tee

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Synonyms 1.4 Anagrams 2 Estonian 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Noun 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Noun 2.3 Etymology 3 2.3.1 Verb 3 Finnish 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Pronunciation 3.1.2 Noun 3.1.2.1 Declension 3.1.2.2 Synonyms 3.1.2.3 Derived terms 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Pronunciation 3.2.2 Noun 3.2.2.1 Declension 3.3 Etymology 3 3.3.1 Pronunciation 3.3.2 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophones: T, te, tea, ti

[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin te, the name of the letter T.

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[edit] Noun

tee (plural tees)

1. The name of the letter T. Found in compounds such as teevee.
2. Something shaped like the letter T. Found in compounds such as tee-shirt, tee-beam, tee-frame, tee-iron, tee-headed.

   angles and tees

3. T-shirt

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[edit] Etymology 2

First attested in the 17th century with the form lang-en.

[edit] Noun

tee (plural tees)

1. (golf) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole
2. (golf) A wooden or plastic peg from which a golf ball is hit on the first shot on a golf hole
3. (curling) The target area of a curling rink

[edit] Derived terms

• tee off
• tee on
• tee up

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[edit] Verb

to tee (third-person singular simple present tees, present participle teeing, simple past and past participle teed)

1. (golf) To place a ball on a tee
   • 1909, Walter J. Travis, Practical Golf^[1]:

     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.

[edit] Synonyms

• tee up

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• Alphagram: eet , EET

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[edit] Estonian

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Noun

tee (genitive singular tee)

1. road, way

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[edit] Noun

tee (genitive singular tee)

1. tea

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tee

1. Second-person singular imperative present form of tegema.

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: ['teː]
• Hyphenation: tee

[edit] Noun

tee

1. (uncountable) tea
2. (countable) one cup of tea
3. Any hot drink made by soaking dried (usually) or fresh leaves of plants in hot water.
   • yrttitee = herb tea

[edit] Declension

Declension of tee (type maa) singular plural nominative tee teet genitive teen teiden teitten partitive teetä teitä accusative tee teen teet inessive teessä teissä elative teestä teistä illative teehen teihin adessive teellä teillä ablative teeltä teiltä allative teelle teille essive teenä teinä translative teeksi teiksi instructive – tein abessive teettä teittä comitative – teineen

[edit] Synonyms

• tsaiju (dialectal)

[edit] Derived terms

• irtotee
• pussitee
• teelehdet
• teepannu
• teepussi
• yrttitee

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: ['teː]
• Hyphenation: tee

[edit] Noun

tee

1. The letter T, t.

[edit] Declension

Declension of tee (type maa) singular plural nominative tee teet genitive teen teiden teitten partitive teetä teitä accusative tee teen teet inessive teessä teissä elative teestä teistä illative teehen teihin adessive teellä teillä ablative teeltä teiltä allative teelle teille essive teenä teinä translative teeksi teiksi instructive – tein abessive teettä teittä comitative – teineen

[edit] Etymology 3

Inflected form of tehdä.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: ['teː(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: tee

[edit] Verb

tee

1. Indicative present connegative form of tehdä.

   • (Minä) en/ (Sinä) et/ Hän ei/ (Me) emme/ (Te) ette/ He eivät tee.
     • I/You/We/You/They don't / She/He doesn't do.

2. Second-person singular imperative present form of tehdä.

   • Tee!
     • Do!

3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of tehdä.

   • Älä tee!
     • Don't do!