tea

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Galician 2.1 Noun 3 Hungarian 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Declension 3.2.2 Derived terms 4 Maori 4.1 Adjective

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[edit] Etymology

Originally from the Chinese Min Nan dialect (POJ: tê, Chinese: 茶, bitmap: File:Tea.bmp), the word was brought to the west by the Dutch East India Company with the spelling thee. Many Western languages have this pronunciation at the root of their words for tea. The word for tea in other Chinese dialects such as Mandarin (Pinyin: chá) and Cantonese (Yale: cha⁴) was also exported as “chai” to many of the Indo-Iranian languages, Russian and Arabic.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: tē, IPA: /tiː/, SAMPA: /ti:/
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  Rhymes: -iː

• Homophones: T, te, tee, ti

[edit] Noun

tea (countable and uncountable; plural teas)

1. (uncountable) The dried leaves or buds of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis.

   Go to the supermarket and buy some tea.

2. (uncountable) The drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water, often served with milk or cream and sugar added.

   Would you like some tea?

3. (countable) A cup of this drink.

   I’d like two teas, please.

4. (uncountable) By extension, any drink made by infusing parts of various other plants.

   camomile tea

5. (countable) A cup of any one of these drinks.
6. (British) (uncountable) A light meal eaten mid-afternoon, typically with tea.

   Kids, your tea’s on the table!

7. (New Zealand, British, Australian) (uncountable) The main evening meal, irrespective of whether tea is drunk with it.

   The family were sitting round the table, having their tea.

8. (cricket) The break in play between the second and third sessions.

   Australia were 490 for 7 at tea on the second day.

9. (slang) (dated) Marijuana

[edit] Usage notes

Strictly speaking, "tea" has been reserved for infusions made from leaves of Camellia sinensis. Infusions made from other herbs such as rooibos, mint, and chamomile are called tisanes. Latterly, the word "tea" has been extended to include herbal infusions.

[edit] Synonyms

• (dried leaves of tea plant): tea leaves
• (drink made by infusing parts of various other plants): herb tea, herbal tea, infusion, tisane

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[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aet
• ate
• eat
• eta, ETA

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Noun

tea f. (plural teas)

1. cloth

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɛjɒ/
• Hyphenation: tea

[edit] Noun

tea (plural teák)

1. tea

[edit] Declension

declension of tea singular plural nominative tea teák accusative teát teákat dative teának teáknak instrumental teával teákkal causal-final teáért teákért translative teává teákká terminative teáig teákig essive-formal teaként teákként essive-modal - - inessive teában teákban superessive teán teákon adessive teánál teáknál illative teába teákba sublative teára teákra allative teához teákhoz elative teából teákból delative teáról teákról ablative teától teáktól

possessives of tea possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. teám teáim 2nd person sing. teád teáid 3rd person sing. teája teái 1st person plural teánk teáink 2nd person plural teátok teáitok 3rd person plural teájuk teáik

[edit] Derived terms

• tealevél
• teás
• zöld tea

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[edit] Maori

[edit] Adjective

tea

1. white