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Asturian
Noun
té m (plural tés )
tea
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
té
inflection of tenir :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
inflection of tindre :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
té n (indeclinable )
The name of the Latin-script letter T /t .
( archaic ) tea
Etymology 2
Pronoun
té
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
Noun
té m (plural tés )
The name of the Latin-script letter T /t .
Further reading
Galician
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈtɛ/
Rhymes: -ɛ
Hyphenation: té
Noun
té m (plural tés )
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)
the shrub Camellia sinsensis
Ghomala'
Verb
té
to remove
References
Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)
Gokana
Noun
té
tree
handle
References
Hokkien
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Noun
té
The name of the Latin-script letter T /t .
Declension
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
Noun
té n (genitive singular tés , nominative plural té )
The name of the Latin-script letter T /t .
Declension
Declension of té (neuter )
Noun
té n
used in set phrases
Derived terms
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
té
present subjunctive analytic of téigh
Etymology 2
From Old Irish intí ; synchronically analyzable as t- ( marker of t -prothesis ) + é ( “ him ” ) .
Pronoun
té
Only used in an té
Etymology 3
Noun
té
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
Irish mutation
Radical
Lenition
Eclipsis
té
thé
dté
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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
Misspelling of tè .
Louisiana Creole
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
Particle
té
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....
( with stative verbs ) simple past tense marker
No té gin in nòt fiy. ― We had another girl.
( copulative , past tense) was
Li té brav. ― He was brave.
Usage notes
Followed by the long form of two-stem verbs.
Derived terms
Muong
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *tɛh ; cognate with Vietnamese đẻ .
Verb
té
( Mường Bi ) to give birth to
( Mường Bi ) to birth
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *teɸents , from the present participle of Proto-Indo-European *tep- ( “ to be warm ” ) (compare Latin tepēns ).
Adjective
té
hot , warm ( of temperature )
Synonym: brothach
lustful , wanton
warm, comfortable , sheltered ( of places )
warm, fervent ( of emotions )
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.
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
·té
third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of téit
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
Radical
Lenition
Nasalization
té
thé
té pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
Further reading
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
Noun
té m
tea
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Preposition
té
( Brazil ) Nonstandard form of até .
Adverb
té (not comparable )
( Brazil ) Nonstandard form of até .
Interjection
té
( Brazil ) Nonstandard form of até .
Romagnol
Noun
té m or f (invariable )
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
Noun
té m
( Rumantsch Grischun , Sutsilvan , Surmiran ) tea
Scottish Gaelic
Pronoun
té f
Superseded spelling of tè .
Spanish
Té
Etymology
From Hokkien 茶 ( tê ) . Doublet of cha . Compare Dutch thee .
Pronunciation
Noun
té m (plural tés )
tea
Synonym: cha ( Philippines )
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Asturian: té
→ Basque: te
→ Catalan: te
→ Galician: té
→ Navajo: dééh
→ Occitan: tè
See also
Further reading
Tetum
Noun
té
The name of the Latin-script letter T /t .
Tlingit
Noun
té
stone ; rock
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Verb
té
( chiefly Southern Vietnam , intransitive ) to trip
( chiefly Southern Vietnam , intransitive ) to fall , to fall over
to sprinkle
té nước ― to sprinkle water
See also
Anagrams
Walloon
Pronunciation
Noun
té m (plural tés )
tea
Wolof
Pronunciation
Conjunction
té
and (used between adjectives)
See also