Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ta

/tɑː/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables
ta
IPA
/tɑː/
2
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Initialism of Territorial Army.

noun

Initialism of transportation authority.

Countable

noun

Initialism of teaching assistant.

Countable

noun

Initialism of travel agent.

Countable

noun

Initialism of target audience.

Countable

noun

Initialism of time attack.

Countable

noun

Initialism of traffic advisory (a type of TCAS warning).

Countable

noun

Initialism of transactional analysis.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly young child's pronunciation of thanks. Alternatively, derived from Danish tak, from Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

TAs (plural) TAs (present, singular) TA's (present, singular) TAing (participle, present) TA'ing (participle, present) TAed (participle, past) TAed (past) TA'd (participle, past) TA'd (past) TA'ed (participle, past) TA'ed (past) TAd (participle, past)

Phrases

TA system ta everso ta muchly pok-ta-pok ta-da Yah-ta-hey

Frequently Paired Words

ta everso ta muchly pok-ta-pok ta-da Yah-ta-hey

Synonyms

te B-flat li tantalum atomic number 73

Homonyms

taa ptah

Rhymes With

la ya ma ah ha da raw pa na nah sa ha-ha

Questions

How do you pronounce ta?
The recorded pronunciation is /tɑː/.
What does ta mean?
Initialism of Territorial Army.
Where does ta come from?
It is traced to Danish.

How to pronounce ta

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