Definitions and meaning of team
team
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiːm/
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- Homophone: teem
- Rhymes: -iːm
Etymology 1
From Middle English tem, teem, teme, from Old English tēam (“child-bearing, offspring, brood, set of draught animals”), from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz (“that which draws or pulls”), from Proto-Germanic *taugijaną, *tugōną, *teuhōną, *teuhaną (“to lead, bring, pull, draw”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Cognate with Scots team, teem (“a chain, harness”), Saterland Frisian Toom (“bridle; breeding”), West Frisian team (“bridle, team”), Dutch toom (“bridle, reins, flock of birds”), German Low German Toom (“bridle”), German Zaum (“bridle”), Norwegian tømme (“bridle, rein”), Swedish töm (“leash, rein”). More at teem, tie, tow.
Noun
team (plural teams)
- A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
- Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.
- (obsolete) A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.
- (UK, law, obsolete) A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.
- A group of people who favor one side of a binary debate that is divided and lacks a well-established clear consensus.
Usage notes
- In British English, team is construed as plural, emphasizing the members. In US English it is construed as singular, emphasizing the group. This conforms to the general practice in the two dialects for collective nouns.
- British English:
- American English:
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
Verb
team (third-person singular simple present teams, present participle teaming, simple past and past participle teamed)
- (intransitive) To form a group, as for sports or work.
- Synonym: team up
- (intransitive, by extension) To go together well; to harmonize.
- (transitive) To convey or haul with a team.
- 1857, Henry David Thoreau journal entry for Feb. 4 1857
- the farmer has been all winter teaming wood along the river
- (transitive) To form together into a team.
- (transitive) To give work to a gang under a subcontractor.
Derived terms
- double-team
- team up
- team up with
Interjection
team
- (video games, colloquial) Used to propose that another player team up with the speaker.
Etymology 2
Verb
team
- Misspelling of teem.
Anagrams
- maté, META, meat, mate, Tame, meta, Meta, meta-, AEMT, Atem, -mate, tame, ATEM, Tema
Chinese
Etymology
From English team.
Pronunciation
Noun
team
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) a group of people working in cooperation and involved in the same activity (Classifier: 條／条 c)
Classifier
team
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) Classifier for teams of people.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English team, from Middle English teme, from Old English tēam (“child-bearing, offspring, brood, set of draught animals”), from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz (“that which draws or pulls”), from Proto-Germanic *taugijaną, *tugōną, *teuhōną, *teuhaną (“to lead, bring, pull, draw”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Doublet of toom.
Pronunciation
Noun
team n (plural teams, diminutive teampje n)
- team (group of people)
- Synonym: ploeg
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English team.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtim/
- Rhymes: -im
Noun
team m (invariable)
- team (group of people)
- Synonyms: squadra, gruppo
Anagrams
- Meta, mate, matè, meta, meta-, metà, tema
Middle English
Noun
team
- (Early Middle English) alternative form of tem (“group”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English team.
Noun
team n (definite singular teamet, indefinite plural team, definite plural teama or teamene)
- a team
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “team” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English team.
Noun
team n (definite singular teamet, indefinite plural team, definite plural teama)
- a team
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “team” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz (“pull, draw”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tēam m (nominative plural tēamas)
- childbirth
- family, offspring
- a team of draught animals
- an Anglo-Saxon legal procedure in a stolen goods suit
Declension
Strong a-stem:
Related terms
Descendants
- Middle English: tem, teem, teeme, teme, teome, them, theam, tæm, team (Early Middle English)
- English: team (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: team
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English team.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtim/
-
- Rhymes: -im
- Syllabification: team
Noun
team m inan
- team (well-coordinated group of people working together)
- (sports) team
- Synonym: drużyna
Declension
Further reading
- team in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- team in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English team.
Noun
team n (uncountable)
- team (sports)
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
From English team.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiːm/
- Rhymes: -iːm
Noun
team n
- a team (at a job, or more generally)
Declension
Synonyms
See also
References
- team in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- team in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- team in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
Tyap
Verb
team (plural team)
Vietnamese
Etymology
From English team.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tim˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tim˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [tim˧˧]
- Phonetic spelling: tim
Noun
team
- team (group of people)
- Synonym: đội
West Frisian
Etymology 1
From Old Frisian tām, from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz.
Noun
team c (plural teammen, diminutive teamke)
- bridle
Further reading
- “team (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English team.
Noun
team n (plural teams, diminutive teamke)
- team
- Synonym: ploech
Derived terms
Source: wiktionary.org