tue

See also: Tue, TUE, tué, tuế, tu'e, and tü

English

Noun

tue (plural tues)

1. Archaic form of tui (the parson bird)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• ETU, TEU, Ute, ute

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Alemannic German

Verb

tue (third-person singular simple present tuet, past participle taa, past subjunctive täät, auxiliary haa)

1. to do
   • 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:

     I tät scho gärn schpiele und jage.

     I'd rather play and run around.

   • 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ‘s Heiwili, p. 5:

     Dr Vater goht und lot's älei. / Hät dänkt, es täg dem Göifli guet.

     The father goes and leaves her alone. He'd thought it would do the child good.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧e
• Rhymes: -ue
• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.e/

Verb

tue

1. Indicative present connegative form of tukea.

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

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

   • Tue minua!
     • Support me!

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

   • Älä tue minua!
     • Don't support me!

Anagrams

• etu

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ty/

• Audio

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• Homophones: tu, tues, tuent, tus, tut, tût
• Rhymes: -y

Verb

tue

1. inflection of tuer:
   1. first-person and third-person singular present indicative and subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Participle

tue

1. feminine singular of the past participle of taire

Anagrams

• eut, eût

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuːə/

Verb

tue

1. First-person singular present of tun.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of tun.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of tun.
4. Imperative singular of tun.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin tuae.

Adjective

tue

1. feminine plural of tuo

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.e/, [ˈtʊ.ɛ]

Pronoun

tue

1. vocative masculine singular of tuus

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• tuve

Etymology

From Old Norse þúfa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²tʉːə/

Noun

tue f (definite singular tua, indefinite plural tuer, definite plural tuene)

1. a tussock, a small mound or tuft formed by certain grasses and small shrubs.

   Det er mange tuer med blåbær i skogen bak huset vårt.

   There are many tussocks of blueberry in the woods behind our house.

References

• “tue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.