T.
The twentieth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Meaning & usage
The twentieth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Where this word comes from
The uppercase form of t. From Latin T, from the Etruscan letter Etruscan 𐌕 (t, “te”), from Ancient Greek Τ (T, “tau”), itself borrowed from Phoenician 𐤕 (t, “taw; literally “mark, sign””), ultimately from the Egyptian hieroglyph Egyptian 𓏴 (“a pair of crossed sticks”). The Phoenician letter was the twenty-second and final letter of its abjad and represented the sound /t/. Greek retained both its sound value and its basic crossbar-and-stem shape, which subsequently passed through Etruscan into the Latin alphabet with little alteration. The Norwegian letter name te reflects the traditional Latin-derived name of the letter.
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Where this word comes from
The uppercase form of t. From Latin T, from the Etruscan letter Etruscan 𐌕 (t, “te”), from Ancient Greek Τ (T, “tau”), itself borrowed from Phoenician 𐤕 (t, “taw; literally “mark, sign””), ultimately from the Egyptian hieroglyph Egyptian 𓏴 (“a pair of crossed sticks”). The Phoenician letter was the twenty-second and final letter of its abjad and represented the sound /t/. Greek retained both its sound value and its basic crossbar-and-stem shape, which subsequently passed through Etruscan into the Latin alphabet with little alteration. The Norwegian letter name te reflects the traditional Latin-derived name of the letter.
The uppercase form of t, the twentieth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by s and followed by u.
The written representation of the Norwegian consonant sound /t/, a voiceless alveolar plosive; as part of ⟨rt⟩, it may represent the retroflex sound /ʈ/.
Where this word comes from
The uppercase form of t. From Latin T, from the Etruscan letter Etruscan 𐌕 (t, “te”), from Ancient Greek Τ (T, “tau”), itself borrowed from Phoenician 𐤕 (t, “taw; literally “mark, sign””), ultimately from the Egyptian hieroglyph Egyptian 𓏴 (“a pair of crossed sticks”). The Phoenician letter was the twenty-second and final letter of its abjad and represented the sound /t/. Greek retained both its sound value and its basic crossbar-and-stem shape, which subsequently passed through Etruscan into the Latin alphabet with little alteration. The Norwegian letter name te reflects the traditional Latin-derived name of the letter.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.