t'

• IPA^(key): [t̚], [ʔ], [ː] prolongation of previous sound, or silent (with pause)

From Middle English that, from Old English þæt (“the, that”, neuter definite article and relative pronoun).

t’

1. Northern England form of the (most characteristic of Yorkshire, but also found in areas of Lancashire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire)
   1. (Yorkshire) Short for the (mostly in speech).
      • 1957 May, Neil Caplan, “Railways in English Fiction”, in Railway Magazine, page 350:

        Tunnels often feature in fictional journeys, so I will end with quotations from a fairly recent novel, Howard Spring's "Fame is the Spur", published in 1940, in which there is a journey from Manchester to Bradford via the Calder Valley route: "Ay, we're going through Todmorden. We'll soon be in t' tunnel, and when we get to t' other end we'll be in Yorkshire," and "Ah think this is t' filthiest tunnel in t' world."

• Before a vowel, t’ is usually written and pronounced as if appended to the following word.
  • In He can't make up his mind if he wants one or t’other (= He can't make up his mind if he wants one or the other) t’other is pronounced [ˈtʊðə] as if spelled tother. Sometimes, especially after a consonant, it is pronounced as a glottal stop as below.
• Before a consonant, t’ is pronounced as a glottal stop following the preceding word.
  • In I’m going down t’ road to see me mam ( = I’m going down the road to see my mother), down t’ is pronounced [daʊnʔ] as down followed by a glottal stop.
• t’ is sometimes not pronounced at all, having no glottal stop, resulting in a slight pause or lengthening of the preceding sound.
  • This still remains distinct from the form without a definite article: compare in t’ woods [ɪnː ˈwʊdz] with in woods [ɪn ˈwʊdz].
• Speakers to whom the usage is not native sometimes pronounce it [tʰ] or [tʰə], either deliberately in mockery or unconsciously in ignorance. However, t is said when it is used for to the.

• t'internet

Contraction.

t'

1. Apocopic form of to.
   • 1690, Thomas d'Urfey, “Canto III”, in Collin's Walk Through London and Westminster: A Poem in Burlesque‎^[1], London: […] Rich. Parker […], page 105:

     But more particulary that, / Where Lady was to wear a Hat; / And lay the Enſigns of their pride; / Their Silken Ornaments aſide; / Which would have been a wholſome Act, / T' encourage Woolen Manufact; […]

   • 2016, Jane Redd, chapter 33, in Solstice, [Lehi, Ut.]: Mirror Press, →ISBN, page 257:

     Who wants t’ know?

t'

1. contraction of et

• t' is the elided (elida) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs beginning with a vowel.

  T'estimo. ― I love you.

t'

1. apocopic form of te
2. apocopic form of tè

• IPA^(key): /t‿/

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t'

1. elided form of te

   Je t’ai vu.

   I saw you.

2. (colloquial) elided form of tu

   T’as vu mon frère ?

   Have you seen my brother?

• “t'”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

t'

1. contraction of te

• IPA^(key): (before a word starting with a, o, u, fha, fho, or fhu) /t̪ˠ/, (before a word starting with e, i, fhe, or fhi) /tʲ/

t’

1. (Cois Fharraige) alternative form of d’ (“your (singular)”)

t'

1. (informal) contraction of tá (“is”)
   • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:

     “T’eagla orm,” dubhairt an rí, “go bhfuil mé caillte, óir budh chóir gur mhac damh atá ’san phlúr seo.”

     “I am afraid I am lost,” said the king, “for it ought to be that this flower is a son of mine.”

t' (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of ti

   T’odio. ― I hate you.

Commonly elides before a vowel, especially i and e.

• IPA^(key): /t‿/

t'

1. prevocalic form of té (past tense marker)

t'

1. prevocalic form of to (“you, thou”)

   T'olé ça? ― Do you want that?

t’

1. apocopic form of ta’

   t’art ― of earth

Its use is optional when followed by a vowel sound, and connects to the next word directly without a space, i.e. both t’art as one word and ta’ art as two words are correct.

t'

1. apocopic form of ta

t'

1. apocopic form of ti, used before a vowel

• IPA^(key): /t̪ʰ/ (before a back vowel sound)
• IPA^(key): /tʲʰ/ (before a front vowel sound)

t’

1. alternative form of d’ (“your”) (second-person singular possessive pronoun)

t'

1. apocopic form of ta
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 10, page 88:

     T' brek up ee bathès h' had na poustee;

     To break up the goal they had not power;

   • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX, page 132:

     Tommeen was eepit t' drive in

     [Tommy was put to drive in]

t'

1. apocopic form of ta
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 9, page 88:

     Na, now or neveare! w' cry't t' Tommeen,

     Nay, now or never! we cry'd to Tommy,

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 10, page 88:

     Oore hart cam' t' oore mouth, an zo w' all ee green;

     Our hearts came to our mouth, and so with all in the green;

   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 100:

     Craneen t' thee wee aam, thee luggès shell aake.

     Choking to thee with them. Thy ears shall ache.

   • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX, page 131:

     Fad didn'st thou cum t' ouz on zum other dey?

     [Why didn't you come to us on some other day?]

t'

1. apheretic form of it; the ball
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 7, page 86:

     Our eein wode b' mistern t' dearnt up ee skee.

     Our eyes would be dazzled (if it) to look (hided) up to the sky.

2. misspelling of 't

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 86