name
Meaning 1
A local government area of Rivers State, Nigeria.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
tai
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/taɪ/
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rhymes with -aɪ
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homophone: Thai
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homophone: tie
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homophone: Ty
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tī
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dī
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CMU ARPABET: T AY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A female given name from Chinese.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
A branch of the Tai-Kadai language family, including Thai, Lao, Shan, and Zhuang.
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name
Meaning 4
An ancient city and former polity under the Xia dynasty in present-day Wugong, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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name
Meaning 5
A surname from Chinese.
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name
Meaning 6
Alternative form of Dai.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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name
Meaning 7
A surname.
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name
Meaning 8
Abbreviation of Frenchtemps atomique international (“International Atomic Time”), a high-precision atomic coordinate time standard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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name
Meaning 9
Initialism of Toshiba America, Inc..
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: business
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name
Meaning 10
Initialism of Turkish Aerospace Industries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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name
Meaning 11
Initialism of Thai Airways International.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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name
Meaning 12
Initialism of Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux, a now defunct French airline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 13
A fish, the Japanese bream.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 14
A descendant of speakers of a common proto-Tai language, including subpopulations which no longer speak a Tai language.
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noun
Meaning 15
Initialism of trifluoromethylaminoindane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 16
Initialism of technical analysis indicator.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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adjective
Meaning 17
of or relating to Thailand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Thai border with Laos
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Synonyms: Thai, Siamese
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adjective
Meaning 18
of or relating to the languages of the Thai people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Thai tones
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Synonyms: Thai, Siamese
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adjective
Meaning 19
of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Siamese kings
- different Thai tribes live in the north
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Synonyms: Thai, Siamese
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noun
Meaning 20
the most widespread and best known of the Kadai family of languages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Kadai, Kam-Tai, Kadai language
Narrower terms: White Tai, Red Tai, Tai Dam, Black Tai, Tai Nuea, Chinese Shan, Dehong Dai, Tai Long, Shan, Tai Lue, Xishuangbanna Dai, Tai Yuan, Kam Muang, Khuen, Lao, Khamti, Southern Tai, Tay, Nung, Tho, Thai, Siamese, Central Thai, Bouyei, Buyi, Zhuang, Yay, Saek
noun
Meaning 21
a native or inhabitant of Thailand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Thai, Siamese
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Broader terms: Asian, Asiatic
History
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 邰 (Tái) and 斄 /𭤎 (Tái).
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 代 (dài).
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 戴 (Dài), as well as from its Cantonese pronunciation Daai3.
From Japanese 鯛 (たい, tai).
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 邰 (Tái) — ancient town and state
- Chinese Mandarin: 斄 /𭤎 (Tái) — ancient town and state
- Burmese: ဂုံ (gum) — language family
- Finnish: thaikieli — language family
- French: taï — language family
- Khmer: តៃ (tay) — language family
- Shan: တႆး (tái) — language family
- Thai: ไท (tai) — language family
- Vietnamese: Thái — language family