"TL" meaning in English

See TL in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: TLs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} TL (plural TLs)
  1. (translation studies) Initialism of target language. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: target language
    Sense id: en-TL-en-noun-xGxggSfp Categories (other): Translation studies, Pages with 5 entries, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 11 0 4 9 1 1 1 25 3 25 11 8 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 1 3 10 1 4 2 25 2 24 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 22 1 5 14 1 5 3 24 2 23 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, translation-studies
  2. Abbreviation of team leader. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: team leader
    Sense id: en-TL-en-noun-WC63FHMr
  3. (Internet) Abbreviation of timeline. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: timeline Related terms: tl [alternative]
    Sense id: en-TL-en-noun-Cptv1yUB Categories (other): Internet
  4. (slang, dated) Initialism of trade-last. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, dated, initialism, slang Alternative form of: trade-last
    Sense id: en-TL-en-noun-PUJKDmQj Categories (other): Pages with entries, English words spelled without vowels Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 0 2 10 0 1 1 28 2 28 13 9 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 22 1 5 14 1 5 3 24 2 23
  5. (informal) Abbreviation of translation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, informal Alternative form of: translation Related terms: tl [alternative]
    Sense id: en-TL-en-noun-RZlit~Zs
  6. (informal) Abbreviation of translator. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, informal Alternative form of: translator Related terms: tl [alternative]
    Sense id: en-TL-en-noun-E3PROHR0
  7. (informal) Abbreviation of translator's note /translation note. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, informal Alternative form of: translator's note /translation note Related terms: tl [alternative]
    Sense id: en-TL-en-noun-lFS32BOG
  8. (ecology) Initialism of trophic level. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: trophic level
    Sense id: en-TL-en-noun-w4NGvTXJ Categories (other): Ecology, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 11 0 4 9 1 1 1 25 3 25 11 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 0 2 10 0 1 1 28 2 28 13 9 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 1 3 10 1 4 2 25 2 24 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 22 1 5 14 1 5 3 24 2 23 Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
  9. Abbreviation of Turkish lira. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Turkish lira Synonyms:
    Sense id: en-TL-en-noun-bCdGjFNm
  10. Abbreviation of turntable ladder. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: turntable ladder
    Sense id: en-TL-en-noun-~99TY-w4 Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 11 0 4 9 1 1 1 25 3 25 11 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 0 2 10 0 1 1 28 2 28 13 9 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 1 3 10 1 4 2 25 2 24 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 22 1 5 14 1 5 3 24 2 23

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). 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.