TG

See also: tg, Tg, .tg, and T&G

Translingual

Symbol

TG

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Togo.
    Synonym: TGO (alpha-3)

English

Noun

TG (plural TGs)

  1. Initialism of temporary gentleman.
    • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, 'A Friend's Friend', Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society 2005, page 176:
      you can get rid of a man you don't like by writing a letter of introduction and putting him, with it, into the train. TG's are best treated thus.
  2. Initialism of transformational grammar.
  3. (LGBT, dated) A transgender person.
    • 1997, Nancy Goldstein, Jennifer L Manlowe, The Gender Politics of HIV/AIDS in Women
      Often, TGs are forced to revert to their original gender in order to obtain services.
  4. Initialism of thyroglobulin.

Adjective

TG

  1. (LGBT) Initialism of transgender.
  2. (linguistics) Initialism of transformative-generative.

Interjection

TG

  1. Initialism of thank God.

Anagrams

Chinese

Etymology 1

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

  • Initialism of 土共 (tǔgòng).
  • From the emblem of the Communist Party of China. The Latin letters T and G resemble the hammer and the sickle, respectively.

Proper noun

TG

  1. (Internet slang) Communist Party of China

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of English Telegram (software).

Proper noun

TG

  1. (Internet) Telegram (software).

Etymology 3

Initialism of English tear gas.

Noun

TG

  1. (Hong Kong) tear gas

German

Noun

TG

  1. (apartment listing) Abbreviation of Tiefgarage.

Proper noun

TG

  1. ISO 3166-2:CH code of Thurgau (canton)

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): **/ti‿dˈd͡ʒi/*[1]

Noun

TG m (invariable)

  1. Abbreviation of telegiornale.

References
  1. TG in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌtə ˈɡə/

Noun

TG f (uncountable)

  1. Initialism of technoleg gwybodaeth (“information technology”).
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