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t¹

  • /tiː/ letter, name
  • /t/ phoneme
  • [tʰ]
  • [t]
  • [t̬]
  • [ɾ]
  • [ʔ]

Rhymes with -iː

letter T · ts · t's

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

number T · ts · t's

  1. lowercase, number The twentieth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.

t²

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Abbreviations.

noun t.

  1. abbreviation, uncountable Abbreviation of time
  2. uncountable Alternative letter-case form of T, ton.
  3. UK, uncountable Alternative letter-case form of T, tonne.
  4. abbreviation, historical, uncountable Abbreviation of tomin

T³

  • /tiː/ letter, name
  • /t/ phoneme
  • [tʰ]
  • [t]
  • [t̬]
  • [ɾ]
  • [ʔ]

letter t · Ts · T's

  1. letter, uppercase The twentieth letter of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script. Both EE and SSBE feature glottal stops – unvoiced Ts – but in EE it can happen in the middle of words – eg “wa’er for “water” – whereas in SSBE it happens only at the end of words.

number t · Ts · T's

  1. uppercase, number The twentieth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.

T⁴

  • /tiː/

Sounds like te, tea, tee, ti · Rhymes with -iː

Where it comes from

Abbreviations.

adjective

  1. abbreviation, not comparable Abbreviation of teen
  2. abbreviation, not comparable Abbreviation of taxable
  3. abbreviation, not comparable Abbreviation of twentieth, a book size range (12.5–15 cm in height).
  4. abbreviation, not comparable Abbreviation of transgender or transsexual
  5. abbreviation, not comparable Abbreviation of true

    Opposite: F

noun Ts

  1. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable Ellipsis of T-shirt "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 […]
  2. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of Tuesday
  3. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of Thursday
  4. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of tenor
  5. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Model T
  6. abbreviation, countable, uncountable, in multiple unit formations Abbreviation of trailer (“trailer car”).
  7. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of ties (statistic).
  8. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of technical foul
  9. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of testosterone But the ongoing dip they describe is far more modest than people fearmongering about a T crisis make it out to be, and likely due to lifestyle factors like sedentariness and environmental pollutants messing with our bodies.
  10. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of T wave 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.
  11. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of T cell 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.
  12. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of T-beam
  13. abbreviation, countable, historical, uncountable Abbreviation of temperance, marked in the ship's books when a sailor chose money instead of the daily rum ration.

proper noun

  1. AT&T.
  2. informal, with the The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA; specifically, the subway or train. I'm going to take the T.
  3. informal, with the The roughly T-shaped rural part of Pennsylvania, located between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The candidate needs to win the T to take the state.

    Similar: Pennsyltucky

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@misc{t_2026,
  title = {t},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/t},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}