Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

t-shirt

/ˈtiːʃɚt/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.57 in modern English

Syllables: t-shirt
IPA: /ˈtiːʃɚt/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lightweight shirt without buttons, usually with short sleeves and no collar. Often made of cotton and frequently bears a picture or slogan.

noun

Dated

noun

Letter case form of T-shirt.

Example Sentences

"Many bands make more money from T-shirt sales than from sale of tickets."
"Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food."

Etymology

From its shape, 1920s.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtiːʃɚt/
British English: /ˈtiːʃɜːt/

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

T-shirts (plural) tee shirt (alternative) tee-shirt (alternative) teeshirt (alternative) tshirt (alternative)

Derived Forms

shirsey

Phrases

been there, done that, bought the T-shirt concert T-shirt pocket T-shirt ringer T-shirt T-shirtable T-shirt bra T-shirt dress T-shirted

Synonyms

tee jersey tee shirt

Questions

How do you pronounce t-shirt?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtiːʃɚt/.
What does t-shirt mean?: A lightweight shirt without buttons, usually with short sleeves and no collar. Often made of cotton and frequently bears a picture or slogan.
Where does t-shirt come from?: From its shape, 1920s.

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