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Definitions and meaning of te
te
Translingual
Symbol
te
(international standards)ISO 639-1 language code for Telugu.
Etymology 1
Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become ti; the vowel was then changed to 'e' to signify a flattened note.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tiː/
Rhymes: -iː
Homophones: T, tea, tee, ti
Noun
te (pluraltes)
(music) In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.
Synonyms
ta
B-flat
li
Etymology 2
Noun
te (pluraltes)
The name of the Unspecified script letter Т / т.
Anagrams
-et, ET, Et, et
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutchte.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tə/
Adverb
te
indicating excess: too
Preposition
te
modifying an infinitive verb: to
located at, in
Aiwoo
Verb
te
to see
References
Ross, M., & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Akan
Alternative forms
tse(Fante)
Pronunciation
Tone: L
Verb
te
to understand, perceive
to hear
References
Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881) A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)[1], Basel, page 476
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian*te-k(u), from Proto-Indo-European*to-(“it”). Governs the nominative determinative, due to its relatively recent use as a preposition and its origin as a shortened form of Albanian*te-k(u).
Preposition
te (+nominative)
at
to
(with a human referent) at (someone's) place
Synonyms
tek
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latinte. Akin to Spanishte and Frenchte.
Pronoun
te
Second-person singular dative, accusative and prepositional pronoun; you
Usage notes
Takes the form t' before verbs beginning with vowel sounds.
See also
References
“te”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
Asturian
Etymology
From Latintē, from tū.
Pronoun
te
you (second-person singular direct pronoun)
you (second-person singular indirect pronoun)
Basque
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /te/, [t̪e̞]
Etymology 1
Noun
teinan
tea
Etymology 2
Noun
teinan
The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Declension
See also
(Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta
Blagar
Noun
te
wood, tree
References
A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1
The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List
Stokhof (1975)
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic*ti, from Proto-Celtic*tū, from Proto-Indo-European*túh₂. Cognate to Welshti.
Pronoun
te
you (singular)
Catalan
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)[ˈte]
Homophone: té
Rhymes: -e
Noun
tef (pluraltes)
The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Etymology 2
From Latintē (accusative of tū).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic)[tə]
IPA(key): (Valencian)[te]
Pronoun
te (enclitic, contracted't, procliticet, contracted proclitict')
you, thee (direct or indirect object)
yourself (reflexive pronoun)
Usage notes
-te is the full (plena) form of the pronoun. It is normally used after verbs ending with a consonant or ⟨u⟩, or between some adverbs/pronouns and a verb. In some varieties of Catalan (Balearic/Valencian) it can also occur in sentence-initial position.
Puc ajudar-te? ― Can I help you?
Mou-te! ― Move!
Declension
Related terms
et
tu
Etymology 3
Originally from Hokkien茶(tê).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic)[ˈtɛ]
IPA(key): (Valencian)[ˈte]
Rhymes: -ɛ
Noun
tem (pluraltes)
a tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
tea; the product made from the leaves of the tea plant
tea; a light afternoon meal at which tea is commonly served
Further reading
“te” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
“te”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“te” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Classical Nahuatl
Pronoun
te
Alternative spelling of teh
Coatepec Nahuatl
Noun
te
stone
Cornish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Brythonic*ti, from Proto-Celtic*tū, from Proto-Indo-European*túh₂.
Alternative forms
ty(Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form)
Pronoun
te
you (informal second person singular pronoun), thou, thee
Etymology 2
From Englishtea from Dutchthee
Noun
tem (pluralteow)
tea
Czech
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈtɛ]
Rhymes: -ɛ
Verb
te
(informal) Combined form of to + je
See also
totě
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latintū.
Pronoun
te
(second-person singular pronoun) you, thou
Related terms
toi
See also
ju
jal, jala
nu
vu
jali, jale
Danish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈteːˀ/, [ˈtˢe̝ːˀ], [ˈtsʰe̝ˀ]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Dutchthee, from Hokkien茶(tê, “tea”), compare Englishtea, GermanTee, Frenchthé.
tea(the dried leaves from the tea plant, also parts from other plants)
(uncountable)tea(a beverage made from tea leaves, also similar beverages made from other plants)
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Faroese: te
References
“te,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
“Te,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Etymology 2
From Old Norsetjá, from Proto-Germanic*tīhaną(“to show”), cognate with Icelandictjá, Faroesetíggja, Swedishte, Germanzeihen(“to accuse”). The verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European*deyḱ-(“to show”), which is also the source of Latindīcō(“to say”), Ancient Greekδείκνυμι(deíknumi, “to show”).
Verb
te (present tenseter, past tenseteede, past participleteet)
(reflexive)behave
Conjugation
Derived terms
bete
References
“te,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
“te,3” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Deg Xinag
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tʰe/
Noun
te
water
References
S. Hargus, Vowel quality and duration in Deg Xinag
Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutchte, ti, from Proto-Germanic*ta.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tə/
Adverb
te
too (indicating excess)
Te veel is nooit goed! ― Too much is never good!
Te gek! ― Far out! (literally, “Too crazy!”)
Descendants
Negerhollands: tu, tee
Petjo: te
Preposition
te
(modifying an infinitive verb) to
located at, in, on
Derived terms
Descendants
Jersey Dutch: te
Negerhollands: toe
Article
te
(archaic) in idiom; a form of the definite article de
Usage notes
This preposition used to govern the dative case. It also fused with the dative forms of the definite article:
(at, in):ter = te + der for feminine singular.
(at, in):ten = te + den in all other cases.
Combinations with the nominative form of the article, like *te het or *te de have never become part of the language. The collapse of the inflection system and the related demise of the distinction between masculine and feminine gender (for most speakers) has pushed this preposition into partial disuse. It does however occur in a fair number of idiomatic expressions, often with fossilized case endings, e.g.:
te elfder ure. ― at the eleventh hour
te eigen bate ― for one's own profit
(Elfder, ure and bate are dative forms of elfde, uur and baat respectively.)
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic*tek.
Pronoun
te (short form ofteie)
you (plural and polite form)
Declension
See also
Ewe
Noun
te
paternal aunt
yam
Preposition
te
under
Verb
te
to compact
to compress
to sting
to swell
Fala
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguesete, from Latintē.
Pronoun
te
Second person singular dative and accusative pronoun; you
Usage notes
Takes the form -ti when suffixed to an impersonal verb form.
See also
References
Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[2], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
Faroese
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tʰeː/
Rhymes: -eː
Homophone: teg
Etymology 1
Noun
ten (genitive singulartes, pluralte)
The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Declension
See also
(Latin-script letter names)bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø
Etymology 2
Originally from Hokkien茶(tê), from Middle Chinese, from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan*s-la(“leaf, tea”).
Noun
ten (genitive singulartes, uncountable)
tea
Declension
Derived terms
Anagrams
et
Finnish
Alternative forms
Te(when used politely)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic*tek, from Proto-Uralic*te. The word is inflected as plural, but there is no plural marker in the nominative, except in dialects (tet).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈte/, [ˈt̪e̞]
Rhymes: -e
Syllabification(key): te
Pronoun
te
(personal) you (second-person plural; when addressing many persons or when addressing politely or formally one person)
Usage notes
Depending on the context, the pronoun can sometimes be omitted in written language if the text remains fluent – the pronoun is in spoken language practically always used (compare the usage of sinä(“you sg”)).
When addressing one person politely or formally, it is recommended to capitalize the pronoun in writing: Te.
When addressing only one person, the active past participle must be in the singular in the compound forms that use it (e.g. negative, perfect, pluperfect forms):
Te ette ollut täällä silloin.(negative past indicative) ― Youwere not here at that time.
Te olette ollut täällä silloin.(affirmative present perfect indicative) ― You have been here at that time.
Te ette ole ollut täällä silloin.(negative present perfect indicative) ― You have not been here at that time.
Te olisitte ollut täällä silloin.(affirmative present perfect conditional) ― You would have been here at that time.
Te ette olisi ollut täällä silloin.(negative present perfect conditional) ― You would have not been here at that time.
Te lienette ollut täällä silloin.(affirmative present perfect potential) ― You have probably been here at that time.
Te ette liene ollut täällä silloin.(negative present perfect potential) ― You haven't probably been here at that time.
Te olitte ollut täällä silloin.(affirmative past perfect indicative) ― You had been here at that time.
Te ette ollut ollut täällä silloin.(negative past perfect indicative; note the duplicate ollut) ― You had not been here at that time.
Declension
Irregular (inflectional stem tei-, as if in the plural). The comitative and instructive forms don't exist; the abessive is hardly used.
In addition to the standard set of cases, te and other personal pronouns have a specific accusative form, teidät.
Synonyms
tet(dialectal)
työ(dialectal)
Derived terms
Descendants
Kven: tet
See also
Further reading
“te”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
et
French
Etymology
From Middle Frenchte, from Old Frenchte, from Latintē, (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European*twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂(“you”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tə/
Rhymes: -ə
Pronoun
te
(direct object) you
Il te cite souvent. ― He often quotes you.
(indirect object) you
Il te donne le livre. ― He gives you the book.
(reflexive) yourself
Tu te souviens d’elle. ― You remember her. (literally, “You remind yourself of her.”)
Related terms
Further reading
“te”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
et
Galician
Etymology 1
Noun
tef (pluraltes)
The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronoun
te
inflection of ti:
accusative
reflexive
Related terms
té
Haitian Creole
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /te/
Etymology 1
From Frenchété(“been”).
Adverb
te
Indicates the past or pluperfect tense.
Etymology 2
From Frenchthé(“tea”).
Noun
te
tea
Hawaiian
Article
te
Niʻihau form of ke(“the”)
Hungarian
Etymology
From the same Proto-Uralic root *tinä as e.g. Finnishsinä, Erzyaтон(ton), Eastern Mariтый(tyj) and Komi-Zyrianтэ(te).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈtɛ]
Rhymes: -tɛ
Pronoun
te
(personal) you (second-person singular, nominative, informal form)
Declension
Derived terms
Note: In all these forms, te is optional and only serves for emphasis.
tealattad, teáltalad, teelőtted etc. (te + a postposition with the second-person singular personal suffix; see Appendix:Hungarian postpositions)
teneked, teveled, tehozzád etc. (te + one of the declined forms listed in the chart above; see Appendix:Hungarian pronouns)
See also
maga(formal)
ön(official)
References
Further reading
([informal, singular] you): te in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
([dialectal] stressing the plural addressee): te in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic
Etymology
From Hokkien茶(tê) (Amoy dialect).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tʰɛː/
Rhymes: -ɛː
Noun
ten (genitive singulartes, no plural)
tea
Declension
Derived terms
Ido
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /te/, /tɛ/
Noun
te (pluralte-i)
The name of the Latin script letter T/t.
See also
(Latin script letter names) litero; a, be, ce, che, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, que, re, se, she, te, u, ve, we, xe, ye, ze(Category: io:Latin letter names)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutchtee.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈtɛ/, [ˈt̪ɛ]
Noun
tè
The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
Synonyms
ti(Standard Malay)
See also
(Latin-script letter names)huruf; a, be, ce, de, e, ef, ge, ha, i, je, ka, el, em, en, o, pe, ki, er, es, te, u, ve, we, eks, ye, zet
Further reading
“te” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irishté(“hot”).
Pronunciation
(Munster) IPA(key): /tʲɛ(h)/
(Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /tʲɛ/
Adjective
te (genitive singular masculinete, genitive singular femininete, pluralteo, comparativeteoorteocha)
hot, warm
pungent
ardent, hot-tempered; vehement, hotfoot
affectionate
comfortable (of circumstances)
Declension
Alternative comparative form: teocha(Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms
alathe
bogthe
buidéal te
Related terms
teas
Mutation
References
Further reading
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “te”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “té, te”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Italian
Etymology
From Latintē, from tū.
Pronunciation
(clitic) IPA(key): /te/
Hyphenation: te
(disjunctive) IPA(key): /ˈte/*
Rhymes: -e
Hyphenation: té
Pronoun
te
(disjunctive, emphatic) you
Pronoun
te
(clitic)Alternative form of ti
Usage notes
Used when followed by a third-person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).
See also
See Template:Italian personal pronouns for further pronouns.
Further reading
te in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
et
Japanese
Romanization
te
Rōmaji transcription of て
Rōmaji transcription of テ
Kalasha
Etymology
From Sanskritतद्(tád), from Proto-Indo-European*tód.
Pronoun
te
they, them (absent from speaker)(3rd-person plural personal pronoun)
Coordinate terms
éli
See also
Kholosi
Etymology
Cognate with Sindhiتي(te), Punjabi'ਤੇ('te).
Postposition
te
to
References
Rezaei, Tahereh (2020) First notes on the syntax of Kholosi as a heritage language in the south of Iran[4], Hormozgan Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts & Tourism Organization
Kikuyu
Etymology
Hinde (1904) records kute as an equivalent of English throw in the “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tɛ/
Verb
te (infinitivegũte)
to throw away
tũteaga ― we (usually) throw away
See also
gũikia
References
Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
tēf (indeclinable)
The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Coordinate terms
(Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta
References
te in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
te in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
te in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European*twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂(“you”).
Pronoun
tē
accusative/ablative singular of tū
Descendants
Latvian
Pronunciation
Adverb
te
here
Conjunction
te
now..., now...
te šur, te tur ― now here, now there
Lithuanian
Etymology
Cognate with Latviante. The interjection is identical to Ancient Greekτῆ(tê, “here!, take this!”), which Beekes derives from Proto-Indo-European*teh₁, the instrumental neuter singular form of *tód. Compare Gothic𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴(biþē, “while”), 𐌳𐌿𐌸𐌴(duþē, “therefore”), Tocharian Aca-, Tocharian Bce(“demonstrative pronoun”) < *tē, and possibly Old Armenianթէ(tʻē, “that”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tʲɛ/
Particle
te
(with third person) may, let (used to indicate the optative mood)
Šìnaktìstèniẽkadnesibaĩgia. - May this night never end.
Interjection
tè
(with object cases) here you go, take this (when giving something to someone)
Tè táu pinigų̃ – pir̃k tù sáu laũko kókį sklypẽlį. ― Here, have some money, go buy yourself a piece of land.
Synonyms
še
Derived terms
seete-
bet
net
References
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [tɛ]
Determiner
te
nominative/accusative plural of ten
Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Italiantè.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tɛː/
Noun
tem (pluraltejiet)
tea
Manchu
Romanization
te
Romanization of ᡨᡝ
Mandarin
Romanization
te (te5/te0, Zhuyin˙ㄊㄜ)
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 脦
Romanization
te
Nonstandard spelling of tē.
Nonstandard spelling of tè.
Nonstandard spelling of tê̄.
Usage notes
Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Maori
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Compare Hawaiianka(“the”). Resemblance to Englishthe is incidental, but might have been reinforced by it.
Article
tesg (pluralngā)
the
Determiner
tesg (pluralngā)
Referring to a whole class of things or people designated by the noun that follows.
Mr, mister, sir (capitalised)
Used in front of another verb following a stative.
Used in front of another verb following taea.
Used before the names for the days of the week.
Sometimes used before numbers with a following noun.
Used before ordinal numbers including those using tua-.
See also
he (for "a/an" and "some")
References
“te” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Meriam
Noun
te
mouth
door
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutchte, from Proto-Germanic*ta.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tə/
Preposition
te
at, in (a place)
to, towards
at, during (a time)
for (the purpose of)
in accordance with
with, from (a means, such as language)
(with gerund) to, for
Alternative forms
toe(eastern)
Descendants
Dutch: te
Limburgish: te, tö
Adverb
te
very, particularly
too, to an excessive degree
Alternative forms
toe(eastern)
Descendants
Dutch: te
Further reading
“te (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
“te (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “te (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “te (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Middle English
Pronoun
te
Alternative form of þe(“thee”)
Middle French
Alternative forms
t'(before a vowel)
Etymology
From Old Frenchte.
Pronoun
te
you, second-person singular object pronoun
to you, second-person singular indirect object pronoun
Synonyms
(second-person singular object and indirect object pronoun):toy(with verbs in the imperative)
(second-person singular object and indirect object pronoun):vous(used as a mark of formality or respect)
Descendants
French: te
Mohawk
Particle
te
used with iah to negate a sentence
Neapolitan
Etymology
From Latintē.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /te/
Rhymes: -e
Pronoun
te
you (singular familiar, accusative or dative or reflexive or prepositional)
Coordinate terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /teː/
Rhymes: -eː
Etymology 1
From Dutchthee.
Noun
tem (definite singularteen)
tea
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norsetjá.
Verb
te (imperativete, present tenseter, passivetes, simple pasttedde, past participletedd, present participleteende)
(reflexive) to behave
References
“te” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /teː/
Rhymes: -eː
Etymology 1
From Dutchthee.
Noun
tem (definite singularteen)
tea
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norsetjá.
Verb
te (present tenseter, past tensetedde, past participletedd or tett, passive infinitiveteast, present participleteande, imperativete)
(reflexive) to behave
Etymology 3
From Old Norsetil.
Preposition
te
(dialectal, Trøndelag, Østlandet)Alternative form of til
References
“te” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Pronunciation
Noun
tef (pluraltes)
tee (the letter t, T)
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic*ta(“to”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /te/
Preposition
te
to
Related terms
te-
Old French
Etymology
From Latintē.
Pronoun
te
you (second-person singular direct object pronoun)
to you (second-person singular indirect object pronoun)
yourself (second-person singular direct object reflexive pronoun)
to yourself (second-person singular indirect object reflexive pronoun)
Pali
Alternative forms
Adjective
te
masculine nominative/accusative plural of ta(“that”)
Pronoun
te
nominative/accusative plural of ta(“they”)
instrumental/dative/genitive singular of tvaṃ(“you”)
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Portugueseaté.
Adjective
te
until, till, up to, up until
Phuthi
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Conjunction
té
just, only, however
Relative
-té
naked
Inflection
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tɛ/
Rhymes: -ɛ
Syllabification: te
Homophone: tę
Pronoun
tem
nonvirile nominative/accusative plural of ten
Pronoun
tef
nominative/accusative plural of ta
Pronoun
ten
nominative/accusative plural of to
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguesete, from Latintē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European*twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂(“you”).
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: te
Pronoun
te
(object pronoun) you
particle of spontaneity, when it indicates that there was spontaneity in the action by its agent.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:te.
See also
Rapa Nui
Article
te (plte mau)
the (the definite article)
Romani
Conjunction
te
if
Romanian
Etymology
From Latintē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European*twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂(“you”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /te/
Rhymes: -e
Pronoun
te (unstressed accusative and reflexive form oftu)
(direct object) you
(reflexive) yourself
Derived terms
te rog
Related terms
tine
tu
See also
mă
se
ne
vă
Romansch
Alternative forms
(Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)té
(Puter, Vallader)tè
Noun
tem
(Sursilvan) tea
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Pronoun
te (Cyrillic spellingте)
of you (clitic genitive singular of tȋ(“you”))
you (clitic accusative singular of tȋ(“you”))
feminine nominative plural of taj: those (= one)
Tko su te žene? ― Who are those women?
Declension
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic*ta. Compare Ukrainianта(ta).
Conjunction
te (Cyrillic spellingте)
and (following a cause; lit. and thereby, and thus)
and, and then (before the last thing in order of mention or occurrence)
(Croatia) now (chiefly used in stock phrases)
Sicilian
Alternative forms
tè, té, the(misspelling)
Etymology
Borrowed from Frenchthé, from Dutchthee, from Hokkien茶(tê).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tɛ/(Standard)
Hyphenation: te
Noun
tem
tea
Derived terms
See also
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /te/[t̪e]
Rhymes: -e
Syllabification: te
Homophone: té
Etymology 1
Noun
tef (pluraltes)
The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Etymology 2
From Latintē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European*twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂(“you”).
Pronoun
te
dative of tú: to you, for you
accusative of tú: you
(reflexive) yourself
See also
Further reading
“te”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sranan Tongo
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /te/
Etymology 1
From Englishthen.
Conjunction
te
when
Etymology 2
From Englishtill or Dutchte.
Preposition
te
until
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Dutchthee.
Noun
te
tea
Sumerian
Romanization
te
Romanization of 𒋼
Swedish
Alternative forms
the, thé
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /teː/
Homophones: t, T
Rhymes: -eː
Etymology 1
From either Frenchthé or GermanTee, ultimately from Hokkien茶(tê).
Noun
ten
tea (the tree, its dried leaves and the drink made from them)
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Finnish: tee
Etymology 2
From Old Swedishtēa, from Old Norsetjá, from Proto-Germanic*tīhaną, from Proto-Indo-European*deyḱ-. Cognate of Gothic𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽(gateihan), Germanzeihen, Dutchtijgen.
Verb
te (presentter, preteritetedde, supinetett, imperativete)
to appear
Conjugation
Related terms
bete
förete
Etymology 3
Eye dialect spelling of till, for some dialects.
Preposition
te
Synonym of till
Usage notes
Rarely in written form unless imitating speech.
References
te in Svensk ordbok (SO)
te in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
te in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
-et
Tagalog
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈte/, [ˈtɛ]
Hyphenation: te
Etymology 1
Noun
te (Baybayin spellingᜆᜒ)
(colloquial)Clipping of ate.
Etymology 2
From Spanishte, the Spanish name of the letter T/t.
Noun
te (Baybayin spellingᜆᜒ)
(historical)the name of the Latin-script letter T,in the Abecedario.
Synonyms:(in the Filipino alphabet)ti, (in the Abakada alphabet)ta
Further reading
“te”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Tahitian
Article
te (plural sometimeste mau)
the (singular) (definite article)
the (plural) (definite article)
(conversationally) a, an (indefinite article)
References
Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
“te” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
Tokelauan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian*te. Cognates include Hawaiianke and Samoanle.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [te]
Hyphenation: te
Article
te
Singular definite article; the
Derived terms
See also
References
R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[5], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 379
Tongan
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /te/
Article
te
the (definite article)
Turkish
Etymology 1
Noun
te
The name of the Latin-script letter T.
See also
(Latin-script letter names)harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze
Etymology 2
Noun
te
Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ت
Etymology 3
Adverb
te
Alternative form of ta
Turkmen
Noun
te (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])
The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Tuvaluan
Article
te
the (definite article)
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic*tee.
Noun
te
road, way
Inflection
Derived terms
References
Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “дорога, трасса”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary][6], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Volapük
Adverb
te
only, solely, merely
but
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishtea, from Dutchthee, from Hokkien茶(tê), probably via Frenchthé or Englishtea.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /teː/
Rhymes: -eː
Noun
tem (uncountable)
(uncountable) tea (drink made with infusion of Camellia sinensis or other leaves)
tea (main evening meal)
Synonym:swper
Derived terms
Mutation
References
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “te”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
West Makian
Etymology 1
From Malayteh, possibly through Ternatetee, from Hokkien茶(tê) (Amoy dialect).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /t̪e/
Noun
te
tea
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /t̪e/
Conjunction
te
so; so that
Synonym:supaya
References
Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[7], Pacific linguistics
White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong*tæwᶜ(“frost”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /te˧/
Noun
te(classifier: cov)
frost
References
Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[8], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 312.