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t-v distinction

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English

Syllables
t-v dis-tinc-tion
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The distinction between a formal and an informal second-person pronoun in some languages.

Etymology

From Latin tū (“thou, singular you”) and vōs (“ye, plural you”).

Inflected Forms

T-V distinctions (plural)

Questions

What does t-v distinction mean?
The distinction between a formal and an informal second-person pronoun in some languages.
Where does t-v distinction come from?
From Latin tū (“thou, singular you”) and vōs (“ye, plural you”).

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