TL

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tl"

Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

TL

1. (metrology) Symbol for teraliter (teralitre), an SI unit of fluid measure equal to 10¹² liters (litres).

   Alternative forms: Tl, Tℓ

Etymology 2

Symbol

TL

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Timor-Leste since 2002.

   Synonyms: (alpha-3, 2002–present) TLS; (1975–2002) TP

English

Noun

TL (plural TLs)

2. (translation studies) Initialism of target language.

   Antonym: SL

3. Abbreviation of team leader.
4. (Internet) Abbreviation of timeline.

   Alternative form: tl

   • 2025 September 18, Desjah, “Wait, WHAT?! Chrisean Rock’s Foot Antics With HoodTrophy Bino Got The TL Stressed (VIDEO)”, in The Shade Room‎^[1], Los Angeles, Calif., archived from the original on 18 September 2025:

     TL Lost All Composure After That Clip […] And of course, there are plenty who said she just pisses them off so bad, but hey, you can’t deny she keeps the timeline entertained.

5. (slang, dated) Initialism of trade-last.
   • 1922, Thomas Lansing Masson, Our American Humorists, page 201:

     Nothing about my natural charms no more, an egg's age since anybody had called me to 1 side and whispered "I got a T. L. for you. Gertie thinks your ears is immense."

   • 1997, Joan Mellen, Hellman and Hammett, page 71:

     So autobiographical was The Children's Hour that there are even “TL's” between the children, those “trade lasts” in which people must come up with compliments they have heard about each other, a game which amused Lily […]

6. (informal) Abbreviation of translation.

   Alternative form: tl

7. (informal) Abbreviation of translator.

   Alternative form: tl

8. (informal) Abbreviation of translator's note / translation note.

   Alternative form: tl

9. (ecology) Initialism of trophic level.
10. Abbreviation of Turkish lira.

    Synonym: ₺

11. Abbreviation of turntable ladder.

Anagrams

• LT, lt, Lt., Lt

Romanian

Proper noun

TL

1. abbreviation of Tulcea: a county of Romania

Spanish

Proper noun

TL ?

1. abbreviation of Tlaxcala: a state of Mexico

Turkish

Proper noun

TL

1. abbreviation of Türk lirası (“Turkish lira”)