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tai

1

[ tahy ]

noun

plural tai.
  1. any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major red tai, a food fish of Japan.


Tai

2

[ tahy, tah-ee ]

noun

  1. a group of languages spoken in SE Asia, including Thai, Lao, and Shan.

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Tai.

TAI

1

abbreviation for

  1. International Atomic Time
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Tai

2

/ ٲɪ /

adjective

  1. a variant spelling of Thai
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tai1

1615–25; < Japanese ta ( w ) i, earlier tafi
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Example Sentences

On a trip to Hawaii eight months in, I waited for the ring to come out over every mai tai at sunset.

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There’s another freshman phenom in Tai Griffin.

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Cinematographer Isabelle Stachtchenko tends to hold still and move only with purpose — her camera seems to be doing tai chi.

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Four of them, Zaire, Bundibugyo, Sudan, and Taï Forest, are known to cause disease in humans.

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Editor Ernie Gilbert also has a good rhythm for how long to hold a shot, as we take in life on Moretti’s compound, itself a clever mix of stern and silly where the background is cluttered with painters and sculptures and people doing archery and tai chi.

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