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TGV

/tiː d͡ʒiː viː/

TGV noun: a French national high-speed train, run by the railway service of the same name. Also the initialism of through-glass via.

Noun (1)

TGV (plural TGVs)

  1. A French national high-speed train, run by the railway service of the same name.
    • He also makes the point that in France, SNCF is currently refurbishing some TGVs built in 1988.2024 May 29, Peter Plisner, “Network News: Gibb plans HS2 alternative with 155mph Pendolinos”, in RAIL, number 1010, page 6

Noun (2)

TGV (plural TGVs)

  1. A highball cocktail made with tequila, gin, and vodka (and sometimes orange juice) usually garnished with a slice of lemon, often served over ice.

Also used as

TGV is also the initialism of through-glass via.

Forms of TGV

pluralTGVs

Origin of TGV

Borrowed from French TGV, initialism of train à grande vitesse (“high-speed train”).

Initialism of tequila, gin, and vodka, the ingredients in the cocktail.

Questions about TGV

What does TGV mean?
TGV means a French national high-speed train, run by the railway service of the same name.
What part of speech is TGV?
TGV is a noun.
How do you pronounce TGV?
TGV is pronounced /tiː d͡ʒiː viː/.
What is the plural of TGV?
The plural of TGV is TGVs.

Words near TGV in the dictionary

  1. TGPs
  2. TGS
  3. tgt
  4. TGTF
  5. tgts
  6. TGV
  7. TGVs
  8. th
  9. th'
  10. th'are
  11. th'art

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Adapted from Wiktionary: TGV (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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