"TG" meaning in English

See TG in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} TG (not comparable)
  1. (linguistics) Initialism of transformative-generative. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: transformative-generative Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-TG-en-adj-xHRfWWo7 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (LGBTQ) Initialism of transgender. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: transgender Categories (topical): LGBTQ, Transgender
    Sense id: en-TG-en-adj-en:transgender Disambiguation of Transgender: 5 14 2 3 14 26 26 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: TGNB

Interjection

Head templates: {{head|en|interjection}} TG
  1. Initialism of thank God. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: thank God
    Sense id: en-TG-en-intj-V4aRzY5G

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} TG
  1. Abbreviation of Telangana. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Telangana Synonyms: TS
    Sense id: en-TG-en-name-HTcQ0NfY

Noun

Forms: TGs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} TG (countable and uncountable, plural TGs)
  1. (LGBTQ, dated) A transgender person. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable Categories (topical): LGBTQ, Transgender
    Sense id: en-TG-en-noun-en:transgender_person Disambiguation of Transgender: 5 14 2 3 14 26 26 11
  2. Initialism of temporary gentleman. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: temporary gentleman Categories (topical): Transgender
    Sense id: en-TG-en-noun-ccaujYgX Disambiguation of Transgender: 5 14 2 3 14 26 26 11
  3. Initialism of transformational grammar. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: transformational grammar Categories (topical): Transgender
    Sense id: en-TG-en-noun-p7aR7nYU Disambiguation of Transgender: 5 14 2 3 14 26 26 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 1 1 2 2 7 60 22
  4. Initialism of thyroglobulin. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: thyroglobulin Categories (topical): Transgender
    Sense id: en-TG-en-noun-XKKpz-3J Disambiguation of Transgender: 5 14 2 3 14 26 26 11

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for TG meaning in English (5.9kB)

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: LGBTQ",
  "path": [
    "TG"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "TG",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: LGBTQ",
  "path": [
    "TG"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "TG",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "linkages/371",
  "msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (transgender): TGNB desc=transgender rest=TGNB cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=True e2=True",
  "path": [
    "TG"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "TG",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.