"ta" meaning in English

See ta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /tɑː/, [tʰɑː] Audio: en-au-ta.ogg
Rhymes: -ɑː Etymology: Uncertain, but possibly young child's pronunciation of thanks. Alternatively, derived from Danish tak, from Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{bor|en|da|tak}} Danish tak, {{der|en|non|þǫkk}} Old Norse þǫkk, {{der|en|gem-pro|*þankō}} Proto-Germanic *þankō Head templates: {{en-interj}} ta
  1. (colloquial, chiefly Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) Thanks. Tags: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial
    Sense id: en-ta-en-intj-9Rvq1Ijh Categories (other): British English, Commonwealth English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 86 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 4 33 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 86 entries: 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1
  2. (Canada, childish) give (imperative) Tags: Canada, childish
    Sense id: en-ta-en-intj-Q77GKE8W Categories (other): Canadian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: taa Related terms: ta everso, ta muchly
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /tɑː/ Audio: en-au-ta.ogg
Rhymes: -ɑː Etymology: Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become ti. vowel changed to 'a' to signify a flattened note. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} ta (uncountable)
  1. (music) In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): te. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: te, B-flat, li Related terms: pok-ta-pok, ta-da, Yah-ta-hey
    Sense id: en-ta-en-noun-rFH-l3CT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 4 33 30 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Preposition

IPA: /tə/
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} ta, {{en-preposition}} ta
  1. Pronunciation spelling of to, representing the standard unstressed pronunciation before consonants. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: to, representing the standard unstressed pronunciation before consonants
    Sense id: en-ta-en-prep--MpjI0D8 Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header, English prepositions Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 4 33 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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