ti
French, particle/ti/
ti is spelled T-I (2 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written French, the 7,421st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ti is a French particle meaning “question marker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Marqueur interrogatif ajouté après un verbe. Est-ce que”.
What does ti mean in English?
particle
- 1
colloquialdatedquestion marker
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Impulsion courte de l’alphabet morse.
pronoun: 1. ou Tu.
particle: 1. Marqueur interrogatif ajouté après un verbe. Est-ce que.
adjective: 1. Variante de petit.
prefix: 1. Particule qui se greffe à un substantif, surtout un prénom, par familiarité ou comme hypocoristique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ti
- te slang
- tu
- y
- ’tis plural masculine
- ’tite singular feminine
- ’tites plural feminine
- ’tit
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ti?
- /ti/
- \ti\
- \tsi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ti
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ti in French?
ti appears 8.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).