TS

See also: ts, Ts, T&S, t's, ts., T's, and ṯs

Translingual

Symbol

TS

1. (metrology) Symbol for terasiemens, an SI unit of electrical conductance equal to 10¹² siemens.

English

Adjective

TS (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of transsexual.
   • 1996, Zachary I. Nataf, Lesbians talk transgender, page 26:

     To want such genitals is to want the genitals of a TS man and not those of a genetic man. What is offered by the surgeons as a compromise instead of a fully functioning penis becomes for some FTMs an instance of transgender pride […]

   • 2000, Viviane Namaste, Invisible Lives: The Erasure of Transsexual and Transgendered People, page 179:

     Just like any other form of prejudice and discrimination, if some non-transsexual women are threatening the safety of a TS woman because she is a transsexual, it should be dealt with immediately and efficiently.

   • 2007, Red Jordan Arobateau, Lamentations In The Cool Of The Evening, →ISBN, page 141:

     Many young TS ladies don't just need plastic surgery, […]

2. Initialism of top secret.

   Coordinate terms: TSSCI, SCI

Noun

TS (countable and uncountable, plural TSs or TSes)

1. Abbreviation of transsexual.
2. Abbreviation of transcript.
3. (colloquial) Initialism of tough shit.
   • 1991, Jeff Martin, Three Men and a Comic Book (episode of The Simpsons TV series)

     BART: I need $100 for a comic. […] Dad, I want this more than anything.
     HOMER: Well, T.S.

4. (meteorology) Initialism of tropical storm.
5. (in ISO standards) Initialism of technical standard.
6. Initialism of technical specification.
7. (neurology) Initialism of Tourette syndrome.
   • 1992, David E. Comings, Tourette syndrome and human behavior, page 247:

     One mother of a TS boy with encopresis reported It came on suddenly, lasted two weeks and went away just as suddenly, almost like a tic, […]

   • 2012, Basal Ganglia Diseases: Advances in Research and Treatment, →ISBN, page 237:

     We report (1) […] ; (2) TS boys showed thinner cortex relative to TS girls […]

8. (pathology) Initialism of Turner syndrome.
9. (nautical) Initialism of turbine ship, a ship powered by a gas turbine or steam turbine engine.
10. (surveying) Initialism of total station.
11. Initialism of telesync.

Proper noun

TS

1. Abbreviation of Telangana, a state of India.

   Synonym: TG

2. Initialism of Transylvanian Saxon.
   • 1994, Carol Blackshire-Belay, The Germanic Mosaic: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Society, page 98:

     […] a beautiful, internationally based folk etymology in Transylvanian Saxon: the French formula de haute volée, "of high rank" […] became Håt-voll-lei, literally "hat full of lei" ( = "rich person") in the TS popular usage.
     […]
     The Romanian family name […] is Radu, to which the TS feminine marker -an (HG -in) is attached.

3. Initialism of Taylor Swift.

Anagrams

• -st, S&T, S.T., ST, St, St., s.t., st

Japanese

Etymology

Probably from English transsexual.

Noun

T(ティー)S(エス) • (tī-esu) 

1. (fiction) genderswap; genderbend; sex change
   • 2000, Yaesu, 八重洲メディアリサーチ [Yaesu Media Research]‎^[1], archived from the original on September 19, 2000:

     ちなみに、なぜ日本で「TS」が一般的になったかというと、私が「yaysの性転換の館」開始時に、性同一障害に関するサイトから「TS」という用語を拝借してきて盛んに使っていたのも一因かもしれません。

     By the way, as for why 'TS' became popular in Japan, it might be because when I started 'Yays Gender Transformation Mansion,' I borrowed the term 'TS' from websites related to gender dysphoria and used it extensively.

   • 2000 May 28, Mr. F, “TS学入門 [Introduction to TS Studies]”, in TS-WEEK‎^[2], archived from the original on June 6, 2006:

     F氏「ＴＳの定義についての明記なんですが一体ＴＳの定義って・・・・？例の決まりあるあの一言でいいのかな？「このサイトは男性が女性、あるいは女性が男性に変化するようなことを主題として扱っているサイトです～」

     "Regarding specifying the definition of TS... what exactly is the definition of TS? Is it enough to have that one specified phrase like, 'This site deals with themes where men become women, or vice versa'?"

   • 2015 June 4, F_TSF, “ＴＳＦとは [What is TSF?]”, in TSFのF [blog]‎^[3], archived from the original on August 10, 2015:

     ＴＳＦという言葉が使われ始める前（１９９９，２０００年頃）には、Ｔｒａｎｓｓｅｘｕａｌの略語であるＴＳという言葉が、前述のＴＳＦの意味と同様の意味を表す言葉として用いられていました。この用法は、八重洲性転換の館（現：八重洲メディアリサーチ）の主催者である八重洲さんの提案によるものです。なお、今でも多くの人がＴＳＦと同じ意味でＴＳという言葉を使っています。

     Before the term TSF came into use, the abbreviation "TS," standing for Transsexual, was used to convey a similar meaning around 1999-2000. This usage was proposed by Yaesu-san, the organizer of Yaesu Gender Transformation Mansion (now: Yaesu Media Research). Many people still use the term "TS" with the same meaning as TSF.

Verb

T(ティー)S(エス)する • (tī-esu suru) suru (stem T(ティー)S(エス)し (tī-esu shi), past T(ティー)S(エス)した (tī-esu shita))}

1. (fiction) to undergo a genderswap, genderbend, or sex change

   美少女(びしょうじょ)にT(ティー)S(エス)したい。

   Bishōjo ni tī-esu shitai.

   I wish I could be a pretty girl.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "TSする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	TSし	ティーエスし	tīesu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	TSし	ティーエスし	tīesu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	TSする	ティーエスする	tīesu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	TSする	ティーエスする	tīesu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	TSすれ	ティーエスすれ	tīesu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	TSせよ¹ TSしろ²	ティーエスせよ¹ ティーエスしろ²	tīesu seyo¹ tīesu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	TSされる	ティーエスされる	tīesu sareru
Causative	TSさせる TSさす	ティーエスさせる ティーエスさす	tīesu saseru tīesu sasu
Potential	TSできる	ティーエスできる	tīesu dekiru
Volitional	TSしよう	ティーエスしよう	tīesu shiyō
Negative	TSしない	ティーエスしない	tīesu shinai
Negative continuative	TSせず	ティーエスせず	tīesu sezu
Formal	TSします	ティーエスします	tīesu shimasu
Perfective	TSした	ティーエスした	tīesu shita
Conjunctive	TSして	ティーエスして	tīesu shite
Hypothetical conditional	TSすれば	ティーエスすれば	tīesu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Derived terms

• T(ティー)S(エス)F(エフ) (tī-esu-efu): genderswapping fiction

See also

• 性(せい)転(てん)換(かん) (seitenkan)
• 女(にょ)体(たい)化(か) (nyotaika), 男(なん)体(たい)化(か) (nantaika)
• 女(じょ)装(そう) (josō), 男(だん)装(そう) (dansō)
• 男(おとこ)の娘(こ) (otoko no ko)

Lithuanian

Proper noun

TS f

1. Abbreviation of Tėvynės Sąjunga.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• ts

Etymology

Initialism of trådstartare, from tråd (“thread”) +‎ startare (“starter”).

Noun

TS c

1. (Internet) the person who started a thread on an internet forum; the original poster, the OP

Usage notes

Common on the internet forum Flashback.

Vietnamese

Noun

TS

1. Abbreviation of tiến sĩ.