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Τ τ Greek: ταυ
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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Catalan 2.1 Noun 3 Czech 3.1 Noun 4 Finnish 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Declension 5 French 5.1 Noun 5.2 Anagrams 6 Icelandic 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Pronunciation 6.3 Noun 6.3.1 Declension 7 Lithuanian 7.1 Pronoun 8 Lojban 8.1 Cmavo 8.1.1 Related terms 9 Maori 9.1 Etymology 1 9.1.1 Noun 9.2 Etymology 2 9.2.1 Verb 10 Norwegian 10.1 Alternative spellings 10.2 Noun 10.2.1 Synonyms 10.2.2 Inflection 11 Sotho 11.1 Noun 12 Spanish 12.1 Noun 13 Tswana 13.1 Pronunciation 13.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek ταῦ.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /taʊ/, /tɔː/

[edit] Noun

tau (uncountable)

1. The name of the letter T in the Greek, Hebrew and ancient Semitic alphabets, being the nineteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek, the twentieth letter of Old and Ancient Greek.
   • Letter of the Greek alphabet: Τ τ
     • Previous: Σ
     • Next: Υ
2. A Τ-shaped sign or structure; a St. Anthony's cross, sometimes considered as a sacred symbol.
   • 1658: Nor shall we take in the mysticall Tau, or the Crosse of our blessed Saviour, which having in some descriptions an Empedon or crossing foot-stay, made not one single transversion. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 168)
3. (physics, dated) A tau meson, now usually known as a kaon.
4. (physics) An unstable heavy lepton, which decays into a muon or electron.

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• Alphagram: atu
• AUT

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tau f. (plural taus)

1. Tau; the Greek letter Τ (lowercase τ).
2. Tav; the Hebrew letter ת.
3. (religion) A tau cross.

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[edit] Czech

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tau n.

1. tau

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tau

1. tau

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Declension of tau (type valo) singular plural nominative tau taut genitive taun taujen partitive taua tauja accusative tau taun taut inessive taussa tauissa elative tausta tauista illative tauun tauihin adessive taulla tauilla ablative taulta tauilta allative taulle tauille essive tauna tauina translative tauksi tauiksi instructive – tauin abessive tautta tauitta comitative – tauineen

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tau m. inv.

1. tau (Greek letter)

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• Alphagram: atu
• tua

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[edit] Icelandic

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From Danish tøj.

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• IPA: /tøyː/

  Rhymes: -øyː

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tau n.

1. fabric
2. clothing

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n-s	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tau	tauið	-	-
Accusative	tau	tauið	-	-
Dative	taui	tauinu	-	-
Genitive	taus	tausins	-	-

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[edit] Lithuanian

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tau

1. (second-person singular) dative form of tu.

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tau

1. indicates that the next letter's case is flipped when spelling a word

   .abu ry. tau xy. .ibu vy.

   spelling of arXiv

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• ga'e
• to'a

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[edit] Maori

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Common Malayo-Polynesian, compare Indonesian tahun

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tau

1. year

[edit] Etymology 2

Common Malayo-Polynesian, compare Indonesian taruh

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tau

1. to settle

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[edit] Norwegian

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• tog (Nynorsk)

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tau

1. rope
2. (physics) tau lepton
3. tau (Greek letter)

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• (1) rep

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[edit] Sotho

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tau

1. lion

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[edit] Spanish

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tau f. (plural taus)

1. tau; the Greek letter Τ, τ

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[edit] Tswana

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• IPA: /ta.u/

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tau 9/10 (plural ditau)

1. lion