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See also: t-shirt and T-Shirt

English

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A T-Shirt with the Wikipedia logo

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From its shape, 1920s.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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T-shirt (plural T-shirts)

  1. (clothing) A lightweight shirt without buttons, usually with short sleeves and no collar. Often made of cotton and frequently bears a picture or slogan.
    Synonym: tee
    Many bands make more money from T-shirt sales than from sale of tickets.
    • 2013 August 3, “Revenge of the nerds”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
      Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.
  2. (dated) An undershirt.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Translations

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References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “T-shirt”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English T-shirt.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈti.ʃərt/, [ˈti.ʃəɹt]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: T‧shirt

Noun

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T-shirt n (plural T-shirts, diminutive T-shirtje n)

  1. T-shirt

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English T-shirt.

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T-shirt m (plural T-shirts)

  1. Alternative spelling of tee-shirt

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English T-shirt.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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T-shirt m inan

  1. T-shirt (lightweight shirt without buttons, usually with short sleeves and no collar)
    Synonym: koszulka

Declension

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Further reading

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  • T-shirt in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

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Noun

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T-shirt c

  1. Alternative letter-case form of t-shirt (T-shirt)
    Synonym: T-tröja

Declension

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Declension of T-shirt
nominative genitive
singular indefinite T-shirt T-shirts
definite T-shirten T-shirtens
plural indefinite T-shirtar, T-shirts T-shirtars, T-shirts
definite T-shirtarna T-shirtarnas

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