TK

See also: tk, Tk, .tk, and ΤΚ

Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

TK

1. (metrology) Symbol for terakelvin, an SI unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 10¹² kelvins.

Etymology 2

Symbol

TK

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Tokelau.

   Synonym: TKL (alpha-3)

English

Etymology

Phonetic initialism.

Adjective

TK (not comparable)

1. (publishing) Abbreviation of to come. (used as a placeholder for information to be filled in before publication)
   • 1993, Wall Street & Technology, volume 11, page 244:

     Philip Ng joined SC from Citibank's Hong Kong branch TK years ago.

   • 2018 June 2, Avi Selk, “Everything you need to know about Trump’s big envelope from Kim Jong Un and the hope for world peace”, in The Washington Post:

     [Q:] Will next week's summit lead to peace between the United States and North Korea?
     [A:] TK.

Noun

TK

1. Initialism of transitional kindergarten.

Anagrams

• KT, Kt, kt, kt.

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

TK

1. Abbreviation of Tiefkühl-.

   TK-Pizza ― frozen pizza

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈteka]

Noun

TK (first-person possessive TKku, second-person possessive TKmu, third-person possessive TKnya)

1. (education) Initialism of taman kanak-kanak (“kindergarten”).
2. (mapping) Initialism of titik kartometrik (“cartometric point”).

Korean

Etymology

From McCune-Reischauer Romanization initials of Taegu and Kyŏngbuk.

Proper noun

TK • (Tikei) (hangeul 티케이)

1. Daegu–Gyeongbuk; Daegu and North Gyeongsang

Synonyms

• 대경 (大慶, daegyeong)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈka/
• Rhymes: -ɛka
• Syllabification: T‧K

Noun

TK m inan

1. Initialism of Trybunał Konstytucyjny. (constitutional tribunal)

Further reading

• TK in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• TK in Polish dictionaries at PWN