Tee

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See also: TEE, tee, teè, and têe

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Tee

  1. An Ogoni language spoken in Nigeria.

See also

Etymology 2

From Hokkien 鄭／郑 (Tīⁿ). Doublet of Chung.

Proper noun

Tee

  1. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
Usage notes

It can also be an English surname or stage / professional surname.

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Noun

Tee m (diminutive Teeli)

  1. Alternative spelling of Thee

German

Etymology 1

Derived from Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teː/,
  • Rhymes: -eː
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Noun

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
Declension of Tee
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Tee die Tees
genitive eines des Tees der Tees
dative einem dem Tee den Tees
accusative einen den Tee die Tees
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → German Low German: Tee
    • Plautdietsch: Tee
  • → Estonian: tee
  • → Hunsrik: Tee
  • → Lower Sorbian: tej
  • → Romansch: te, té, tè
  • → Saterland Frisian: Tee
  • → Silesian: tyj
    • → Slovene: (dialectal) te
  • → Silesian East Central German: Tee
  • → Vilamovian: tyy
  • → Zipser German: Tee

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tee.

Pronunciation

Noun

Tee n (strong, genitive Tees, plural Tees)

  1. (golf) tee
Declension
Declension of Tee
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Tee die Tees
genitive eines des Tees der Tees
dative einem dem Tee den Tees
accusative ein das Tee die Tees

Further reading

  • “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

Tee

Etymology

From German Tee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From German Tee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Noun

Tee m

  1. tea

Plautdietsch

Noun

Tee f (plural Teeen)

  1. toe

Noun

Tee m

  1. tea

Tagalog

Etymology

From English Tee, from Hokkien 鄭／郑 (Tīⁿ) and 戴 (Tì). Doublet of Ty.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tee (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ)

  1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

Zipser German

Etymology

From Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Noun

Tee

  1. tea (drink)

References

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