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 lowercase form of T. Its modern minuscule shape developed from handwritten forms of Latin T and became established through medieval minuscule scripts, particularly Carolingian minuscule, from which modern lowercase Latin letterforms largely descend. The Latin letter derives through 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 represented /t/, and Greek and Latin retained both this sound value and its basic crossbar-and-stem form. The Norwegian letter name te reflects the traditional Latin-derived name of the letter.
The symbol for the tonne, a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.
Where this word comes from
From the initial letters of tonn (“tonne”), tara (“tare”), time (“hour”), and tempo.
The lowercase 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/.
The consonant sound represented by the letter t.
Where this word comes from
The lowercase form of T. Its modern minuscule shape developed from handwritten forms of Latin T and became established through medieval minuscule scripts, particularly Carolingian minuscule, from which modern lowercase Latin letterforms largely descend. The Latin letter derives through 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 represented /t/, and Greek and Latin retained both this sound value and its basic crossbar-and-stem form. 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.