Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ti

/tiː/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables
ti
IPA
/tiː/
2
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.

noun

A good luck plant (Cordyline fruticosa), an evergreen shrub.

noun

Initialism of time interval.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of targeted individual (“a victim of gangstalking”).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of tonic immobility.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of translation and interpreting.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of therapeutic index.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of training instructor.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Coined by English music educator Sarah Anna Glover in 1812 as an alteration of si for her solmization, made so that every note of solfège would begin with a different letter, from Middle English si (“seventh degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian si in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the initials of Latin Sāncte Iohannēs (“Saint John (the Baptist)”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: si, Sāncte Iohannēs

Usage

Inflected Forms

tis (plural) ki (alternative)

Phrases

ti bon ange ti ko pek ti lok ti-tree

Frequently Paired Words

ti bon ange ti ko pek ti lok ti-tree

Synonyms

T&I si te cordyline terminalis titanium atomic number 22

Homonyms

T te tea tee

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce ti?
The recorded pronunciation is /tiː/.
What does ti mean?
A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.
Where does ti come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce ti

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