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, with "TK" chosen over "TC" because scarcely any English words contain the sequence "tk," making it easily searchable.

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, K/T, kt., K-T, kt, Kt

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

TK

1. Abbreviation of Tiefkühl-.

   TK-Pizza ― frozen pizza

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteka/, [ˈt̪e.ka]

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”).

Further reading

• “TK” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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