Tee

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See also: TEE, tee, teè, and têe

English

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Etymology 1

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Proper noun

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Tee

  1. An Ogoni language spoken in Nigeria.

See also

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Etymology 2

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From Hokkien (Tīⁿ). Doublet of Chung.

Proper noun

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Tee

  1. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
Usage notes
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It can also be an English surname or stage / professional surname.

Anagrams

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Alemannic German

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Noun

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Tee m (diminutive Teeli)

  1. Alternative spelling of Thee

German

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Etymology 1

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Derived from Hokkien ().

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /teː/, [tʰeː]
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Audio:(file)
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Noun

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Tee m (strong, genitive Tees, plural Tees)

  1. tea (drink made by infusing parts of a plant, especially leaves or buds of Camellia sinensis, in water)
Declension
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • German Low German: Tee
    • Plautdietsch: Tee
  • Estonian: tee
  • Hunsrik: Tee
  • Lower Sorbian: tej
  • Romansch: te, ,
  • Saterland Frisian: Tee
  • Silesian: tyj
    • Slovene: (dialectal) te
  • Silesian East Central German: Tee
  • Vilamovian: tyy
  • Zipser German: Tee

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English tee.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Tee n (strong, genitive Tees, plural Tees)

  1. (golf) tee
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Further reading

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  • Tee” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Tee” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Tee” in Duden online
  • Tee on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik

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Tee

Etymology

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From German Tee, from Hokkien ().

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Tee m (plural Tee)

  1. maté (hot drink made from the Ilex paraguarensis plant)
    Synonym: Matt
    Vaam-mer en Tee drinke?
    Let's drink some maté?

Further reading

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Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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From German Tee, from Hokkien ().

Noun

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Tee m

  1. tea

Plautdietsch

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Noun

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Tee f (plural Teeen)

  1. toe

Noun

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Tee m

  1. tea

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Tee, from Hokkien (Tīⁿ) and (). Doublet of Ty.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Tee (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ)

  1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

Zipser German

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Etymology

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From Hokkien ().

Noun

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Tee

  1. tea (drink)

References

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  • Anton-Joseph Ilk, Zipser Volksgut aus dem Wassertal (1990), page 141