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3-letter words (5 found)

ATE,EAT,ETA,TAE,TEA,

2-letter words (6 found)

AE,AT,EA,ET,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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All 3 letters words made out of tae

tae ate tea eta aet eat

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Definitions and meaning of tae

tae

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑeˣ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝e̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑe
  • Syllabification(key): ta‧e

Etymology 1

From taata +‎ -e.

Noun

tae

  1. guarantee
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
  • takaaja
  • takaus

Further reading

  • 1. tae”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

From takoa +‎ -e.

Noun

tae

  1. Something made of wrought iron, a forged object.
Declension
Synonyms
  • taos
Derived terms

See also

  • takorauta

Further reading

  • 2. tae”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Anagrams

  • -eta, ETA, Tea

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tadëh. Cognates include Finnish tade and Ludian tadeh.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈtɑe/, [ˈtɑe̞]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈtɑe/, [ˈtɑe̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑe
  • Hyphenation: ta‧e

Noun

tae

  1. manure

Declension

Synonyms

  • valo

Derived terms

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 64
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 565

Irish

Etymology

From English tea, from Dutch thee, from Hokkien () (Amoy dialect), from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (leaf, tea).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ˠeː/

Noun

tae m or f (genitive singular tae, nominative plural taenna)

  1. tea

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tae”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “tae” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “tae” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 37

Japanese

Romanization

tae

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たえ

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *taqe, from Proto-Oceanic *taqe, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqay. Compare Fijian de, Tongan taʻe and Hawaiian kae.

Noun

tae

  1. excrement

Scots

Etymology 1

From Middle English to, from Old English , from Proto-Germanic *tō. Cognates include English to, too and West Frisian ta.

Alternative forms

  • t', ta, te, teh, ti, tee, 'e, teu, toie, tu, ,

Pronunciation

  • (preposition, stressed) IPA(key): [tɪ]
  • (preposition, unstressed) IPA(key): [t(ə)]
  • (adverb) IPA(key): [teː]

Preposition

tae

  1. to, towards
  2. to (infinitive marker)

Adverb

tae (not comparable)

  1. too, also, as well
  2. too, too much
  3. to

Conjunction

tae

  1. till, until

Etymology 2

From Middle English to, from Old English , from Proto-West Germanic *taihā. Cognates include English toe and Faroese .

Alternative forms

  • tee

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [teː]

Noun

tae (plural taes)

  1. (anatomy) toe
  2. (golf) toe

Verb

tae (third-person singular simple present taes, present participle taein, simple past taet, past participle taet)

  1. (golf) to toe

Etymology 3

From Middle Scots ta, from Middle English to, shortening of tone.

Alternative forms

  • t'ay, t'aye, tey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [teː]

Determiner

tae

  1. the one (of two)
    Antonym: tither

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tae

  1. Alternative form of tak

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tae (plural taes or teaze)

  1. Alternative form of tie

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tae (plural taes)

  1. Alternative form of dey

Etymology 7

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tae (plural taes)

  1. Alternative form of taid

Etymology 8

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tae (plural taes)

  1. Alternative form of tea

References

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • tai
  • tayeobsolete

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqi. Compare Ilocano takki, Malagasy tay, Malay tahi, Palauan dach, and Samoan tae.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaʔe/, [ˈta.ʔɛ] (noun, interjection)
  • Hyphenation: ta‧e

  • IPA(key): /taˈʔe/, [tɐˈʔɛ] (adjective)
  • Rhymes: -aʔe

Noun

tae (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜁ)

  1. feces; excrement; dung
    Synonyms: (formal, euphemistic) dumi, (colloquial) oo, (slang) jebs, (slang) ebak, (childish) pupu, (of fowl) ipot
  2. defecation; moving of one's bowels
    Synonyms: pagtae, pagdumi, (euphemistic) pananabi, (colloquial) pag-oo
  3. (vulgar, offensive) shit; objectionable person

Derived terms

See also

  • aa

Interjection

tae (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜁ)

  1. (vulgar) Expression of worry, failure, shock, displeasure, surprise, etc.: shit!

Adjective

taé (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜁ)

  1. prone to frequent defecation (of a person)

Further reading

  • “tae”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[4] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*Caqi”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

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