T

See also: Appendix:Variations of "t"

T U+0054, T LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T ← S [U+0053] Basic Latin U → [U+0055]

Ｔ U+FF34, Ｔ FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T ← Ｓ [U+FF33] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｕ → [U+FF35]

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Translingual

Letter

T (lower case t)

1. The twentieth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

See also

• (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

Symbol

T

1. tesla, the SI unit of magnetic flux density.
2. tera-
3. (genetics) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for thymine
4. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for threonine
5. (mathematics) matrix transpose
6. (chemistry) tritium

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 

  Capital 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 also

Other representations of T:

NATO phonetic: Tango Morse code: – Braille: ⠞ ASL Manual: T

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

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English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /tiː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /t/
• (main allophones): IPA^(key): [tʰ], [t], [t̬], [ɾ], [ʔ]

Audio (GA)

(file)

Letter

T (upper case, lower case t, plural Ts or T's)

1. The twentieth letter of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (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

Number

T (upper case, lower case t)

1. The ordinal number twentieth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.

Derived terms

• T-junction
• to a T
• to the T

• T-piece
• T-pose
• T-shirt

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophones: te, tea, tee, ti

Adjective

T

1. (ratings) Teen.
2. (finance) Taxable.
3. American Library Association abbreviation of twentieth, a book size range (12.5-15 cm in height).
4. Transgender (TG) or transsexual (TS) (sometimes used in contrast to cisgender M or F; compare NB).
5. Testosterone.

Noun

T

1. Tuesday.
2. (rail transport, in multiple unit formations) Trailer car.
3. (informal) The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA; specifically, the subway or train.

   I'm going to take the T.

4. (sports) The sports statistic for ties in a given period under a given criteria.
5. (basketball) A technical foul.
6. (stock ticker symbol) AT&T.

See also

• (sports): W, L, OT, OTL, OTW

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Afar

Letter

T

1. The third letter in the Afar alphabet.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

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American Sign Language

Letter

(transliteration needed) (Stokoe T)

1. The letter T

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Azerbaijani

Letter

T upper case (lower case t)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tì (ti⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: T
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ
    • Wade–Giles: t'ih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tih
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹/

Noun

T

1. (LGBT) butch lesbian

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /teː/

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

T (capital, lowercase t)

1. The twentieth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See also

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Esperanto

Letter

T (upper case, lower case t)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called to and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

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Finnish

Letter

T (upper case, lower case t)

1. The twentieth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; 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 (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophone: Tee

Letter

T (upper case, lower case t)

1. The twentieth letter of the German alphabet.

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t/

Letter

T (lower case t)

1. The twentieth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litero; 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

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Italian

Pronunciation

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /ti/
• Homophone: ti
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /t/

Letter

T m or f (invariable, lower case t)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called ti and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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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]

Letter

T

T (upper case, lower case t)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called tē and written in the Latin script.

See also

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

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Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [ti]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [t]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [t̚]

Letter

T

1. The twentieth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) 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

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Portuguese

Letter

T (upper case, lower case t)

1. The twentieth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), 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

Noun

T m (plural Ts)

1. adaptor (device allowing more plugs at a socket)

Synonyms

• adaptador, benjamim

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/

Letter

T (upper case, lower case t)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /T/. Preceded by Ş and followed by Ţ.

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Saanich

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t/

Letter

T

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̲, X, X̲, Y, Z, s, ,

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiː/

Letter

T (upper case, lower case t)

1. The 17th letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet.

Derived terms

• lèine-T

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, À à, B b, Bh bh, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dh dh, E e, È è, F f, Fh fh, G g, Gh gh, H h, I i, Ì ì (J j, K k), L l, Ll ll, M m, Mh mh, N n, Ng ng, Nn nn, O o, Ò ò, P p, Ph ph (Q q), R r, Rr rr, S s, Sh sh, T t, Th th, U u, Ù ù (V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z)

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Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /t/

Letter

T (lower case t)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

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Slovene

Pronunciation

Letter

T (capital, lowercase t)

1. The 21st letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by Š and followed by U.

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Somali

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /t/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /tæ/

Letter

T upper case (lower case t)

1. The third letter of the Somali alphabet, called ta and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

1. The third letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by B and followed by J.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) ', B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u

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Spanish

Letter

T (upper case, lower case t)

1. The 21st letter of the Spanish alphabet.

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Turkish

Letter

T (upper case, lower case t)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called te and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [te˧˧], [təː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tej˧˧], [təː˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tej˧˧], [təː˨˩]
• Phonetic: tê, tờ

Letter

T (upper case, lower case t)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called tê or tờ and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  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)

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Zulu

Letter

T (upper case, lower case t)

1. The twentieth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) 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