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T9

US/ti naɪn/

T9 proper noun: a late-1990s predictive text technology by Tegic Communications for mobile phones with a 3×4 numeric keypad.

Proper noun

T9

  1. a late-1990s predictive text technology by Tegic Communications for mobile phones with a 3×4 numeric keypad

Origin of T9

From "Text on 9 keys".

Questions about T9

What does T9 mean?
T9 means a late-1990s predictive text technology by Tegic Communications for mobile phones with a 3×4 numeric keypad.
What part of speech is T9?
T9 is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce T9?
T9 is pronounced /ti naɪn/ (US).

Words near T9 in the dictionary

  1. T3s
  2. T4
  3. T4s
  4. t4t
  5. t4ts
  6. T9
  7. t9n
  8. ta
  9. ta everso
  10. Ta Kwu Ling
  11. ta muchly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: T9 (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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