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• ti
  ti

  noun

  the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
• Ti
  Ti

  titanium.

ti

¹ American  

[tee] / ti /

Also te

noun

Music.

• tis
  plural

1. the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.

2. (in the fixed system of solmization) the tone B.

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ti ² American  

[tee] / ti /

noun

• tis
  plural

1. a widely cultivated tropical plant, Cordyline terminalis, of the agave family, having narrow, leathery, often variegated leaves and yellowish, white, or reddish flowers.

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Ti ³ American  

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. titanium.

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ti ¹ British  

/ tiː /

noun

1. a woody palmlike agave plant, Cordyline terminalis, of the East Indies, having white, mauve, or reddish flowers. The sword-shaped leaves are used for garments, fodder, thatch, etc, and the root for food and liquor

2. a similar and related plant, Cordyline australis, of New Zealand

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Ti ² British  

symbol

1. titanium

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ti ³ British  

/ tiː /

noun

1. music a variant spelling of te

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• tis
  plural

Etymology

Origin of ti¹

First recorded in 1835–45; substituted for si to avoid confusion with the sharp of sol; see gamut

Origin of ti²

Borrowed into English from Polynesian around 1830–40

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

ti Ti tis

Kumu Charlani Kalama, whose title “kumu” is the Hawaiian language term for master teacher, performed a blessing with ti leaves and salt.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 25, 2023

Reuters was not able to identify representatives of Sango ti Be-Africa for comment.

From Reuters ● Jun. 21, 2023

The chorus before their aching final duet, “Pur ti miro,” has been cut, keeping this coronation a private reverie on which we spy.

From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2022

Each individual can donate four combinations of two traits: TI, Ti, tI, or ti, meaning that there are 16 possibilities of offspring genotypes.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

On either side and above me are ti leaves, illuminated by the fading daylight.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

He's earned it twice, for Sunday's winner "Debi Tirar Mas Fotos" and in 2022, for "Un Verano Sin Ti."

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

The aliens, known as the San Ti or Three-Body, have lived in a stable era long enough to develop interstellar communication and travel.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2024

After wrapping, she made a movie with Ti West called “MaXXXine,” “a very different kind of filmmaking that’s much faster and less reverential in tone.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2024

Another indication are the signs all over Bangui advertising Africa Ti L'Or, a new Russian beer.

From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2023

Solfege corresponds to the notes of the major scale, using the syllables Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, and Ti.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

“If more than half the people say they don’t need tis relief, extending relief to that breadth certainly raises questions,” he said.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

Anne's letters were full of affection, as when she told Churchill that "tis impossible for you ever to believe how much I love you except you saw my heart."

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2022

They had just eight giveaways tis time and were outscored by 9-8 off turnovers.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2022

It was Wolkoff's building, and to fine him in tis matter is absurd, and I say that as a lifelong fan of graffiti and a one-time writer back in the 1980s.

From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2018

Come Evening, I am in my Chair & I hear a Tread upon the Stair & I call out Aina, Aina, but tis not her.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson