Meanings
t-shirt1
T-shirt2
plural T-shirts · alternative t-shirt · alternative tee shirt · alternative tee-shirt · alternative teeshirt · alternative tshirt
- businessA lightweight shirt without buttons, usually with short sleeves and no collar. Often made of cotton and frequently bears a picture or slogan.
Many bands make more money from T-shirt sales than from sale of tickets.
1 more example
Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.
2013 August 3, “Revenge of the nerds”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847Synonyms: tee
- datedAn undershirt.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA lightweight shirt without buttons, usually with short sleeves and no collar. Often made of cotton and frequently bears a picture or slogan.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From its shape, 1920s.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans T-hemp
- T-hemptype of shirt
Arabic تِي شِيرْت
- تِي شِيرْت (tī šīrt)type of shirt
Bengali টি-শার্ট, গেঞ্জি
- টি-শার্ট (ṭi-śarṭo)type of shirt
- গেঞ্জি (genji)type of shirt
Bulgarian те́ниска, спо́ртна блу́за
- те́ниска (téniska)type of shirt
- спо́ртна блу́за (spórtna blúza)type of shirt
- по́тник (pótnik)type of shirt
Catalan samarreta
- samarretatype of shirt
Chinese Cantonese T恤
- T恤 (ti¹ seot¹)type of shirt
Chinese Mandarin T恤衫, T恤
- T恤衫 (tī-xùshān)type of shirt
- T恤 (tī-xù)type of shirt
- 體恤衫 /体恤衫 (tǐxùshān)type of shirt
- 汗衫 (hànshān)type of shirt
- 文化衫 (wénhuàshān)type of shirt
Czech tričko, triko
- tričkotype of shirt
- trikotype of shirt
Danish T-shirt, t-shirt
- T-shirttype of shirt
- t-shirttype of shirt
Dutch T-shirt
- T-shirttype of shirt
Esperanto T-ĉemizo
- T-ĉemizotype of shirt
Estonian T-särk
- T-särktype of shirt
Finnish t-paita
- t-paitatype of shirt
French T-shirt, tee-shirt
- T-shirttype of shirt
- tee-shirttype of shirt
- t-shirttype of shirt
- ticheurtetype of shirt
- chandailtype of shirt
- maillot de corps manche courtetype of shirt
- tricot de corps manche courtetype of shirt
- maillottype of shirt
- tricottype of shirt
German T-Shirt, Leibchen
- T-Shirttype of shirt
- Leibchentype of shirt
- Leiberltype of shirt
Greek τι σερτ, μπλουζάκι
- τι σερτ (ti sert)type of shirt
- μπλουζάκι (blouzáki)type of shirt
- φανελάκι (faneláki)type of shirt
- κοντομάνικο (kontomániko)type of shirt
Hebrew חֻלְצַת טִי, טִי שֶׁרְט
- חֻלְצַת טִיtype of shirt
- טִי שֶׁרְטtype of shirt
- חֻלְצַת טְרִיקוֹ (ẖultzát triqó)type of shirt
Hindi टी-शर्ट, टीशर्ट
- टी-शर्ट (ṭī-śarṭ)type of shirt
- टीशर्ट (ṭīśarṭ)type of shirt
- टी शर्ट (ṭī śarṭ)type of shirt
Hungarian póló, trikó
- pólótype of shirt
- trikótype of shirt
Icelandic bolur, stuttermabolur
- bolurtype of shirt
- stuttermabolurtype of shirt
Indonesian kaus, baju kaus
- kaustype of shirt
- baju kaustype of shirt
- kaus oblongtype of shirt
Irish t-léine
- t-léinetype of shirt
Italian maglietta, maglietta a maniche corte
- magliettatype of shirt
- maglietta a maniche cortetype of shirt
- maglia a maniche cortetype of shirt
- magliatype of shirt
Japanese Tシャツ, ティーシャツ
- Tシャツ (tī-shatsu)type of shirt
- ティーシャツ (tī-shatsu)type of shirt
Korean 티셔츠, T 셔츠
- 티셔츠 (tisyeocheu)type of shirt
- T 셔츠 (T syeocheu)type of shirt
- 티 (ti)type of shirt
- 윗도리 (witdori)type of shirt
- 티샤쯔 (tisyajjeu)type of shirt
- T샤쯔 (Tsyajjeu)type of shirt
Latvian t-krekls
- t-kreklstype of shirt
Lithuanian marškinėliai, maikė
- marškinėliaitype of shirt
- maikėtype of shirt
Malay kemeja-T
- kemeja-Ttype of shirt
Māori Tī hāte
- Tī hātetype of shirt
Norwegian Bokmål t-skjorte, T-skjorte
- t-skjortetype of shirt
- T-skjortetype of shirt
Polish koszulka, T-shirt
- koszulkatype of shirt
- T-shirttype of shirt
Portuguese camiseta, t-shirt
- camisetatype of shirt
- t-shirttype of shirt
Romanian tricou
- tricoutype of shirt
Russian футбо́лка, те́нниска
- футбо́лка (futbólka)type of shirt
- те́нниска (tɛ́nniska)type of shirt
- ма́йка (májka)type of shirt
- тишо́тка (tišótka)type of shirt
Scottish Gaelic lèine-T
- lèine-Ttype of shirt
Slovak tielko, tričko
- tielkotype of shirt
- tričkotype of shirt
Spanish camiseta, chema
- camisetatype of shirt
- chematype of shirt
- franelatype of shirt
- playeratype of shirt
- polotype of shirt
- poleratype of shirt
- pulóvertype of shirt
- remeratype of shirt
- suétertype of shirt
- T-shirttype of shirt
Swahili tisheti
- tishetitype of shirt
Swedish t-shirt, t-tröja
- t-shirttype of shirt
- t-tröjatype of shirt
- T-skjortatype of shirt
Tamil கொசுவுசட்டை
- கொசுவுசட்டை (kocuvucaṭṭai)type of shirt
Thai เสื้อยืด, ทีเชิร์ต
- เสื้อยืด (sʉ̂ʉa-yʉ̂ʉt)type of shirt
- ทีเชิร์ตtype of shirt
Turkish tişört
- tişörttype of shirt
Ukrainian футбо́лка, те́ніска
- футбо́лка (futbólka)type of shirt
- те́ніска (téniska)type of shirt
- ма́йка (májka)type of shirt
- тішо́тка (tišótka)type of shirt
Urdu ٹِی شَرْٹ
- ٹِی شَرْٹ (ṭī śarṭ)type of shirt
Vietnamese áo thun
- áo thuntype of shirt
Welsh crys-t, crysau-t
- crys-ttype of shirt
- crysau-ttype of shirt
Yiddish לײַבל
- לײַבל (laybl)type of shirt
Cite this entry
t-shirt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/t-shirt
“t-shirt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/t-shirt. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “t-shirt,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/t-shirt.
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