t

t

See also: T and Appendix:Variations of "t"

t U+0074, t LATIN SMALL LETTER T ← s [U+0073] Basic Latin u → [U+0075]

ｔ U+FF54, ｔ FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER T ← ｓ [U+FF53] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｕ → [U+FF55]

Translingual

Letter

t (upper 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
• Τ (tau)
• Т (te)
• Turned: Ʇ, ʇ

Pronunciation

• IPA

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Symbol

t

1. (IPA) voiceless alveolar plosive.
2. (mathematics, physics) time
3. tonne
4. (manufacturing) thickness

   0.7 mmt

Usage notes

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

See also

• (IPA): d (“voiced alveolar plosive”)

Other representations of T:

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

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

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

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English

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /tiː/

  • Audio (GA)

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  • Rhymes: -iː
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /t/
• (main allophones): IPA^(key): [tʰ], [t], [t̬], [ɾ], [ʔ]

Letter

t (lower case, upper 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 (lower case, upper case T)

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

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

t

1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of at
2. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of to and homophone too.

Noun

t (uncountable)

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

Alternative forms

• t.

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Afar

Letter

t

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

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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Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /t/

Letter

t lower case (upper 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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Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/, [t̪e̞]

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eː
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /teː/

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

1. The twentieth letter of the Danish alphabet

Noun

t

1. ton

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eː
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /teː/

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

1. The twentieth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See also

• Previous letter: s
• Next letter: u

See also

• 't

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /tɛ/
  • Conventional anglicization: te

Noun

 m

1. bread

Inflection

Declension of t (masculine)

singular	t
dual	twj
plural	tw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of t  

t

Derived terms

• t ꜣšr
• t-ḥḏ

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

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

• Audio

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Letter

t (lower case, upper 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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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰ/

Letter

t (upper case T)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, Y y, Ý ý, Æ æ, Ø ø

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Finnish

Pronunciation

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Letter

t (lower case, upper 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

Noun

t

1. Abbreviation of tavu.

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French

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /te/

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

1. The twentieth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
   • 1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche^{fr.Wikisource}, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:

     Sa curiosité et son extravagance arrivèrent à ce point qu’il vendit plusieurs arpents de bonnes terres à labourer pour acheter des livres de chevalerie à lire.

     His curiosity and his extravagance came to the point that he sold several arpents of good working land to buy books of chivalry to read.

Contraction

t

1. (text messaging, Internet slang) Informal spelling of t'es

See also

• -t-
• t'

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Fula

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t/

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

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

Usage notes

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

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

Derived terms

• Wohlklangs-t

Related terms

• t euphonicum

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Gothic

Romanization

t

1. Romanization of 𐍄

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈt]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈteː]

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

1. 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

See also

• (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.

Further reading

• t in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Ido

Pronunciation

• (context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /te/

Letter

t (upper 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

Letter

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

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

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Latin

Letter

t

1. A letter of the Latin alphabet.

References

• t in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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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 (lower case, upper 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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Livonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /t̪/

Letter

t (upper case T)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēḑ; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, Ḑ ḑ, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

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Malay

Letter

t (lower case, upper case 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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Maltese

Pronunciation

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

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, 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, Ż ż, Z z

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

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

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Letter

t

1. The 20th letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

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

• Audio

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Letter

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

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

Noun

t

1. Abbreviation of time.
2. Abbreviation of tonn.
3. (music) Abbreviation of tempo.
4. (music) Abbreviation of tenor.
5. (historical) Initialism of tilfredsstillande (academic grade).
6. Abbreviation of tara.
7. (music) Abbreviation of tonika (“tonic”).

Preposition

t

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

References

• “t” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Nupe

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /t/

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ/

Letter

t (upper case T, lower case)

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

See also

• (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 reading

• t in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• t in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Letter

t (lower case, upper 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

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Romani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t/

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

1. (International Standard) The twenty-sixth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. (Pan-Vlax) The twenty-seventh letter of the Romani 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, 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 zInternational 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).

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t/

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă,  â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Πî, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Saterland Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ət/
• Hyphenation: t

Article

t

1. Unstressed form of dät

References

• Pyt Kramer (1996) Kute Seelter Sproakleere‎, Mildam, page 10

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (uppercase) T

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /t/

Letter

t (Cyrillic spelling т)

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

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Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /t/

Letter

t (upper 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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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (phoneme) /t/
• IPA^(key): (letter name) /ˈte/ [ˈt̪e]
  • (Castilian)

    Audio

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  • Rhymes: -e

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

1. the 21st letter of the Spanish alphabet

Noun

t m or f (uncountable)

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

Alternative forms

• t.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teː/

• audio

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• Homophones: T, te
• Rhymes: -eː

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

1. 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

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Turkish

Letter

t (lower case, upper 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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Turkmen

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /t/

Letter

t (upper case T)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

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Yoruba

Pronunciation

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

Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)

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

See also

• (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

• As used in Benin: (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y

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Zulu

Letter

t (lower case, upper 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