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English word origin

Etymology of T

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Source etymology 2

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adj

Abbreviation of teen. · Abbreviation of taxable. · Abbreviation of twentieth, a book size range (12.5–15 cm in height). · Abbreviation of transgender or transsexual.

noun

Ellipsis of T-shirt. · Abbreviation of Tuesday. · Abbreviation of Thursday. · Abbreviation of tenor.

name

AT&T. · The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA; specifically, the subway or train. · The roughly T-shaped rural part of Pennsylvania, located between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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