"T-form" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: T-forms [plural]
Etymology: From the first letter of the second-person singular pronoun in Romance languages; ultimately from Latin tu and Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|tu}} Latin tu, {{der|en|ine-pro|*túh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ Head templates: {{en-noun}} T-form (plural T-forms)
  1. (linguistics) A second-person pronoun used in informal situations, to address friends, family, and sometimes inferiors. Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: T form Related terms: thou Translations (informal second-person pronoun): sinuttelumuoto (Finnish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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