ta
interjectionprépositionnomcourant dans les dialogues
- //tɑː//
- /[tʰɑː]/
- //tə//
Thanks.
interjection
- 1
Thanks.
Ta for the cup of tea.
- 2
give (imperative)
Mummy needs the bottle back. Ta!
Étymologie
Uncertain, but possibly young child's pronunciation of thanks. Alternatively, derived from Danish tak, from Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz.
préposition
- 1
Variante de toPronunciation spelling of to, representing the standard unstressed pronunciation before consonants.
Go on, break out a "how's yew 'uns doin'? Right pleasure ta meet yew ’uns"!
hasta
nom
- 1
In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): te.
Étymologie
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.