taie

Estonian

The painting "Itaalia maastik. Rooma" (Italian landscape. Rome) by Estonian painter Konrad Mägi.

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish taide (“art”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑi̯e/, [ˈtɑi̯e̞]

• Rhymes: -ɑie
• Hyphenation: tai‧e

Noun

taie (genitive taide, partitive taiet)

1. (rare) art (the conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.)

   Synonym: kunst

   galeriis eksponeeritakse taiet 1960. aastatest

   the gallery exhibits art from the 1960s

Declension

Declension of taie (ÕS type 6/mõte, d-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		taie	taided
accusative	nom.
	gen.	taide
genitive			taiete
partitive		taiet	taideid
illative		taidesse	taietesse taideisse
inessive		taides	taietes taideis
elative		taidest	taietest taideist
allative		taidele	taietele taideile
adessive		taidel	taietel taideil
ablative		taidelt	taietelt taideilt
translative		taideks	taieteks taideiks
terminative		taideni	taieteni
essive		taidena	taietena
abessive		taideta	taieteta
comitative		taidega	taietega

References

• taie in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “taie”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “taie”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French teie, inherited from Latin thēca, itself from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē). Doublet of thèque and -thèque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: tais, tait

Noun

taie f (plural taies)

1. pillowcase, pillowslip

   une taie d’oreiller ― a pillow case

2. (ophthalmology) leucoma

Further reading

• “taie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Verb

taie

1. inflection of tăia:
   1. third-person singular/plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative