T
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TranslingualEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
LetterEdit
T (lower case t)
- The twentieth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter T): Ťť Ṫṫ Ţţ Ṭṭ Țț Ṱṱ Ṯṯ Ŧŧ Ⱦⱦ Ƭƭ Ʈʈ T̈ẗ ᵵ ƫ ȶ ᶙ ᴛ Ｔｔ & stſt
SymbolEdit
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)
GalleryEdit
- Letter styles
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Uppercase and lowercase versions of T, in normal and italic type
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Uppercase and lowercase T in Fraktur
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Uppercase and lowercase T in sans-serif and serif font
See alsoEdit
Other representations of T:
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
- (letter name): IPA(key): /tiː/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /t/
- (main allophones): IPA(key): [tʰ], [t], [t̬], [ɾ], [ʔ]
Audio (GA) (file)
LetterEdit
T (upper case, lower case t, plural Ts or T's)
- The twentieth letter of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
NumberEdit
T (upper case, lower case t)
- The ordinal number twentieth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Abbreviations.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
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).
NounEdit
T (countable and uncountable, plural Ts)
- (informal) A T-shirt.
- 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 […]
- 2005, Kate Brian, Lucky T (page 8)
- Tuesday.
- 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) The sports statistic for ties in a given period under a given criteria.
- (basketball) A technical foul.
- Testosterone. (Compare E, estrogen.)
- (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[1]:
- 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.
Proper nounEdit
T
- (stock ticker symbol) AT&T.
PrefixEdit
T
- (stenoscript) the prefix trans-.
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AfarEdit
LetterEdit
T
- The third letter in the Afar alphabet.
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AfrikaansEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
T (upper case, lower case t)
- The twentieth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz
NounEdit
AngamiEdit
LetterEdit
T
- The twenty-second letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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AzerbaijaniEdit
LetterEdit
T upper case (lower case t)
- The twenty-seventh letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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BasqueEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
T (upper case, lower case t)
- The twenty-first letter of the Basque alphabet, called te and written in the Latin script.
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Central FranconianEdit
EtymologyEdit
- /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.
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
T
- A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
- A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
Usage notesEdit
Doubling of T
- 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.
ChineseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
T
AntonymsEdit
- P (“femme, lipstick lesbian”)
Etymology 2Edit
Pronunciation 1Edit
LetterEdit
T
- The twentieth letter of the Latin alphabet.
Pronunciation 2Edit
LetterEdit
T
- The twentieth letter used in Pinyin.
Usage notesEdit
- 《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).
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
T (capital, lowercase t)
- The twentieth letter of the Dutch alphabet.
EsperantoEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
T (upper case, lower case t)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called to and written in the Latin script.
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FinnishEdit
LetterEdit
T (upper case, lower case t)
- The twentieth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.
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GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
T (upper case, lower case t)
- The twentieth letter of the German alphabet.
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
T (upper case, lower case t)
- The thirty-second letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called té and written in the Latin script.
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 alsoEdit
- (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.
IdoEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
T (lower case t)
- The twentieth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
T f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case t)
- The eighteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called ti and written in the Latin script.
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LatvianEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
T (upper case, lower case t)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called tē and written in the Latin script.
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MalayEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Name of letter) IPA(key): [ti]
- (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [t]
- (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key): [t̚]
LetterEdit
T
- The twentieth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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NupeEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
T (upper case, lower case t)
- The twenty-third letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
T (upper case, lower case t)
- The twenty-sixth letter of the Polish alphabet, called te and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż
Further readingEdit
PortugueseEdit
LetterEdit
T (upper case, lower case t)
- The twentieth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
NounEdit
T m (plural Ts)
RomaniEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
T (upper case, lower case t)
- (International Standard) The twenty-sixth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- (Pan-Vlax) The twenty-seventh letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (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).
RomanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
T (upper case, lower case t)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called te or tî and written in the Latin script.
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SaanichEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
T
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Scottish GaelicEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
T (upper case, lower case t)
- The 17th letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet.
Derived termsEdit
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Skolt SamiEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
T (lower case t)
- The thirtieth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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SloveneEdit
LetterEdit
T (capital, lowercase t)
- The 21st letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by Š and followed by U.
SomaliEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
T upper case (lower case t)
- The third letter of the Somali alphabet, called ta and written in the Latin script.
Usage notesEdit
- The third letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by B and followed by J.
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SpanishEdit
LetterEdit
T (upper case, lower case t)
- the 21st letter of the Spanish alphabet
TurkishEdit
LetterEdit
T (upper case, lower case t)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called te and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
VietnameseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [te˧˧], [təː˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tej˧˧], [təː˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tej˧˧], [təː˨˩]
- Phonetic: tê, tờ
LetterEdit
T (upper case, lower case t)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called tê or tờ and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (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)
WelshEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
T (upper case, lower case t)
- The twenty-fifth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called bi and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by S and followed by Th.
MutationEdit
- 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 alsoEdit
- (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 readingEdit
- 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
YorubaEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
T (upper case, lower case t)
- The twenty-second letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called tí and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (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
ZuluEdit
LetterEdit
T (upper case, lower case t)
- The twentieth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.