Tue

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

English

Etymology 1

Noun

Tue (plural Tues)

  1. Abbreviation of Tuesday.
Alternative forms
Translations

Etymology 2

Anglicisation of Old English Tiw from analogy with English Tuesday.

Proper noun

Tue

  1. (rare) Alternative form of Tiw (the god Tyr).
    • 1995, Miles Jebb, Suffolk, page 193:
      One feels that here the old pagan gods have come into their own again, the ones we acknowledge every day of the week without thinking — Tue, Woden, Thor and Freia; and certainly nature herself has reclaimed what was once a site cleared of vegetation.
    • 2008, Adam Corres, Raffles and the Match-Fixing Syndicate, Grosvenor House Publishing, first hardback edition, page 20:
      I remember this all took place on a Tuesday; the day of the great god 'Tue'. Honestly, that's who it's named after. If you don't believe me, go look it up. I have no idea what it was that Tue did exactly, but I'd say he or she was pretty lucky […]
    • 2013, Kate Sedley, The Christmas Wassail (Severn House, Sutton, UK; →ISBN:
      "If he can't mention Tue, Woden, Thor and Frig, how is he going to pronounce the days of the week?"

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Kankanaey Tue.

Proper noun

Tue

  1. A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines

Anagrams

Danish

Proper noun

Tue

  1. a male given name, short for compound names beginning with the Old Norse element Þur-, a variant of Þórr (“Thor”)

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Kankanaey Gayang.

Proper noun

Túë

  1. A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ˈtuə/
  • Rhymes: -uə
  • Syllabification: Tu‧e

Proper noun

Túë

  1. A barangay of Tadian, Mountain Province, Philippines
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