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tu¹

particle

  1. pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of to, representing African-American Vernacular English.

Tu²

noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Tuesday

Tu³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Chinese. Most likely from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 屠 (Tú) or 涂 (Tú).

proper noun Tus

  1. A surname from Chinese.

TU⁴

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Taylor University
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Temple University
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Tooling University
  4. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Towson University
  5. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Trent University
  6. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Tribhuvan University
  7. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Tulane University
  8. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of University of Tulsa
  9. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Touro University

noun TUs

  1. countable, uncountable Tuberculin Units, the measure of an antigen used to aid in the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection.
  2. countable, uncountable Time Unit.
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of translation unit
  4. countable, uncountable tritium unit: equal to 1 atom of tritium per 10¹⁸ hydrogen atoms, typically in water.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: jun, ef, kila, whit, lun, eef, pss, gtp, chun, aru, huur, you, thou, thee, ye, ya

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APA

tu. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tu

Chicago

"tu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tu.

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@misc{tu_2026,
  title = {tu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}