Word origins

• TelotteA surname from French.
• tenailleAn outwork in the main ditch of a fortification, in front of the curtain, between two bastions.
• TenboschA neighbourhood of Ixelles, Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium
• tendresseTenderness, gentle intimacy or affection.
• tennismanA male tennis player.
• tenniswomanA female tennis player.
• tenue de villeClothing suitable for an office or business setting, such as a business suit or skirt suit.
• tercineA cellular layer derived from the nucleus of an ovule and surrounding the embryo sac.
• terebeneAny of various preparations, composed mainly of terpenes, obtained from camphor or turpentine by several chemical methods, used as an expectorant and antiseptic
• teredineA teredo, or shipworm.
• terneColourless, drab, dull.
• TestardA surname from French.
• tête-à-têteA face-to-face meeting, or private conversation between two people, usually in an intimate setting; a head-to-head.
• tête-bêcheOf a postage stamp, printed upside down relative to the following stamp of the same row or column.
• tête-de-ponta bridgehead.
• TétouanA city in Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco.
• tetraplesSynonym of tetrapla.
• TetreaultvilleA former town and neighborhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, merged into the former city of Mercier, on the Island of Montreal, existing to the east Longue Pointe and Autoroute 25.
• ThaïlandThailand.
• thanatopraxyEmbalming.
• TheardA surname from French.
• théâtrophoneAn early telephone technology allowing subscribers to listen to live opera and theatre performances.
• thé dansantA tea dance.
• theineCaffeine when present in tea.
• ThelusmaA surname from French.
• TheveneauA surname from French.
• ThevenotA surname from French.
• ThiaisA commune in Val-de-Marne department, Île-de-France, France.
• ThibeauxA surname from French.
• ThibedeauA surname from French
• thieboudienneA traditional dish from Senegal, consisting of fish and rice with tomato sauce.
• ThiviergeA surname from French.
• tierce de PicardieSynonym of Picardy third.
• tierceronA type of rib in Gothic vaulting, springing from the intersection of two other ribs.
• TifinaghA script used by some Berber peoples to write their languages, in a historical abjad mode as well as a modern alphabetic mode.
• tignonAn article of woman's headgear consisting of a piece of material tied in individual ways.
• tilleulA pale yellowish-green color.
• timbalA kettledrum.
• timbromaniaa passion for stamp collecting
• tintamarreThe Acadian tradition of marching through one's community making noise with improvised instruments etc., usually as a national celebration.
• tiqueurA person who experiences tics.
• tirailleurAn infantry soldier.
• titubantstumbling, staggering; with the movement of one who is tipsy
• toiseA former French unit of length, corresponding to about 1.949 metres.
• tombéA movement in which a dancer falls from one leg to the other while flexing the knee.
• TondreauA surname from French.
• tontineA form of investment in which, on the death of an investor, his share is divided amongst the other investors.
• toot suiteVery quickly; in a hurry; straight away.
• topinambourSynonym of Jerusalem artichoke (the plant or its tuber).
• torseA twist of cloth or wreath, typically placed underneath and forming part of a crest (as an orle or wreath) and customarily shown with six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on; rarely, it occurs as a charge.
• tortillonAn artist’s tool used to smudge and blend a drawing made from charcoal, pencil, or pastel, consisting of a tightly-wound stick of soft, fibrous paper, sanded to a point at one end like a pencil.
• touchéAn acknowledgement of a hit.
• TourandocteA fictional Chinese princess appearing in "Histoire du prince Calaf et de la princesse de la Chine" ('Story of Prince Calaf and the Princess of China') collected in Les Mille et Un Jours (1710–1712) by François Pétis de la Croix.
• TouraneĐà Nẵng, a city in central Vietnam.
• tour de forceA feat demonstrating brilliance or mastery in a field.
• Tour de FranceAn annual long-distance cycling race through France and other European countries.
• tour d'horizonAn extensive tour; figuratively, a wide-ranging or general survey.
• tourelleA turret.
• touristic guideA tour guide.
• tournedosFilet mignon.
• tournureManner, bearing.
• touronA tourist who acts in an ignorant or idiotic manner.
• tourteA kind of French pie.
• TourtouseA village in Ariège department, Occitania, France.
• tout courtJust, simply; without addition or qualification; alone.
• tout de suiteImmediately, right away.
• tout ensembleThe overall appearance or impression, especially of a work of art.
• tout le mondeeveryone, everybody
• traceurA practitioner of parkour.
• traceuseA female practitioner of parkour.
• traductologyThe study of the theory and practice of translating and interpreting, especially in an academic context, combining elements of social science and the humanities. More commonly known as translation studies or translatology.
• tragedienneA female tragedian; a woman who acts in tragic drama.
• trahisonTreason.
• trahison des clercsA compromise of intellectual integrity by members of an intelligentsia.
• trait d'unionA (non-physical) connection or link between two things or concepts.
• traiteurA restaurateur.
• transfugeA deserter.
• transhumanceThe seasonal movement of grazing livestock (especially cattle, sheep, or goats) to new pastures which may be quite distant; alpine and nonalpine versions of such movement exist.
• transmanchecross-channel; pertaining to coastal areas of both southern England and northern France.
• travestTo travesty; to disguise; to parody; to demean.
• trefléeTrefoiled, trefly.
• treillagelatticework for supporting vines, etc.; an espalier; a trellis.
• TrépanierA surname from French.
• trephineA surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade used to remove a circular section of tissue, such as bone or cornea; a trepan.
• trèsVery, to superior degree.
• très chicIn style; fashionable.
• très gaucheunbecoming
• tricheryCheating; trickery.
• tricotéeA lively old dance.
• tricoteuseA woman who knits; used especially of those who knitted at meetings and at executions during the French Revolution.
• TrieuxA surname from French
• trigoneOne of the thickenings of the cell wall at the angles where several cells join.
• trilliardOne thousand long scale trillions, or one short scale sextillion; equal to 10²¹ (1 followed by twenty-one 0s).
• tringleA curtain rod for a bedstead.
• tripe de rocheSynonym of rock tripe.
• triple secAny of several triple-distilled liqueurs flavoured with fruit e.g. Curaçao, Cointreau, and Grand Marnier.
• triptyqueA triptych.
• trocheeA metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed or heavy syllable followed by an unstressed or light syllable.
• trochinThe lesser tuberosity of the head of the humerus.
• trochiterThe greater tuberosity of the humerus, admitting several of the muscles of the shoulders.