t

See also: T and Variations of "t"

t - Translingual

Letter

t (upper case T)

The twentieth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Symbol

Usage notes

As a symbol meaning "time", t is italicised in print; for example, "the position at time t is x".

Gallery

Letter styles
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

t - English

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA: /t/
(main allophones): IPA: [tʰ], [t], [t̬], [ɾ], [ʔ]

Letter

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

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

Number

t (lower case, upper case T)

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

Noun

t (uncountable)

Abbreviation of time.
Alternative letter-case form of T, ton.
(UK) Alternative letter-case form of T, tonne.
(historical) Abbreviation of tomin.

Alternative forms

t - Afar

Letter

The third letter of the Afar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

t - Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA: /t/

Letter

t lower case (upper case T)

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

t - Basque

Pronunciation

IPA: /te/, [t̪e̞]

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

The twenty-first letter of the Basque alphabet, called te and written in the Latin script.

t - Danish

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA: /teː/

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

The twentieth letter of the Danish alphabet

Noun

t - Dutch

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA: /teː/

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

The twentieth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

t - Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA: /tɛ/
- Conventional anglicization: te

Noun

bread

Inflection

singular	t
dual	twj
plural	tw

Alternative forms

Derived terms

t - Esperanto

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA: /to/
(phoneme): IPA: /t/

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

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

t - Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA: /tʰ/

Letter

t (upper case T)

The twenty-second letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

t - Finnish

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

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

Noun

Abbreviation of tavu.

t - French

Pronunciation

(letter name) IPA: /te/

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

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

Contraction

(text messaging, Internet slang) Informal spelling of t'es
- t ou? ― wya?
- t pas chez toi? ― ur not home?
- t vrmt nul! ― u rly suck!

t - Fula

Pronunciation

IPA: /t/

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

t - German

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

The twentieth letter of the German alphabet, called te and written in the Latin script.

Derived terms

Wohlklangs-t

Related terms

t euphonicum

t - Gothic

Romanization

Romanization of 𐍄

t - Hungarian

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA: [ˈt]
(letter name): IPA: [ˈteː]

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

The thirty-second letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called té and written in the Latin script.

Declension

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

t - Ido

Pronunciation

(context pronunciation) IPA: /t/
(letter name) IPA: /te/

Letter

t (upper case T)

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

t - Italian

Letter

t f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case T)

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

t - Latin

Letter

A letter of the Latin alphabet.

t - Latvian

Pronunciation

IPA: [t]

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

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

t - Livonian

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA: /t̪/

Letter

t (upper case T)

The thirty-third letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

t - Malay

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

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

t - Maltese

Pronunciation

IPA: /t/
IPA: /d/ (by assimilation to a following voiced obstruent)

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

The twenty-fourth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

t - Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA: /teː/
(phoneme): IPA: /t/, (in rt) /ʈ/

Letter

The 20th letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

t - Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA: /teː/
(phoneme): IPA: /t/, (in rt) /ʈ/

Letter

t m (upper case T, definite singular t-en, indefinite plural t-ar, definite plural t-ane)

The 20th letter of the Norwegian alphabet.
Something in the shape of a T

Noun

Abbreviation of time.
Abbreviation of tonn.
(music) Abbreviation of tempo.
(music) Abbreviation of tenor.
(historical) Initialism of tilfredsstillande (academic grade).
Abbreviation of tara.
(music) Abbreviation of tonika (“tonic”).

Preposition

(text messaging, informal) Abbreviation of til (“to”).

t - Nupe

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA: /t/

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

The twenty-third letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

t - Polish

Pronunciation

IPA: /tɛ/

Letter

t (upper case T, lower case)

The twenty-sixth letter of the Polish alphabet, called te and written in the Latin script.

t - Portuguese

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

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

t - Romani

Pronunciation

IPA: /t/

Letter

t (lower case, upper 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.

t - Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA: /t/

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

The twenty-fourth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called te or tî and written in the Latin script.

t - Saterland Frisian

Pronunciation

IPA: /ət/
Hyphenation: t

Article

Unstressed form of dät

t - Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(uppercase) T

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA: /t/

Letter

t (Cyrillic spelling т)

The 26th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by š and followed by u.

t - Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA: /t/

Letter

t (upper case T)

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

t - Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA: (phoneme) /t/

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

the 21st letter of the Spanish alphabet

Noun

t m or f (uncountable)

Abbreviation of tiempo, time
Alternative letter-case form of T, tonelada: ton, Spanish ton, metric ton
(historical) Abbreviation of tomín: tomin, former Spanish unit of currency

Alternative forms

t - Swedish

Pronunciation

IPA: /teː/
Homophones: T, te

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

The twentieth letter of the Swedish alphabet

Declension

Declension of t
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	t	t:et	t:n	t:na
Genitive	ts	t:ets	t:ns	t:nas

t - Turkish

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

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

t - Turkmen

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA: /t/

Letter

t (upper case T)

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

t - Yoruba

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA: /t/
(letter name): IPA: /tí/

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

The twenty-second letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called tí and written in the Latin script.

t - Zulu

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

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