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

Proper noun

TG

1. Abbreviation of Telangana.

   Synonym: TS

   • 2014 June 3, “KCR wants TS instead of TG for vehicle registration”, in The Hindu‎^[1]:

     Hitherto, the Centre had cleared a proposal to allot the letters TG to Telangana State, but now the Transport Department has written to the ...

   • 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, […]

Noun

TG (countable and uncountable, plural TGs)

1. 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.

2. Initialism of transformational grammar.
3. (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.

4. Initialism of thyroglobulin.

Adjective

TG

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

Derived terms

• (transgender): TGNB

Interjection

TG

1. Initialism of thank God.

Anagrams

• G & T, G&T, GT, Gt, gt

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.
2. Abbreviation of Taschengeld.

Proper noun

TG

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^**/ti‿dˈd͡ʒi/^*

Noun

TG m (invariable)

1. Abbreviation of telegiornale.

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtə ˈɡə/

Noun

TG f (uncountable)

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