tee
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English [Term?], from Old English te, from Latin te (the name of the letter T).
Noun[edit]
tee (plural tees)
- The name of the Latin-script letter T.
- 1773 October, The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged:
- The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.
- 1985, Stephen King, Paranoid: A Chant:
- They have writing samples and examine the back loops of pees and the crosses of tees.
- 2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), p. 3-5
- ETA [is spoken] as "ee-tee-ay" instead of "I SPELL Echo Tango Alfa".
- Something shaped like the letter T.
- Hyponyms: tee-shirt, tee-beam, tee-frame, tee-iron, tee-headed
- angles and tees
- (clothing) T-shirt.
- Brendan pulled a black pocket tee over his head.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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See also[edit]
- (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[edit]
First attested in the 17th century as teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural.[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun[edit]
tee (plural tees)
- (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.
- 2019 November 3, Liam de Carme, “Boks, you beauties”, in Sunday Times[1]:
- Pollard, who went into the semifinals with an unsatisfactory 63% return from the kicking tee, turned it around splendidly against Wales and he continued that form despite missing his first attempt in the final.
- (curling) The target area of a curling rink
- The mark at which players aim in quoits.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Verb[edit]
tee (third-person singular simple present tees, present participle teeing, simple past and past participle teed)
- (golf) To place a ball on a tee
- 1909, Walter J. Travis, Practical Golf[2]:
- 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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Tee”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IX, Part 2 (Su–Th), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 139, column 1.
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
tee (plural tees)
- A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.
References[edit]
- Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “tee”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].
Anagrams[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tee (uncountable)
- tea
- Kom ons gaan drink tee.
- Let's go drink some tea.
Derived terms[edit]
Estonian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *tee. Cognate with Finnish tie.
Noun[edit]
tee (genitive tee, partitive teed)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | tee | teed |
accusative | tee | teed |
genitive | tee | teede |
partitive | teed | teid teesid |
illative | teesse | teedesse teisse |
inessive | tees | teedes teis |
elative | teest | teedest teist |
allative | teele | teedele teile |
adessive | teel | teedel teil |
ablative | teelt | teedelt teilt |
translative | teeks | teedeks teiks |
terminative | teeni | teedeni |
essive | teena | teedena |
abessive | teeta | teedeta |
comitative | teega | teedega |
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From German Tee, ultimately from Min Nan 茶 (tê).
Noun[edit]
tee (genitive tee, partitive teed)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | tee | teed |
accusative | tee | teed |
genitive | tee | teede |
partitive | teed | teid teesid |
illative | teesse | teedesse teisse |
inessive | tees | teedes teis |
elative | teest | teedest teist |
allative | teele | teedele teile |
adessive | teel | teedel teil |
ablative | teelt | teedelt teilt |
translative | teeks | teedeks teiks |
terminative | teeni | teedeni |
essive | teena | teedena |
abessive | teeta | teedeta |
comitative | teega | teedega |
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
tee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Etymology 4[edit]
Verb[edit]
tee
Finnish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Swedish te, itself from Dutch thee, from Min Nan 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect), from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf, tea”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tee
- (uncountable) tea (dried leaves or buds of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis)
- Mene kauppaan ja osta teetä.
- Go to the supermarket and buy some tea.
- (uncountable) tea (drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water)
- (countable) tea (variety of the tea plant)
- Synonym: teelaatu
- Darjeeling on intialainen tee.
- Darjeeling is a tea from India.
- (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[edit]
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 synonym for the word tee in those cases.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of tee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | tee | (teet) | ||
genitive | teen | (teiden) (teitten) | ||
partitive | teetä | (teitä) | ||
illative | teehen | (teihin) | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tee | (teet) | ||
accusative | nom. | tee | (teet) | |
gen. | teen | |||
genitive | teen | (teiden) (teitten) | ||
partitive | teetä | (teitä) | ||
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 | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Plural forms of this word are not commonly used, but might be found in figurative uses, in some set phrases or in colloquial language. |
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Derived terms[edit]
- aamutee
- hedelmätee
- hopeatee
- iltatee
- irtotee
- jäätee
- kamomillatee
- kukkatee
- kuplatee
- minttutee
- piparminttutee
- pussitee
- ruusunmarjatee
- sitruunatee
- teeastiasto
- teehuone
- teejuoma
- teekalusto
- teekannu
- teekeitin
- teekuppi
- teelaatu
- teelasi
- teelehdet
- teelehti
- teeleipä
- teelusikka
- teemakkara
- teenjuonti
- teenkasvatus
- teenkeitin
- teenlehdet
- teenviljely
- teepannu
- teepensas
- teepussi
- teepöytä
- teesekoitus
- teeseremonia
- teesieni
- teesiivilä
- teetarjoilu
- teetarjotin
- teetupa
- teevati
- teevesi
- vadelmatee
- yrttitee
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tee
- The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of tee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | tee | teet | ||
genitive | teen | teiden teitten | ||
partitive | teetä | teitä | ||
illative | teehen | teihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tee | teet | ||
accusative | nom. | tee | teet | |
gen. | teen | |||
genitive | teen | teiden teitten | ||
partitive | teetä | teitä | ||
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 | See the possessive forms below. |
Etymology 3[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
tee
- present indicative connegative of tehdä
- second-person singular present imperative of tehdä
- second-person singular present imperative connegative of tehdä
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
tee m (plural tees)
Further reading[edit]
- “tee”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ingrian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *tee, from Proto-Finno-Permic *teje. Cognates include Finnish tie and Estonian tee.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈteː/, [ˈteː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈteː/, [ˈte̝ː]
- Rhymes: -eː
- Hyphenation: tee
Noun[edit]
tee
- street
- 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
- Harkkaisin teen päälle, jää puuttui jalan alle.
- I stepped onto the street, ice got under my feet.
- way, path
- 1936, L. G. Terehova; V. G. Erdeli, Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, transl., Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:
- Tiijussimma teen ja läksimmä.
- We recognised the way and we went.
Declension[edit]
Declension of tee (type 8/maa, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | tee | teet |
genitive | teen | teijen |
partitive | teetä | teitä |
illative | teehe | teihe |
inessive | tees | teis |
elative | teest | teist |
allative | teelle | teille |
adessive | teel | teil |
ablative | teelt | teilt |
translative | teeks | teiks |
essive | teennä, teen | teinnä, tein |
exessive1) | teent | teint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈteː/, [ˈteː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈteː/, [ˈte̝ː]
- Rhymes: -eː
- Hyphenation: tee
Verb[edit]
tee
- inflection of tehä:
References[edit]
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 66
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 583
Middle Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Dutch *tēa, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ.
Noun[edit]
têe f
Inflection[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tee”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “tee”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tee m (definite singular tee-en, indefinite plural tee-er, definite plural tee-ene)
References[edit]
- “tee” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tee m (definite singular tee-en, indefinite plural tee-ar, definite plural tee-ane)
References[edit]
- “tee” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams[edit]
Old Irish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
teë
- Alternative spelling of té
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
teë | theë | teë pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Ternate[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Likely from Malay teh, from Min Nan 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tee
References[edit]
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Tetum[edit]
Etymology[edit]
See the Tetum noun teen.
Verb[edit]
tee
Tiri[edit]
Noun[edit]
tee
References[edit]
- Midori Osumi, Tinrin Grammar
Võro[edit]
Noun[edit]
tee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Inflection[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Votic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *tee.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tee
Inflection[edit]
Declension of tee (type I/maa, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | tee | teed |
genitive | tee | teije |
partitive | teete | teite |
illative | tehhe, tehese | teije, teise |
inessive | teez | teiz |
elative | teesse | teisse |
allative | teele | teile |
adessive | teelle | teille |
ablative | teelte | teilte |
translative | teessi | teissi |
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. |
References[edit]
- V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language][4], 2nd edition, Tallinn
West Frisian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Min Nan 茶 (tê).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tee c (no plural)
Further reading[edit]
- “tee”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/iː
- Rhymes:English/iː/1 syllable
- English terms with homophones
- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
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- en:Latin letter names
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- en:Clothing
- en:Golf
- en:Sports
- en:Curling
- English verbs
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dewk-
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- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
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- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans nouns
- Afrikaans uncountable nouns
- Afrikaans terms with usage examples
- af:Tea
- Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- Estonian idee-type nominals
- Estonian terms borrowed from German
- Estonian terms derived from German
- Estonian terms derived from Min Nan
- et:Latin letter names
- Estonian non-lemma forms
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- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Dutch
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- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan
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- Rhymes:Finnish/eː
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- fi:Latin letter names
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- fi:Beverages
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- fr:Sports
- Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
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- Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic
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- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/eː
- Rhymes:Ingrian/eː/1 syllable
- Ingrian lemmas
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- Ingrian terms with quotations
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- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
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- Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch lemmas
- Middle Dutch nouns
- Middle Dutch feminine nouns
- dum:Body
- Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from English
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- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/iː
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- nb:Golf
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from English
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- nn:Golf
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- Ternate terms derived from Malay
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- Ternate nouns
- Tetum lemmas
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- Võro lemmas
- Võro nouns
- vro:Latin letter names
- Votic terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
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- Votic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Votic/eː
- Rhymes:Votic/eː/1 syllable
- Votic lemmas
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- Votic maa-type nominals
- vot:Transport
- West Frisian terms borrowed from Dutch
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- fy:Beverages