RT

See also: rt, rt., and R/T

Translingual

Noun

RT

(in combination, usually with numbers) Ribotype
- 2011 January 5, E De Boer, A Zwartkruis-Nahuis, AE Heuvelink, Celine Harmanus, Ed J.Kuijper., “Prevalence of Clostridium difficile in retailed meat in The Netherlands”, in International Journal of Food Microbiology, volume 144, number 3 (in English), pages 561–564:
  Strains of RT 027 were not found in our study. Another recent emerging strain belonging to RT 078 has been found in animals and humans in the United States and in Canada.

References

“Ribotype”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Ribotyping on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

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RT

Wikipedia

Proper noun

RT

Initialism of Russia Today, an international news network.
- 2024 September, “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. KOSTIANTYN KALASHNIKOV, a/k/a "Kostya," and ELENA AF ANASYEV A, a/k/a "Lena,"”, in UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK‎^[1], page 1:
  Over at least the past year, RT and its employees, including KOSTIANTYN KALASHNIKOV, a/k/a "Kostya," and ELENA AFANASYEVA, a/k/a "Lena," the defendants, have deployed nearly $10 million, laundered through a network of foreign shell entities, to covertly fund and direct U.S. Company-1.

Noun

RT (countable and uncountable, plural RTs)

(American football, Canadian football) Initialism of right tackle.
(knitting) Initialism of right twist.
(Internet) Initialism of retweet.
(sciences) Initialism of response time.
Alternative form of R/T.
Initialism of resistance training.
(medicine) Initialism of respiratory therapy.
(medicine) Initialism of respiratory therapy technician / respiratory technician / respiratory therapist.
(medicine) Initialism of radiology technologist / radiology technician.
(medicine) Initialism of radiotherapy.
(transport) Initialism of road test.
A bus formerly manufactured by the Associated Equipment Company, mostly for use in London.
Initialism of reaction time.
Symbol for refrigeration tons.
Synonyms: TR, ToR

Adjective

RT (not comparable)

(computing) Initialism of real-time.

Derived terms

(realtime): RTOS

Verb

RT (third-person singular simple present RTs, present participle RTing, simple past and past participle RTed)

Initialism of retweet.
- 2011 May 2, Chagney Hunt [username], “Ryan Babel”, in rec.sport.soccer‎^[2] (Usenet):
  "I see lots of Osama pics floating on twitter, aint gonna RT any of dem though .. Don't wanna get fined by terrorist"

Anagrams

TR, Tr., tr, tr.

Chinese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rútí

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄧˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rútí
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rútí
  - Wade–Giles: ju²-tʻi²
  - Yale: rú-tí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rutyi
  - Palladius: жути (žuti)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ tʰi³⁵/

Verb

RT

(Internet slang) alternative form of 如題 / 如题 (rútí, “(content placeholder) to be as titled”)

Indonesian

Noun

RT (plural RT-RT)

initialism of rukun tetangga

Japanese

Etymology

From English RT.

Noun

RT(リツイート) • (ritsuīto)

abbreviation of リツイート (ritsuīto, “retweet”)

Verb

RT(リツイート)する • (ritsuīto suru) suru (stem RT(リツイート)し (ritsuīto shi), past RT(リツイート)した (ritsuīto shita))

abbreviation of リツイート (ritsuīto, “to retweet”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "RTする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	RTし	リツイートし	ritsuīto shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	RTし	リツイートし	ritsuīto shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	RTする	リツイートする	ritsuīto suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	RTする	リツイートする	ritsuīto suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	RTすれ	リツイートすれ	ritsuīto sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	RTせよ¹ RTしろ²	リツイートせよ¹ リツイートしろ²	ritsuīto seyo¹ ritsuīto shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	RTされる	リツイートされる	ritsuīto sareru
Causative	RTさせる RTさす	リツイートさせるリツイートさす	ritsuīto saseru ritsuīto sasu
Potential	RTできる	リツイートできる	ritsuīto dekiru
Volitional	RTしよう	リツイートしよう	ritsuīto shiyō
Negative	RTしない	リツイートしない	ritsuīto shinai
Negative continuative	RTせず	リツイートせず	ritsuīto sezu
Formal	RTします	リツイートします	ritsuīto shimasu
Perfective	RTした	リツイートした	ritsuīto shita
Conjunctive	RTして	リツイートして	ritsuīto shite
Hypothetical conditional	RTすれば	リツイートすれば	ritsuīto sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative