# t

| t | U+0074, &#116; LATIN SMALL LETTER T |
| ← s [U+0073] | Basic Latin | u → [U+0075] |
| ᵗ | U+1D57, &#7511; MODIFIER LETTER SMALL T |
| ← ᵖ [U+1D56] | Phonetic Extensions | ᵘ → [U+1D58] |
| ｔ | U+FF54, &#65364; FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER T |
| ← ｓ [U+FF53] | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms | ｕ → [U+FF55] |
* Some sans-serif typefaces have a straight and symmetrical t. This is especially common in children's books.

## Translingual
### Letter

t (upper case T)
* 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

* Pronunciation of IPA [tɑː, ɑttɑː] with the sound [t]:(file)

### Symbol

t
* (IPA) a voiceless alveolar/dental plosive.
* (superscript ⟨ᵗ⟩, IPA) [t]-onset (prestopping / preocclusion / preplosion), [t]-release, [t]-coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [t].
* (mathematics, physics) time
* tonne
    Synonym: T
* (manufacturing) thickness
    0.7 mm t

#### 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

## English
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /tiː/
** Audio (General American):(file)
** Rhymes: -iː
* (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.

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

### Etymology 2

Abbreviations.
t
* (stenoscript) Abbreviation of at
* (stenoscript) Abbreviation of to and homophone too.

#### 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.

##### Derived terms

* s-t cut
* Student's t
* Student's t distribution
* Student's t test
* t-barb
* t-boy
* t-butyl
* t-conorm
* t-crosser
* t-dick
* t distribution
* t-distribution
* t-DNA
* t-former
* t-girl
* t-glottalization
* t-norm
* t-prothesis
* t-rav
* t-shirt
* t-storm
* t test
* t-test
* t-word

## Afar
### Letter

t
* 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

## 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.

#### 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

## 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.

#### 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

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈte]

### Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)
* The twentieth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called te and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) lletres; A a (À à), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l (L·L 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, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

## Central Mazahua
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t/

### Letter

t (upper case T)
* A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ⱥ ⱥ, A̱ a̱, B b, C c, Cꞌ cꞌ, Cj cj, Cu cu, Cꞌu cꞌu, Cju cju, Ch ch, Chꞌ chꞌ, Chj chj, D d, Dy dy, E e, Ɇ ɇ, E̱ e̱, G g, Gu gu, Hu hu, ꞌHu ꞌhu, I i, I̱ i̱, J j, Jꞌ jꞌ, Jm jm, Jn jn, Jñ jñ, Ju ju, Jy jy, L l, M m, Mꞌ mꞌ, N n, Nꞌ nꞌ, Ñ ñ, Ñꞌ ñꞌ, O o, Ø ø, O̱ o̱, P p, Pj pj, R r, S s, T t, Tꞌ tꞌ, Tj tj, Ts ts, Tsꞌ tsꞌ, Tsj tsj, U u, Ꞹ ꞹ, U̱ u̱, X x, Z z, Zh zh, ꞌ

## Chipewyan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʰ/

### Letter

t (upper case T)
* A letter of the Chipewyan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

## Czech
### Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)
* The thirtieth letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, E e, É é, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, P p, Q q, R r, Ř ř, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, Ů ů, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -eː
* (letter name): IPA: /teː/

### Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)
* The twentieth letter of the Danish alphabet

### Noun

t
* ton

## Dutch
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -eː
* (letter name): IPA: /teː/

#### Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)
* the twentieth letter of the Dutch alphabet

##### See also

* Previous letter: s
* Next letter: u

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

t
* (text messaging) Nonstandard form of 't.

## Egyptian
### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

m
* bread

#### Alternative forms

| t | t | t | t | t | t |
| | [chiefly Old Kingdom] | | [since the Middle Kingdom] | [since the Middle Kingdom] | [since the Middle Kingdom] |
| abbreviation | abbreviation in names of types of ritual loaves |

#### Derived terms

* t ꜣšr
* t-ḥḏ

### References

* “tʾ (lemma ID 168810)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎, Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
* Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 209.4–211.4
* Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 292

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /to/
* (phoneme): IPA: /t/
* Audio:(file)

### Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)
* 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

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʰ/

### Letter

t (upper case T)
* 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, Ð ð, 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

## Finnish
### Etymology

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and t for information on the development of the glyph itself.

### Pronunciation

* Audio; “tee, tuttu, tarvita, tee”:(file)

### Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)
* 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
* Abbreviation of tavu.

## 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.
** 1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, 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
* (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!

### See also

* -t-
* 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).

#### 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

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### 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

## Gothic
### Romanization

t
* Romanization of 𐍄

## Heiltsuk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʰ/

### Letter

t (upper case T)
* A letter of the Heiltsuk alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, A̓ a̓, B b, C c, C̓ c̓, D d, Ꟛ ꟛ, G g, Gv gv, Ǧ ǧ, Ǧv ǧv, H h, H̓ h̓, Ħ ħ, I i, Í í, I̓ i̓, K k, Kv kv, K̓ k̓, K̓v k̓v, L l, ʼL l̓, Ḷ ḷ, Ḷ́ ḷ́, ʼḶ ḷ̓, Ɫ ɫ, M m, ʼM m̓, Ṃ ṃ, Ṃ́ ṃ́, ʼṂ ṃ̓, N n, ʼN n̓, Ṇ ṇ, Ṇ́ ṇ́, ʼṆ ṇ̓, P p, P̓ p̓, Q q, Qv qv, Q̓ q̓, Q̓v q̓v, S s, T t, T̓ t̓, Ƛ ƛ, Ƛ̓ ƛ̓, U u, Ú ú, U̓ u̓, W w, ʼW w̓, X x, Xv xv, X̌ x̌, X̌v x̌v, Y y, ʼY y̓, Z z, ʔ

## 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
### 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”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Icelandic
### Letter

t (upper case T)
* The twenty-third letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Ð ð, E e, É é, 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, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

## 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.

#### 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

## Ilocano
### Etymology 1
#### Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)
* The twenty-third letter of the Ilocano alphabet, called ti and written in the Latin script.

### Etymology 2

Clipping of ti (“the”), homophonous to ti.

#### Article

t
* (text messaging, Internet slang) Nonstandard spelling of ti.

## Irish
### Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)
* The seventeenth letter of the Irish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b (Bh bh, bhF bhf, bP bp), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh, dT dt), E e (É é), F f (Fh fh), G g (gC gc, Gh gh), H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m (mB mb, Mh mh), N n (nD nd, nG ng), O o (Ó ó), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th, tS ts), U u (Ú ú), V v
* (diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇
* (dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ

## 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.

## Kankanaey
### Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog t. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English t.

### Pronunciation

* (letter name) IPA: /ti/ [ti̞]
** Rhymes: -i
* (phoneme) IPA: /t/ [t̚]

### Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)
* The twenty-second letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called ti and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) letra; 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, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

### References

* Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎ (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

## Kashubian
### Etymology

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and t for development of the glyph itself.

### Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)
* The twenty-seventh letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, Ã ã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

## Kiowa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʰ/

### Letter

t (upper case T)
* A letter of the Kiowa alphabet.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ai ai, Au au, Aui aui, B̶ b̶, B b, D̶ d̶, D d, E e, G̶ g̶, G g, H h, I i, K k, Kʼ kʼ, L l, M m, N n, n̶, O o, Oi oi, P p, Pʼ pʼ, S s, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ui ui, W w, Y y, Z z, ꞉

## Latin
### Letter

t
* 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)

## 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: [t]
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### Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)
* 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

## Livonian
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /t̪/

### Letter

t (upper case T)
* The thirty-third letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, D̦ d̦, 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

## Malay
### Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)
* 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

## 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.

### 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

## Navajo
### Letter

t (upper case T)
* A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á, Ą ą, Ą́ ą́), B b, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e (É é, Ę ę, Ę́ ę́), G g, Gh gh, H h, Hw hw, X x, I i (Í í, Į į, Į́ į́), J j, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, ʼ, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n (Ń ń), O o (Ó ó, Ǫ ǫ, Ǫ́ ǫ́), S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tł tł, Tłʼ tłʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

## North Frisian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tʰ~t] (generally)
* IPA: [d̥] (Sylt, when intervocalic in an unstressed syllable, merges with ⟨d⟩)

### Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)
* A letter of the North Frisian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### Usage notes

* Palatal ⟨tj⟩ is usually pronounced [t͡ʃ] at the start of a word or stressed syllable.

### See also

* (North Frisian letters): a, ä, å, ā, b, c, d, đ, e, ē, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, ö, p, r, s, t, u, ü, v, w (q, x, y, z)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

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

#### Letter

t
* The 20th letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

t
* Abbreviation of time.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

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

#### 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

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

t
* 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

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

### References

* “t” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## 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.

#### 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

## Polish
### Etymology

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and t for development of the glyph itself.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛ/

### Letter

t (upper case T, lower case)
* 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

## Portuguese
### Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)
* 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 â, Ã ã), 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

## 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.

#### 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 z International 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).

## 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.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă, Â â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Î î, 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

## Saterland Frisian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ət/
* Hyphenation: t

### Article

t
* Unstressed form of dät

### References

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

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t̪ʰ/

### Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)
* The seventeenth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by s and followed by u. Its traditional name is teine (“gorse”).

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) litir; 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), L l, M m (Mh mh), N n, O o (Ò ò), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th), U u (Ù ù)
* (diacritics) ◌̀
* (obsolete vowels) Á á É é Ó ó

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* T (uppercase)

### 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.

## Silesian
### Etymology

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and t for development of the glyph itself.

### Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)
* The twenty-eighth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ã ã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

## Skolt Sami
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /t/

### Letter

t (upper case T)
* The thirtieth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a, Â 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

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t]

### Letter

t (upper case T)
* The thirty-fifth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, Ä ä, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, Dz dz, Dž dž, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ĺ ĺ, Ľ ľ, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, Q q, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

## Spanish
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (phoneme) /t/
* IPA: (letter name) /ˈte/ [ˈt̪e]
** Audio (Spain):(file)
** Rhymes: -e

#### 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.

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /te/ [t̪e]
* Rhymes: -e

#### Preposition

t
* (text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of te.
    t kiero wapoluv u sxy

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /teː/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: T, te
* Rhymes: -eː

### Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)
* The twentieth letter of the Swedish alphabet

#### Declension
## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish t. Each pronunciation has a different source:
* Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English t.
* Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜆ (ta).
* Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish t.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˈti/ [ˈt̪i] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
*** Rhymes: -i
** IPA: /ˈta/ [ˈt̪a] (letter name, Abakada alphabet)
*** Rhymes: -a
** IPA: /ˈte/ [ˈt̪ɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
*** Rhymes: -e
** IPA: /t/ [t̪] (phoneme)

### Letter

t (lower case, upper case T, Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ)
* The twenty-second letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called ti and written in the Latin script.
* (historical) The twenty-third letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called te and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) titik; 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, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

### Letter

t (lower case, upper case T, Baybayin spelling ᜆ)
* The seventeenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called ta and written in the Latin script.

### Further reading

* “t”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Tlingit
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʰ/

### Letter

t (upper case T)
* A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* Canada:
* (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, À à, Â â, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dł dł, Dz dz, E e, É é, È è, Ê ê, G g, Gw gw, Gh gh, Ghw ghw, H h, I i, Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Kh kh, Khw khw, Khʼ khʼ, Khʼw khʼw (L l), Ł ł, Łʼ łʼ (M m), N n (O o), S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, Xh xh, Xhw xhw, Xhʼ xhʼ, Xhʼw xhʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), ․
* US:
* (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, Aa aa, Áa áa, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e, É é, Ee ee, Ée ée, Ei ei, Éi éi, G g, Gw gw, G̱ g̱, G̱w g̱w, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Ḵ ḵ, Ḵw ḵw, Ḵʼ ḵʼ, Ḵʼw ḵʼw, L l, Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ, M m), N n (O o), Oo oo, Óo óo, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, X̱ʼ x̱ʼ, X̱ʼw x̱ʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ, Y̱ y̱), ․

## Turkish
### Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)
* The twenty-fourth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called te and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) harf; A a (Â â), B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i (Î î), 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 (Û û), Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

## 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.

### 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

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation 1

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [təː˨˩]
* (Huế) IPA: [təː˦˩]
* (Saigon) IPA: [təː˨˩]
* Phonetic spelling: tờ

### Pronunciation 2

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [te˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [tej˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [tej˧˧]
* Phonetic spelling: tê

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French t.

#### Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)
* The twenty-fourth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called tờ or tê and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/vi.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

t
* (slang, Internet, text messaging) Abbreviation of tao / tau / tôi / tớ. Generally perceived as tao / tau.

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (standard) IPA: /tiː/
** (informal) IPA: /tə/

### Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)
* The twenty-fifth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called ti and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by s and followed by th.

### Mutation

* t at the beginning of words mutates to d in a soft mutation, to nh in a nasal mutation and to th in an aspirate mutation, for example with the word tŷ (“house”):
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “t”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

## Yele
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t̪/

### Letter

t (upper case T)
* A letter of the Yele alphabet.

#### Derived terms

* The digraph ⟨tp⟩ transcribes the single consonant /t̪͡p/
There is a digraph for palatalized ⟨tpy⟩. (Expected *ty is written ⟨ch⟩)

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, â, b, Ch ch, D d, e, é, ê, Gh gh, i, î, j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, o, ó, P p, T t, U u, V v, W w, Y y, ꞉

## 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.

#### 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
* (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

## Zulu
### Letter

t (lower case, upper case T)
* 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