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Translingual
Etymology 1
Symbol
TK
- (metrology) Symbol for terakelvin, an SI unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 1012 kelvins.
Etymology 2
Symbol
TK
English
Etymology
Phonetic initialism, with "TK" chosen over "TC" because scarcely any English words contain the sequence "tk," making it easily searchable.
Adjective
TK (not comparable)
- (publishing) Abbreviation of to come (used as a placeholder for information to be filled in before publication).
- 1993, Wall Street & Technology, volume 11, page 244:
- Philip Ng joined SC from Citibank's Hong Kong branch TK years ago.
- 2018 June 2, Avi Selk, “Everything you need to know about Trump’s big envelope from Kim Jong Un and the hope for world peace”, in The Washington Post:
- [Q:] Will next week's summit lead to peace between the United States and North Korea?
[A:] TK.
Noun
TK
- Initialism of transitional kindergarten.
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German
Pronunciation
Adjective
TK
- abbreviation of Tiefkühl-
- TK-Pizza ― frozen pizza
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈteka/ [ˈt̪e.ka]
- Rhymes: -eka
Noun
- (education) initialism of taman kanak-kanak (“kindergarten”)
- (cartography) initialism of titik kartometrik (“cartometric point”)
Further reading
- “TK”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
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Korean
Etymology
From McCune-Reischauer Romanization initials of Taegu and Kyŏngbuk.
Proper noun
TK • (Tikei) (hangeul 티케이)
Synonyms
- 대경 (大慶, daegyeong)
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
TK m inan
- initialism of Trybunał Konstytucyjny (constitutional tribunal)
Further reading
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