide to Confident Interpretation, New York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media, →ISBN, page 63:
- The symmetry of the negative Ts in II, III, and avF (210) may have that significance, or it may mean coronary insufficiency in a patient with an old infarct, or may be a stable part of an old lesion.
- (immunology) A T cell.
- 2020 May 2, “Leaving lockdown means understanding immune responses to the virus”, in The Economist:
- Mind your Bs and Ts
The other prong comes in the form of “T” lymphocytes (which mature in the thymus). These recognise and kill infected body cells.
- (construction) A T-beam.
- (nautical, historical) Abbreviation of temperance; marked in the ship's books when a sailor chose money instead of the daily rum ration.
- Coordinate term: G (“grog”)
Proper noun
T
- (stock ticker symbol) AT&T.
- (informal, with the) The roughly T-shaped rural part of Pennsylvania, located between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
- Synonym: Pennsyltucky
- The candidate needs to win the T to take the state.
Afar
Letter
T
- The third letter in the Afar alphabet.
Angami
See also
- (Latin-script letters) Ü ü, Üi üi, A a, Ai ai, I i, Ie ie, U u, Uo uo, E e, Ei ei, O o, Ou ou, K k, Kh kh, G g, Ng ng, C c, Ch ch, J j, Jh jh, Ny ny, T t, Th th, D d, N n, Ts ts, Tsh tsh, Dz dz, P p, Ph ph, B b, M m, Pf pf, Bv bv, Y y, Yh yh, R r, Rh rh, L l, Lh lh, F f, V v, W w, Wh wh, S s, Sh sh, Z z, Zh zh, H h
Azerbaijani
Letter
T upper case (lower case t)
Central Franconian
Etymology
- /t/ is from unshifted West Germanic *t (in tr, ft, st, ht and relicts); occasionally from *d, *þ through analogy (e.g. preterite suffix); from *þþ; in most of Moselle Franconian also from *dd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t/
Letter
T
- A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
- A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
Usage notes
- In the German-based spelling, t is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem.
- In the Dutch-based spelling, t is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open.
Chinese
Pronunciation
Antonyms
- P (“femme, lipstick lesbian”)
Pronunciation 1
Letter
T
- The twentieth letter of the Latin alphabet.
Pronunciation 2
Usage notes
- 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
- The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).
Chipewyan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰ/
Dutch
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /teː/
Audio (file)
Elfdalian
Alternative forms
- T, ᛐ (Dalecarlian runes)
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /to/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /t/
Audio (file)
Letter
T (upper case, lower case t)
Finnish
Etymology
The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and T for information on the development of the glyph itself.
Letter
T (upper case, lower case t)
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teː/
Audio (file) - Homophone: Tee
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈt]
- (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈteː]
Letter
T (upper case, lower case t)
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | T | T-k |
accusative | T-t | T-ket |
dative | T-nek | T-knek |
instrumental | T-vel | T-kkel |
causal-final | T-ért | T-kért |
translative | T-vé | T-kké |
terminative | T-ig | T-kig |
essive-formal | T-ként | T-kként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | T-ben | T-kben |
superessive | T-n | T-ken |
adessive | T-nél | T-knél |
illative | T-be | T-kbe |
sublative | T-re | T-kre |
allative | T-hez | T-khez |
elative | T-ből | T-kből |
delative | T-ről | T-kről |
ablative | T-től | T-ktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
T-é | T-ké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
T-éi | T-kéi |
Possessive forms of T | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | T-m | T-im |
2nd person sing. | T-d | T-id |
3rd person sing. | T-je | T-i |
1st person plural | T-nk | T-ink |
2nd person plural | T-tek | T-itek |
3rd person plural | T-jük | T-ik |
See also
- (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t/
Irish
Letter
T (upper case, lower case t)
Derived terms
See also
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/ga.
Italian
Pronunciation
- (letter name) IPA(key): **/ˈti/*
- Rhymes: -i
- Homophone: ti
- (phonemic realization) IPA(key): /t/
Letter
T f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case t)
Kashubian
Etymology
The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and T for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
T (upper case, lower case t)
Latvian
Etymology
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t]
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Name of letter) IPA(key): [ti]
- (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [t]
- (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key): [t̚]
Polish
Etymology
The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and T for development of the glyph itself.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t/, or IPA(key): /d/ if voiced
Letter
T (upper case, lower case t)
Romani
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t/
Letter
T (upper case, lower case t)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).
Saanich
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t/
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪ʰ/
- (in English calques) IPA(key): /t̪ʰiː/
Letter
T (upper case, lower case t)
Derived terms
Silesian
Etymology
The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and T for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
T (upper case, lower case t)
Slovene
Letter
T (capital, lowercase t)
- The 21st letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by Š and followed by U.
Spanish
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ˈti/ [ˈti] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
- Rhymes: -i
- IPA(key): /ˈta/ [ˈta] (letter name, Abakada alphabet)
- Rhymes: -a
- IPA(key): /ˈte/ [ˈtɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
- Rhymes: -e
- IPA(key): /t/ [t] (phoneme)
- IPA(key): /ˈti/ [ˈti] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
Letter
T (upper case, lower case t, Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ)
- The twenty-second letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called ti and written in the Latin script.
- (historical) The twenty-third letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called te and written in the Latin script.
See also
Letter
T (upper case, lower case t, Baybayin spelling ᜆ)
- The seventeenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called ta and written in the Latin script.
Further reading
- “T”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Turkish
Letter
T (upper case, lower case t)
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [te˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tej˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tej˧˧]
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Letter
T (upper case, lower case t)
See also
- (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, Ã ã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ), Â â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /tiː/
- (informal) IPA(key): /tə/
Letter
T (upper case, lower case t)
Mutation
- T at the beginning of words mutates to D in a soft mutation, to Nh in a nasal mutation and to Th in an aspirate mutation, for example with the word tŷ (“house”):
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
tŷ | dŷ | nhŷ | thŷ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
See also
- (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “T”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Yoruba
Letter
T (upper case, lower case t)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
- (Benin) (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y
Zulu
Letter
T (upper case, lower case t)