(Latin-script letter names)letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed
Etymology 2
From Middle Englishteen, from Old Englishtēon(“to pull, tug, draw, drag, entice, allure, induce, lead, bring, rear, educate, attract, arrogate, bring forth, produce, restrain, betake oneself to, go, roam”), from Proto-West Germanic*teuhan(“to pull, lead”), from Proto-Germanic*teuhaną(“to draw, lead, bring, pull, help”), from Proto-Indo-European*dewk-(“to pull, lead”).
Verb
tee (third-person singular simple presenttees, present participleteeing, simple pastteedortow, past participleteedortown)
(transitive, obsolete) To draw; lead.
(intransitive, obsolete) To draw away; go; proceed.
Related terms
betee
fortee
tow
tug
wanton
Etymology 3
First attested in the 17th century as teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural.
Noun
tee (pluraltees)
(golf) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
(sports) A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit.
(curling) The target area of a curling rink
The mark at which players aim in quoits.
Derived terms
tee ball
tee off
tee on
tee up
Translations
Verb
tee (third-person singular simple presenttees, present participleteeing, simple past and past participleteed)
(golf) To place a ball on a tee
Synonyms
tee up
References
Etymology 4
Noun
tee (pluraltees)
A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.
Anagrams
EET
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutchthee.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tɪə̯/
Noun
tee (uncountable)
tea
Derived terms
rooibostee
teekoppie
Estonian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic*tee. Cognate with Finnishtie.
Noun
tee (genitivetee, partitiveteed)
road, way
Declension
Derived terms
kiirtee
maantee
raudtee
umbtee
Etymology 2
From GermanTee, ultimately from Min Nan茶(tê).
Noun
tee (genitivetee, partitiveteed)
tea
Declension
Derived terms
liivatee
Etymology 3
Noun
tee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Etymology 4
Verb
tee
Second-person singular imperative form of tegema.
Present connegative form of tegema.
Finnish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Swedishte, from Dutchthee, from Min Nan茶(tê) (Amoy dialect), from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan*s-la(“leaf, tea”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈteː/, [ˈt̪e̞ː]
Rhymes: -eː
Syllabification: tee
Noun
tee
(uncountable) tea (dried leaves or buds of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis)
Mene kauppaan ja osta teetä.
Go to the supermarket and buy some tea.
(uncountable) tea (drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water)
Haluaisitko teetä?
Would you like some tea?
(countable) tea (variety of the tea plant)
Darjeeling on intialainen tee.
Darjeeling is a tea from India.
(uncountable, by extension) tea (any drink made by infusing parts of various other plants)
yrttitee, kamomillatee, minttutee
herb tea, camomile tea, mint tea
(countable) tea, cup of tea (cup of any one of these drinks)
Usage notes
As the plural forms are quite rarely used and as they, with the exception of nominative, look the same as the plural forms of tie(“road”), it may be advisable to substitute a synonym for the word tee in those cases.
Declension
Synonyms
(drink made of Camella sinensis):saikka, tsaju, tsaiju(dialectal)
(variety of the tea plant):teelaatu
(cup of tea):teekupillinen, kuppiteetä
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Latintē.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈteː/, [ˈt̪e̞ː]
Rhymes: -eː
Syllabification: tee
Noun
tee
The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Declension
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈteːˣ/, [ˈt̪e̞ː(ʔ)]
Rhymes: -eː
Syllabification: tee
Verb
tee
Present indicative connegative form of tehdä.
Second-person singular imperative form of tehdä.
Second-person singular imperative connegative form of tehdä.
Anagrams
eet
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic*tee, from Proto-Finno-Permic*teje. Cognates include Finnishtie and Estoniantee.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /teː/
Noun
tee (genitiveteen, partitiveteetä)
way
path
Inflection
References
Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)[3]
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch*tēa, from Proto-Germanic*taihwǭ.
Noun
têef
toe
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Dutch: teen (plural reanalysed as singular)
Limburgish: tieën (plural reanalysed as singular)
Further reading
“tee”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “tee”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN