té

See also: Appendix:Variations of "te"

Asturian

Noun

té m (plural tés)

1. tea

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈte]
• Homophone: te
• Rhymes: -e

Verb

té

1. inflection of tenir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. inflection of tindre:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛː]

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Noun

té n (indeclinable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
2. (archaic) tea

Etymology 2

Pronoun

té

1. singular feminine genitive/dative/locative of ten

Further reading

• “té”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “té”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: thé, tes

Noun

té m (plural tés)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.

Further reading

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

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ/ [ˈt̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: té

Noun

té m (plural tés)

1. tea

   Tomar o té é un costume moi inglés que os británicos trouxeron dende a India.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. the shrub Camellia sinsensis

Related terms

• te

Ghomala'

Verb

té

1. to remove

References

• Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)

Gokana

Noun

té

1. tree
2. handle

References

• R. Blench, Comparative Ogonic

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of té – see 貯 (“to put (food) in a container; to ladle out”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 貯).

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈteː]
• Hyphenation: té
• Rhymes: -teː

Noun

té

1. The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	té	ték
accusative	tét	téket
dative	tének	téknek
instrumental	tével	tékkel
causal-final	téért	tékért
translative	tévé	tékké
terminative	téig	tékig
essive-formal	téként	tékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	tében	tékben
superessive	tén	téken
adessive	ténél	téknél
illative	tébe	tékbe
sublative	tére	tékre
allative	téhez	tékhez
elative	téből	tékből
delative	téről	tékről
ablative	tétől	téktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	téé	téké
non-attributive possessive - plural	tééi	tékéi

Possessive forms of té
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	tém	téim
2nd person sing.	téd	téid
3rd person sing.	téje	téi
1st person plural	ténk	téink
2nd person plural	tétek	téitek
3rd person plural	téjük	téik

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) betű; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / elly / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ő, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ű, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)

Further reading

• té in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰjɛː/

  Rhymes: -ɛː

Etymology 1

Noun

té n (genitive singular té or tés, nominative plural té)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.

Declension

Declension of té (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	té	téið	té	téin
accusative	té	téið	té	téin
dative	té, téi	téinu	téum	téunum
genitive	té, tés	tésins	téa	téanna

Etymology 2

• Per Gerhard Köbler, possibly from Proto-Germanic *tehwō (“order, array”); compare Middle High German zeche.
• Per Íslensk orðsifjabók, more likely from a putative Proto-Germanic *tī̆ha-, from Proto-Germanic *tīhaną (“to show, to point out”).

Noun

té n (genitive singular té or tés, no plural)

1. supply, provision; now used only in set phrases

Declension

Declension of té (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	té	téið
accusative	té	téið
dative	té, téi	téinu
genitive	té, tés	tésins

Derived terms

• láta í té

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English tee.

Noun

té n (genitive singular tés, nominative plural té)

1. (golf) tee

Declension

Declension of té (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	té	téið	té	téin
accusative	té	téið	té	téin
dative	téi	téinu	téum	téunum
genitive	tés	tésins	téa	téanna

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲeː/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• téighe (superseded)

Verb

té

1. present subjunctive analytic of téigh

Etymology 2

From Old Irish intí; synchronically analyzable as t- (marker of t-prothesis) + é (“him”).

Pronoun

té

1. Only used in an té

Etymology 3

Noun

té

1. The name of the Latin-script letter t/T.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
• Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

Mutation

Mutated forms of té

radical	lenition	eclipsis
té	thé	dté

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “té”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “té”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “té”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Italian

Noun

té

1. Misspelling of tè.

Louisiana Creole

Alternative forms

• tè

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably inherited from French "étais".”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/
• Rhymes: -e
• Homophone: tê

Particle

té

1. anterior past tense marker

   To té paʼlé gra. / To te pale gra. ― You spoke with an accent. (literally, “You had spoken thick.”)

   Si mo té koné ça.... ― If I had known that....

2. (with stative verbs) simple past tense marker

   No té gin in nòt fiy. ― We had another girl.

3. (copulative, past tense) was

   Li té brav. ― He was brave.

Usage notes

• Followed by the long form of two-stem verbs.

Derived terms

• (prevocalic) t'

 

Muong

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *tɛh; cognate with Vietnamese đẻ.

Verb

té

1. (Mường Bi) to give birth to
2. (Mường Bi) to birth

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʲeː]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *teɸents, from the present participle of Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“to be warm”) (compare Latin tepēns).

Alternative forms

• tee

Adjective

té

1. hot, warm (of temperature)

   Synonym: brothach

2. lustful, wanton
3. warm, comfortable, sheltered (of places)
4. warm, fervent (of emotions)
5. fierce, keen (of fights, weapons)

Declension

This adjective and éola (“wise, knowledgeable”) are the only two irregularly inflecting adjectives in the entire language, when irregular comparatives and superlatives are discounted. té seems to have a unique nt-stem declension, with only two forms attested that fit such a paradigm.

• Nominative plural: téït
• Dative plural: tétib

Related terms

• tesbach
• tess

Descendants

• Irish: te
• Manx: çheh
• Scottish Gaelic: teth

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

·té

1. third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of téit

Mutation

Mutation of té

radical	lenition	nasalization
té	thé	té pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “té, te”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/

Noun

té m

1. tea

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ/

Preposition

té

1. (Brazil) Nonstandard form of até.

Adverb

té (not comparable)

1. (Brazil) Nonstandard form of até.

Interjection

té

1. (Brazil) Nonstandard form of até.

Romagnol

Noun

té m or f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lètra; a, bé, cé, dé, e, ëffe, ge, àcca / àca, i, i lóng, càpa, ëlle, èmme, ènne, o, pé, cu, ërre, ësse, té, u, vé, dópi vé / dópi vu / vu dópi, ics, i gréc / ìpsilon, zéta

Romansch

Alternative forms

• te (Sursilvan)
• tè (Puter, Vallader)

Noun

té m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) tea

Scottish Gaelic

Pronoun

té f

1. Superseded spelling of tè.

Spanish

Té

Etymology

From Hokkien 茶 (tê). Doublet of cha. Compare Dutch thee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte/ [ˈt̪e]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: té
• Homophone: te

Noun

té m (plural tés)

1. tea

   Synonym: cha (Philippines)

Derived terms

• tecito (diminutive)

• bolsita de té
• cucharada de té
• hoja de té
• pasta de té
• rosa de té
• salón de té
• saquito de té
• té de Aragón
• té de boba
• té de burbujas
• té de Java
• té de limón
• té helado
• té negro
• té verde

 

Descendants

• → Asturian: té
• → Basque: te
• → Catalan: te
• → Galician: té
• → Navajo: dééh
• → Occitan: tè

See also

• infusión

Further reading

• “té”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tetum

Noun

té

1. The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.

Tlingit

Noun

té

1. stone; rock

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tɛ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tɛ˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tɛ˦˥]

• Audio (Saigon):

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Verb

té

1. (chiefly Southern Vietnam, intransitive) to trip
2. (chiefly Southern Vietnam, intransitive) to fall, to fall over
3. to sprinkle

   té nước ― to sprinkle water

See also

• bổ
• lọt
• ngã
• rơi
• rớt
• xuống

 

Derived terms

• té đái
• té ngã
• té re

 

Anagrams

• ét

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/

Noun

té m (plural tés)

1. tea

Wolof

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/

Conjunction

té

1. and (used between adjectives)

See also

• ak
• di