Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 42339 6905757 2009-06-29T15:48:39Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:zh:tee]] {{also|Tee|teé}} ==English== ===Pronunciation=== * {{rhymes|iː}} * {{homophones|T|te|tea|ti}} ===Etymology 1=== From {{etyl|la|en}} {{term|te|lang=la}}, the name of the letter T. {{etystub}} ====Noun==== {{en-noun}} # The name of the letter [[T]]. Found in compounds such as ''[[teevee]].'' # Something shaped like the letter T. Found in compounds such as ''[[tee-shirt]], [[tee-beam]], [[tee-frame]], [[tee-iron]], [[tee-headed]].'' #: ''angles and tees'' # [[T-shirt]] =====Translations===== {{trans-top|name of the letter T, t}} * Portuguese: {{t|pt|tê|m}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Etymology 2=== First attested in the 17th century with the form {{term|teaz|lang-en}}. ====Noun==== {{en-noun}} # {{golf}} A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a [[golf]] hole # {{golf}} A wooden or plastic peg from which a golf ball is hit on the first shot on a golf hole # {{curling}} The target area of a [[curling]] rink =====Derived terms===== * [[tee off]] * [[tee on]] * [[tee up]] =====Translations===== {{trans-top}} * Welsh: {{t-|cy|ti|m|xs=Welsh}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ====Verb==== {{en-verb|tee|d}} # {{golf}} To place a ball on a tee #* {{quote-book|1909|Walter J. Travis|Practical Golf|url=http://chestofbooks.com/sports/golf/Practical-Golf/index.html |passage=If at any hole a competitor play his first stroke from outside the limits of the teeing-ground, he shall count that stroke, '''tee''' a ball, and play his second stroke from within these limits.}} =====Synonyms===== * [[tee up]] ---- ==Estonian== ===Etymology 1=== ====Noun==== '''tee''' (''genitive singular'' '''tee''') # [[road]], [[way]] ===Etymology 2=== ====Noun==== '''tee''' (''genitive singular'' '''tee''') # [[tea]] ===Etymology 3=== ====Verb==== '''tee''' # Second-person singular imperative present form of '''[[tegema]]'''. [[Category:Estonian nouns]] [[Category:Estonian verb forms]] ---- ==Finnish== ===Etymology 1=== ====Pronunciation==== * {{IPA|lang=fi|['teː]}} * {{hyphenation|tee}} ====Noun==== {{infl|fi|noun}} # {{uncountable}} [[tea]] # {{countable}} one [[cup]] of tea # Any hot drink made by soaking dried (usually) or fresh leaves of plants in hot water. #* ''yrttitee'' = [[herb tea]] =====Declension===== {{fi-decl-voi|te|e|ä}} =====Synonyms===== * [[tsaiju]] (''dialectal'') =====Derived terms===== * [[irtotee]] * [[pussitee]] * [[teelehdet]] * [[teepannu]] * [[teepussi]] * [[yrttitee]] ===Etymology 2=== ====Pronunciation==== * {{IPA|lang=fi|['teː]}} * {{hyphenation|tee}} ====Noun==== {{infl|fi|noun}} # The letter '''[[T]]''', '''[[t]]'''. =====Declension===== {{fi-decl-voi|te|e|ä}} ===Etymology 3=== {{inflected form of|tehdä}} ====Pronunciation==== * {{IPA|lang=fi|['teː(ʔ)]}} * {{hyphenation|tee}} ====Verb==== '''tee''' # {{fi-form of|tehdä|type=verb|mood=indicative|tense=present connegative}} #:* ([[minä|Minä]]) [[en#Finnish|en]]/ ([[sinä#Finnish|Sinä]]) [[et#Finnish|et]]/ [[hän#Finnish|Hän]] [[ei#Finnish|ei]]/ ([[me#Finnish|Me]]) [[emme#Finnish|emme]]/ ([[te#Finnish|Te]]) [[ette#Finnish|ette]]/ [[he#Finnish|He]] [[eivät#Finnish|eivät]] '''tee'''. #:** I/You/We/You/They don't / She/He doesn't ''do''. # {{fi-form of|tehdä|type=verb|pr=second-person|pl=singular|mood=imperative|tense=present}} #:* '''Tee'''! #:** ''Do''! # {{fi-form of|tehdä|type=verb|pr=second-person|pl=singular|mood=imperative|tense=present connegative}} #:* [[älä#Finnish|Älä]] '''tee'''! #:** Don't ''do''! [[Category:Finnish three-letter words]] [[Category:Finnish words with multiple etymologies]] [[ar:tee]] [[zh-min-nan:tee]] [[da:tee]] [[el:tee]] [[fr:tee]] [[io:tee]] [[it:tee]] [[he:tee]] [[sw:tee]] [[ku:tee]] [[lo:tee]] [[lv:tee]] [[hu:tee]] [[ja:tee]] [[no:tee]] [[pl:tee]] [[pt:tee]] [[ru:tee]] [[fi:tee]] [[sv:tee]] [[ta:tee]] [[tr:tee]] [[vi:tee]] [[zh:tee]]