name
Meaning 1
A surname from Chinese.
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Standard Lemma guide
tu
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Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: T UW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Initialism of Taylor University.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Meaning 3
Initialism of Temple University.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Meaning 4
Initialism of Tooling University.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Meaning 5
Initialism of Towson University.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Meaning 6
Initialism of Trent University.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Meaning 7
Initialism of Tribhuvan University.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Meaning 8
Initialism of Tulane University.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Meaning 9
Initialism of University of Tulsa.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Meaning 10
Initialism of Touro University.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Meaning 11
Abbreviation of Tuesday.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
Meaning 12
Tuberculin Units, the measure of an antigen used to aid in the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 13
Time Unit.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 14
Initialism of translation unit.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 15
tritium unit: equal to 1 atom of tritium per 1018 hydrogen atoms, typically in water.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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particle
Meaning 16
Pronunciation spelling of to, representing African-American Vernacular English.
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Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Chinese. Most likely from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 屠 (Tú) or 涂 (Tú).