tute

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tute"

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of tutorial.

Alternative forms

• tut (tutorial)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /tut/
• Rhymes: -uːt
• Homophone: toot (yod-dropping)

Noun

tute (plural tutes)

1. (slang) Abbreviation of tutorial.
   • 1991, Hazel Holt, A lot to ask: a life of Barbara Pym, Dutton, page 29:

     Tute [tutorial] in the morning. Morrison couldn't think of much to say to us.'

   • 2002, Michael Singh, Worlds of learning: globalisation and multicultural education, Common Ground, page 35:

     The highlight of my day was at the end of the tute when the two Asian students came up to me and thanked me for letting them read.

   • 2009, Janet Giltrow, Dieter Stein, Genres in the Internet: issues in the theory of genre, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 127:

     Many online genres - like the homless blog, the electronic petition, the review, and the "tute" [...] are often public

Etymology 2

Clipping of institute.

Alternative forms

• 'tute (institute)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /tut/
• Rhymes: -uːt
• Homophone: toot (yod-dropping)

Noun

tute (plural tutes)

1. (slang) Abbreviation of institute.

   How did you know I went to the tute?

Etymology 3

From Spanish tute, previously from Italian tutti.

Noun

tute (plural tutes)

1. (card games) A trick-taking card game, originally from Italy.

Translations

card game

• Catalan: tuti m
• French: tute (fr) f
• Galician: tute m
• Portuguese: tute (pt) m
• Spanish: tute (es) m

Anagrams

• et tu

Cypriot Arabic

Root
t-v-t
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic تُوتَة (tūta).

Noun

tute f (singulative)

1. singulative of tut

Noun

tute f (plural tutát)

1. mulberry (tree)

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004), A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 177

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtute/

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• Rhymes: -ute
• Syllabification: tu‧te

Adverb

tute

1. entirely; wholly; utterly; completely; totally

   La artikolo ne tute pravas. ― The article isn't entirely true.

   Ni tute certas, ke ni vidis fantomon. ― We are entirely certain that we saw a ghost.

   Pardonu min, sed mi tute forgesis vian nomon. ― Forgive me, but I've completely forgotten your name.

   • 2012, Plato, translated by Donald Broadribb, La Respubliko (Traduko al Esperanto) [The Republic (Translation into Esperanto)], 2nd corrected edition (paperback), New York: Mondial, →ISBN, page 17:

     "Sed ĉu vi povos persvadi nin," li demandis, "se ni ne aŭskultos?" "Tute ne," Glaŭkono respondis. "Do konkludu ke ni ne aŭskultos."

     "But will you be able to persuade us", he asked, "if we will not listen?" "Absolutely not", Glaucon answered. "So, conclude that we will not listen."

     (literally, “But will you be able to persuade us," he asked, "if we will not listen?" "Completely not, Glaucon answered. "So, conclude that we will not listen."”)

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

tute

1. inflection of tuten:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.te/
• Rhymes: -ute
• Hyphenation: tù‧te

Noun

tute f

1. plural of tuta

Latin

Etymology 1

From tū +‎ te.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtuː.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtuː.te]

Pronoun

tūte

1. you yourself

   Tute dicebas! ― You yourself were speaking!

   Tute tibi imperes. ― You yourself should order you.

   Ut tute mihi praecepisti. ― As you yourself have taught me.

   • c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 2.62:

     Tibi si recta probanti placebis, tum non modo tete viceris.

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   • 239 BCE – 169 BCE, Ennius, Annales:

     O Tite tute Tati, tibi tanta, tyranne tulisti!

     O thou tyrant, Titus Tatius, such great troubles you brought upon yourself!

Derived terms

• tūtemet

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtuː.teː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtuː.te]

Adverb

tūtē (comparative tūtius, superlative tūtissimē)

1. safely, securely, in safety, without danger

See also

• tueor

References

• “tute”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tute”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Māori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtute/ [ˈtʉtɛ]

Noun

tute

1. masculine equivalent of tūī

References

• “tute” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto tute and Nüpode Huitoto tutde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtutɛ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧te

Verb

tute

1. (transitive) to hit

Conjugation

Conjugation of tute

Nonfuture indicative					Future indicative
	affirmative		negative			affirmative		negative
	m	f	m	f		m	f	m	f
1st sg	tutɨkue		tuñedɨkue		1st sg	tuitɨkue		tuñeitɨkue
2nd sg	tuto		tuñedo		2nd sg	tuito		tuñeito
3rd sg anim1)	tutɨmɨe	tutɨñaiño	tuñedɨmɨe	tuñedɨñaiño	3rd sg anim1)	tuitɨmɨe	tuitɨñaiño	tuñeitɨmɨe	tuñeitɨñaiño
1st du	tutɨkoko	tutɨkaɨñaɨ	tuñedɨkoko	tuñedɨkaɨñaɨ	1st du	tuitɨkoko	tuitɨkaɨñaɨ	tuñeitɨkoko	tuñeitɨkaɨñaɨ
2nd du	tutomɨko	tutomɨñoɨ	tuñedomɨko	tuñedomɨñoɨ	2nd du	tuitomɨko	tuitomɨñoɨ	tuñeitomɨko	tuñeitomɨñoɨ
3rd du anim1)	tutaɨmaiaɨ	tutaɨñuaɨ	tuñedaɨmaiaɨ	tuñedaɨñuaɨ	3rd du anim1)	tuitaɨmaiaɨ	tuitaɨñuaɨ	tuñeitaɨmaiaɨ	tuñeitaɨñuaɨ
1st pl	tutɨkaɨ		tuñedɨkaɨ		1st pl	tuitɨkaɨ		tuñeitɨkaɨ
2nd pl	tutomoɨ		tuñedomoɨ		2nd pl	tuitomoɨ		tuñeitomoɨ
3rd pl anim1)	tutɨmakɨ		tuñedɨmakɨ		3rd pl anim1)	tuitɨmakɨ		tuñeitɨmakɨ
3rd neut	tute		tuñede		3rd neut	tuite		tuñeite
Imperative			Apprehensive	Future event	Passive		Negative passive		Overlap
simple	immediate	prohibitive			nonfuture	future	nonfuture	future
tu! tuno!	tunokai!	tuñeno!	tuiza!	tuye	tuga	tuyɨ	tuñega	tuñeyɨ	tukana
Conditional
real	hypothetical	immediate	negative
tuia	tuna	tukaina	tuñenia

¹⁾ The animate 3rd person inflections are only used when the animacy of the subject needs to be emphasised. Otherwise, the neutral 3rd singular is used.
^*) Same-time forms may be formed from any indicative form by adding the ending -mo directly to the inflected form.
^**) The evidentiality markers -dɨ, -za and -ta may be added to any indicative form.

Synonyms

• pute

References

• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017), A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 77

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

tute (imperative tut, present tense tuter, simple past and past participle tuta or tutet, present participle tutende)

1. to toot, hoot, honk, howl, blow (e.g. a horn)

Related terms

• tut (noun)

References

• “tute” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tutti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtute/ [ˈt̪u.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ute
• Syllabification: tu‧te

Noun

tute m (plural tutes)

1. (card games) tute (card game)
2. (card games) a trick-taking play in the same game, combining four kings or four knights
3. (informal) strife

Further reading

• “tute”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tocharian B

Etymology

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Adjective

tute

1. yellow

Venetan

Adjective

tute

1. feminine plural of tuto

West Flemish

Etymology

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Noun

tute f (plural tuutn, diminutive tuutje)

1. dummy, pacifier

Zazaki

Alternative forms

• tutı

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tuˈtə]
• Hyphenation: tu‧te

Noun

tute f

1. female equivalent of tut