(computing) The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
tee (third-person singular simple presenttees, present participleteeing, simple past and past participleteed)
(computing) To redirect output to multiple destinations.
See also
(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
First attested in the 17th century as teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
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
teebox
tee off
tee on
tee time
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 3
Noun
tee (pluraltees)
A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.
References
Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “tee”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson[…], London: John Murray,[…].
See also
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
kruusatee
Etymology 2
From GermanTee, ultimately from Hokkien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, itself from Dutchthee, from Hokkien茶(tê) (Amoy dialect), from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan*s-la(“leaf, tea”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈteː/, [ˈt̪e̞ː]
Rhymes: -eː
Syllabification(key): tee
Noun
tee
(uncountable) tea (dried leaves or buds of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis)
(uncountable) tea (drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water)
(uncountable, by extension) tea (any drink made by infusing parts of various other plants)
Synonym:juoma
yrttitee ― herbal tea
kamomillatee ― camomile tea
minttutee ― mint tea
(countable) tea, cup of tea (cup of any one of these drinks)
Synonyms:teekupillinen, kuppi teetä
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 more precise synonym for the word tee in those cases.
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
“tee”, 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 2023-07-01