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ta.

Thanks.

2 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

intj/tɑː/[tʰɑː]
  1. Thanks.

    Commonwealth · Ireland · UK · colloquial
    Ta for the cup of tea.
  2. give (imperative)

    Commonwealth · childish
    Mummy needs the bottle back. Ta!
Where this word comes from

Uncertain, but possibly young child's pronunciation of thanks. Alternatively, derived from Danish tak, from Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz.

noun/tɑː/
  1. In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): te.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become ti. vowel changed to 'a' to signify a flattened note.

prep/tə/
  1. Pronunciation spelling of to, representing the standard unstressed pronunciation before consonants.

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