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5,162 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

T: abbreviation of tour (“rook”)
T-shirt: alternative spelling of tee-shirt
T.-N.: Terre-Neuve, former name of a province in Canada; Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, a province of Canada; Île de Terre-Neuve, a large island in eastern Canada; Terre Neuve, a former country occupying eastern North America
T.N.-O.: initialism of Territoires du Nord-Ouest (“Northwest Territories”): NWT
TAAF: French Southern and Antarctic Lands
TAC: acronym of turbine à combustion
TAG: initialism of turbine à gaz
TAI: initialism of temps atomique international (“international atomic time”)
TAS: initialism of Tribunal Arbitral du Sport; CAS (“Court of Arbitration for Sport”)
TBI: initialism of tableau blanc interactif
TBK: abbreviation of tabarnak
TBNK: abbreviation of tabarnak
TCA: initialism of Travailleurs canadiens de l'automobile: CAW (Canadian Auto Workers), a former trade union that was one of the predecessors of Unifor.
TCC: CBT
TCD: abbreviation of transport de chalands de débarquement — LPD (“landing platform dock”); a military sea transport that has a dock to embark and debark landing craft
TCD: initialism of transformée en cosinus discrète (“discrete cosine transform”): DCT
TCF: initialism of Test de Connaissance du Français
TCH: abbreviation of Tchéquie: Czech Republic, Czechia (a country in Central Europe)
TCS: initialism of Touring Club Suisse, the Swiss Touring Club
TD: (initialism of travaux dirigés; tutorials
TDAH: initialism of trouble du déficit de l’attention avec ou sans hyperactivité (“ADHD”)
TDS: sex worker
TER: initialism of Transport express régional, the brand name of the French train company SNCF for intra-regional travel
TERF: TERF (a trans-exclusionary radical feminist)
TF1: initialism of Télévision Française 1, the first French television channel
TFAI: initialism of Territoire français des Afars et des Issas (“French Territory of the Afars and the Issas”)
TFC: initialism of Toulouse Football Club, a French football (soccer) club from Toulouse; initialism of Toronto FC, a Canadian soccer club from Toronto
TGV: initialism of train à grande vitesse
TIP: acronym of titre interbancaire de paiement
TIR: initialism of Transports Internationaux Routiers (“International Road Transports”)
TLFi: Trésor de la langue française informatisé
TLJ: everyday
TLJ: every day
TLR: LRT; initialism of transit léger sur rail or transit léger sur rails
TMC: initialism of Télé Monte-Carlo.
TN: initialism of Terre-Neuve; initialism of Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador
TNL: abbreviation of Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador
TNT: initialism of television numérique terrestre (“digital OTA (digital over-the-air television)”)
TOC: acronym of trouble obsessionnel compulsif
TOM: acronym of territoire d'outre-mer (“French overseas territory”)
TPE: initialism of très petite entreprise (“very small business”); initialism of terminal de paiement électronique (“payment terminal”)
TPG: initialism of trésorier-payeur général
TPS: GST (goods and services tax)
TSR: initialism of Télévision Suisse Romande, the Swiss-French television channel
TSVP: PTO, please turn over: used at the bottom of a page to indicate that content continues on the back.
TTC: initialism of Toutes taxes comprises (“including all taxes”) (when talking about a price)
TTV: initialism of télétravail
TUAC: acronym of Travailleurs unis de l'alimentation et du commerce (“United Food and Commercial Workers”): UFCW
TV: television
TV5: initialism of Télévision des Cinq Continents.
TVA: initialism of taxe sur la valeur ajoutée: VAT (value-added tax); initialism of Téléviseurs / Télédiffuseurs associés (“Associated Telecasters”)
TVQ: QST (“Quebec sales tax”) initialism of taxe de vente du Québec
Table: Mensa (constellation)
Tachkent: Tashkent (the capital of Uzbekistan)
Tachoires: A toponym in Saleich, Haute-Garonne
Tachouères: A toponym in Saleich, Haute-Garonne
Tachrift: a surname from Arabic
Taché: a surname
Tacite: Tacitus
Tadjik: Tajik (resident or native of Tajikistan)