TG
Translingual
Symbol
TG
English
Noun
TG (countable and uncountable, plural TGs)
- (LGBTQ, 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.
- Initialism of temporary gentleman.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, 'A Friend's Friend', Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 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.
- Initialism of transformational grammar.
- Initialism of thyroglobulin.
Proper noun
TG
- Abbreviation of Telangana: a state of India.
- Synonym: TS
- 2020 September 18, Sandeep Kumar, Ram Swaroop Meena, Manoj Kumar Jhariya, Resources Use Efficiency in Agriculture, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 527:
- The Southern region encompassing Andhra Pradesh (AP), Telangana (TG), AP and TG (two combined projects in both states), Karnataka, Kerala, […]
Adjective
TG (not comparable)
- (linguistics) Initialism of transformative-generative.
- (LGBTQ) Initialism of transgender.
Derived terms
- (transgender): TGNB
Interjection
TG
- Initialism of thank God.
Anagrams
Chinese
Etymology 1
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- 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.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
TG
- (Internet slang) Communist Party of China
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of English Telegram (software).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
TG
Etymology 3
Initialism of English tear gas.
Pronunciation
Noun
TG
German
Noun
TG
- (apartment listing) abbreviation of Tiefgarage
- abbreviation of Taschengeld
Proper noun
TG
- ISO 3166-2:CH code of Thurgau (canton)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): **/ti‿dˈd͡ʒi/*[1]
Noun
TG m (invariable)
- abbreviation of telegiornale
References
- ^ TG in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌtə ˈɡə/
Noun
TG f (uncountable)
- initialism of technoleg gwybodaeth (“information technology”)