T-shirt

See also: t-shirt and T-Shirt

English

Alternative forms

• t-shirt
• tee shirt
• teeshirt

Etymology

From its shape, 1920s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːʃɜːt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːʃɚt/

Noun

T-shirt (plural T-shirts)

1. 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

   • 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.

   Many bands make more money from T-shirt sales than from sale of tickets.

Derived terms

• been there, done that, bought the T-shirt
• concert T-shirt
• wet t-shirt competition

Translations

type of shirt

• Afrikaans: T-hemp
• Arabic: تِي شِيرْت m (tī šīrt)

  Egyptian Arabic: تشرت m (tešert)

  Gulf Arabic: تيشيرت m (tīšērt)

• Belarusian: футбо́лка f (futbólka)
• Bengali: টি-শার্ট (ṭi-śarṭo), গেঞ্জি (genji)
• Bulgarian: те́ниска (bg) f (téniska)
• Burmese: တီရှပ် (tihrap)
• Catalan: samarreta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: T恤 (ti¹ seot¹)

  Mandarin: T恤衫 (zh) (tī-xùshān), T恤 (zh) (tī-xù), 體恤衫／体恤衫 (zh) (tǐxùshān), 体恤衫 (zh) (tǐxùshān), 汗衫 (zh) (hànshān)

• Czech: tričko (cs) n, triko (cs) n
• Danish: T-shirt c, t-shirt c (unofficial, but common form)
• Dutch: T-shirt (nl) n
• Esperanto: T-ĉemizo
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: t-paita (fi)
• French: T-shirt (fr) m, tee-shirt (fr) m, t-shirt (fr) m, chandail (fr) m (Québec)
• Georgian: მაისური (maisuri)
• German: T-Shirt (de) n
• Hebrew: חֻלְצַת טִי f, טִי שֶׁרְט m, חֻלְצַת טְרִיקוֹ (he) f (ẖultzát triqó)
• Hindi: टीशर्ट (ṭīśarṭ)
• Hungarian: póló (hu), trikó (hu)
• Icelandic: bolur (is) m, stuttermabolur m
• Irish: t-léine
• Italian: maglietta (it) f
• Japanese: Tシャツ (tī-shatsu), ティーシャツ (tī-shatsu)
• Korean: 티셔츠 (ko) (tisyeocheu), T 셔츠 (T syeocheu)
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• Lao: ເສື້ອຄໍມົນ (sư̄a khǭ mon)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: marškinėliai m pl
• Macedonian: ма́ица f (máica)
• Maltese: tixert
• Maori: Tī hāte
• Mongolian: футболк (futbolk), подвоолк (podvoolk)
• Norman: t-corset m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: t-skjorte (no) m or f, T-skjorte m or f

  Nynorsk: t-skjorte f, T-skjorte f

• Polish: koszulka (pl) f, T-shirt (pl) m
• Portuguese: camiseta (pt) f
• Romanian: tricou (ro) n
• Russian: футбо́лка (ru) f (futbólka), те́нниска (ru) f (tɛ́nniska), ма́йка (ru) f (májka)
• Scottish Gaelic: lèine-T f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мајица f

  Roman: majica (sh) f

• Slovak: tielko n, tričko n
• Spanish: camiseta (es) f, (Venezuela) franela (es) f, (Mexico) playera (es) f, (Peru) polo (es) m, (Bolivia, Chile) polera (es) f, (Cuba) pulóver (es) m, (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) remera (es) f
• Swedish: t-shirt (sv) c, t-tröja c, T-skjorta (sv) c
• Tamil: கொசுவுசட்டை (kocuvucaṭṭai)
• Thai: เสื้อยืด (sʉ̂ʉa-yʉ̂ʉt)
• Turkish: tişört (tr)
• Ukrainian: футбо́лка f (futbólka), те́ніска f (téniska), ма́йка (uk) f (májka)
• Venetian: maja (vec) f, majeta (vec) f
• Vietnamese: áo thun
• Welsh: crys-t m, crysau-t m pl

Descendants

• → Gulf Arabic: تيشيرت (tīšērt)

Further reading

• T-shirt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• thirst, thrist

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English T-shirt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.ʃərt/, [ˈti.ʃəɹt]

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• Hyphenation: T‧shirt

Noun

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

1. T-shirt