taie

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Borrowed from Finnish taide (“art”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑi̯e/,

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• Rhymes: -ɑie
• Hyphenation: tai‧e

taie (genitive taide, partitive taiet)

1. (rare) art (the conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.)

   Synonym: kunst

   galeriis eksponeeritakse taiet 1960. aastatest

   the gallery exhibits art from the 1960s

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• taie in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “taie”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “taie”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN

Inherited from Old French teie, inherited from Latin thēca, itself from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē). Doublet of thèque and -thèque.

• IPA^(key): /tɛ/

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• Homophones: tais, tait

taie f (plural taies)

1. pillowcase, pillowslip

   une taie d’oreiller ― a pillow case

2. (ophthalmology) leucoma

• “taie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

taie

1. inflection of tăia:
   1. third-person singular/plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative