te

Translingual

Symbol

te

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Telugu.

English

Etymology 1

Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become ti; the vowel was then changed to 'e' to signify a flattened note.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiː/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophones: T, tea, tee, ti

Noun

te (plural tes)

1. (music) In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.

Synonyms

• ta
• B-flat
• li

Etymology 2

Noun

te (plural tes)

1. The name of the Unspecified script letter Т / т.

Anagrams

• -et, ET, Et, et

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch te.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə/

• Audio

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Adverb

te

1. indicating excess: too

Preposition

te

1. modifying an infinitive verb: to
2. located at, in

Aiwoo

Verb

te

1. to see

References

• Ross, M., & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Akan

Alternative forms

• tse (Fante)

Pronunciation

• Tone: L

Verb

te

1. to understand, perceive
2. to hear

References

• Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881) A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)‎, Basel, page 476

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *te-k(u), from Proto-Indo-European *to- (“it”). Governs the nominative determinative, due to its relatively recent use as a preposition and its origin as a shortened form of Albanian *te-k(u).

Preposition

te (+nominative)

1. at

   Unë jam te pijetorja.

   I'm at the bar.

2. to
3. (with a human referent) at (someone's) place

   Jemi te unë.

   We're at my place.

Synonyms

• tek

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin te. Akin to Spanish te and French te.

Pronoun

te

1. Second-person singular dative, accusative and prepositional pronoun; you

Usage notes

• Takes the form t' before verbs beginning with vowel sounds.

See also

References

• “te”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin tē, from tū.

Pronoun

te

1. you (second-person singular direct pronoun)
2. you (second-person singular indirect pronoun)

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/,

Etymology 1

Noun

te inan

1. tea

Etymology 2

Noun

te inan

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

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

Blagar

Noun

te

1. wood, tree

References

• A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1
• The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List
• Stokhof (1975)

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ti, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognate to Welsh ti.

Pronoun

te

1. you (singular)

Catalan

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)

• Audio (Valencian)

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• Homophone: té
• Rhymes: -e

Noun

te f (plural tes)

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

Etymology 2

From Latin tē (accusative of tū).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Pronoun

te (enclitic, contracted 't, proclitic et, contracted proclitic t')

1. you, thee (direct or indirect object)
2. yourself (reflexive pronoun)

Usage notes

• -te is the full (plena) form of the pronoun. It is normally used after verbs ending with a consonant or ⟨u⟩, or between some adverbs/pronouns and a verb. In some varieties of Catalan (Balearic/Valencian) it can also occur in sentence-initial position.

  Puc ajudar-te? ― Can I help you?

  Mou-te! ― Move!

Declension

Related terms

• et
• tu

Etymology 3

Originally from Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Noun

te m (plural tes)

1. a tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
2. tea; the product made from the leaves of the tea plant
3. tea; a light afternoon meal at which tea is commonly served

Further reading

• “te” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “te”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “te” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Classical Nahuatl

Pronoun

te

1. Alternative spelling of teh

Coatepec Nahuatl

Noun

te

1. stone

Cornish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *ti, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Alternative forms

• ty (Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form)

Pronoun

te

1. you (informal second person singular pronoun), thou, thee

Etymology 2

From English tea from Dutch thee

Noun

te m (plural teow)

1. tea

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Verb

te

1. (informal) Combined form of to +‎ je

See also

• totě

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin tū.

Pronoun

te

1. (second-person singular pronoun) you, thou

Related terms

• toi

See also

• ju
• jal, jala
• nu
• vu
• jali, jale

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteːˀ/, ,

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê, “tea”), compare English tea, German Tee, French thé.

Alternative forms

• the (unofficial since 1872, but still common)

Noun

te c (singular definite teen, plural indefinite teer)

1. tea (plant) (Camellia sinensis)
2. tea (the dried leaves from the tea plant, also parts from other plants)
3. (uncountable) tea (a beverage made from tea leaves, also similar beverages made from other plants)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Faroese: te

References

• “te,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Te,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tjá, from Proto-Germanic *tīhaną (“to show”), cognate with Icelandic tjá, Faroese tíggja, Swedish te, German zeihen (“to accuse”). The verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”), which is also the source of Latin dīcō (“to say”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to show”).

Verb

te (present tense ter, past tense teede, past participle teet)

1. (reflexive) behave

Conjugation

Derived terms

• bete

References

• “te,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “te,3” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Deg Xinag

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰe/

Noun

te

1. water

References

• S. Hargus, Vowel quality and duration in Deg Xinag

Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch te, ti, from Proto-Germanic *ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə/

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Adverb

te

1. too (indicating excess)

   Te veel is nooit goed! ― Too much is never good!

   Te gek! ― Far out! (literally, “Too crazy!”)

Descendants

• Negerhollands: tu, tee
• Petjo: te

Preposition

te

1. (modifying an infinitive verb) to

   Er is iets te eten

   there is something to eat

2. located at, in, on

   Te Amsterdam

   in Amsterdam.

   En zo rijden we te paard

   and so we ride on horseback.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Jersey Dutch: te
• Negerhollands: toe

Article

te

1. (archaic) in idiom; a form of the definite article de

   Te drommel

   by Jove.

Usage notes

This preposition used to govern the dative case. It also fused with the dative forms of the definite article:

• (at, in): ter = te + der for feminine singular.
• (at, in): ten = te + den in all other cases.

Combinations with the nominative form of the article, like *te het or *te de have never become part of the language. The collapse of the inflection system and the related demise of the distinction between masculine and feminine gender (for most speakers) has pushed this preposition into partial disuse. It does however occur in a fair number of idiomatic expressions, often with fossilized case endings, e.g.:

te elfder ure. ― at the eleventh hour

te eigen bate ― for one's own profit

(Elfder, ure and bate are dative forms of elfde, uur and baat respectively.)

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tek.

Pronoun

te (short form of teie)

1. you (plural and polite form)

Declension

Declension of te
2nd person	singular		plural
	long	short	long	short
nominative	sina	sa	teie	te
genitive	sinu	su	teie	te
partitive	sind		teid
illative	sinusse	susse		teisse
inessive	sinus	sus		teis
elative	sinust	sust		teist
allative	sinule	sulle		teile
adessive	sinul	sul		teil
ablative	sinult	sult		teilt
translative	sinuks	–	teieks	teiks
terminative	sinuni	–	teieni	–
essive	sinuna	–	teiena	–
abessive	sinuta	–	teieta	–
comitative	sinuga	suga	teiega	–

See also

Ewe

Noun

te

1. paternal aunt
2. yam

Preposition

te

1. under

Verb

te

1. to compact
2. to compress
3. to sting
4. to swell

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese te, from Latin tē.

Pronoun

te

1. Second person singular dative and accusative pronoun; you

Usage notes

• Takes the form -ti when suffixed to an impersonal verb form.

See also

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰeː/
• Rhymes: -eː
• Homophone: teg

Etymology 1

Noun

te n (genitive singular tes, plural te)

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

Declension

Declension of te
n4	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	te	teið	te	teini
accusative	te	teið	te	teini
dative	te, tei	tenum	teum	teunum
genitive	tes	tesins	tea	teanna

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø

Etymology 2

Originally from Hokkien 茶 (tê), from Middle Chinese, from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf, tea”).

Noun

te n (genitive singular tes, uncountable)

1. tea

Declension

Declension of te (singular only)
n4s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	te	teið
accusative	te	teið
dative	te, tei	tenum
genitive	tes	tesins

Derived terms

Anagrams

• et

Finnish

Alternative forms

• Te (when used politely)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tek, from Proto-Uralic *te. The word is inflected as plural, but there is no plural marker in the nominative, except in dialects (tet).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte/,

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification^(key): te

Pronoun

te

1. (personal) you (second-person plural; when addressing many persons or when addressing politely or formally one person)

Usage notes

• Depending on the context, the pronoun can sometimes be omitted in written language if the text remains fluent – the pronoun is in spoken language practically always used (compare the usage of sinä (“you sg”)).
• When addressing one person politely or formally, it is recommended to capitalize the pronoun in writing: Te.
• When addressing only one person, the active past participle must be in the singular in the compound forms that use it (e.g. negative, perfect, pluperfect forms):
  • Te ette ollut täällä silloin. (negative past indicative) ― You were not here at that time.
  • Te olette ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative present perfect indicative) ― You have been here at that time.
  • Te ette ole ollut täällä silloin. (negative present perfect indicative) ― You have not been here at that time.
  • Te olisitte ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative present perfect conditional) ― You would have been here at that time.
  • Te ette olisi ollut täällä silloin. (negative present perfect conditional) ― You would have not been here at that time.
  • Te lienette ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative present perfect potential) ― You have probably been here at that time.
  • Te ette liene ollut täällä silloin. (negative present perfect potential) ― You haven't probably been here at that time.
  • Te olitte ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative past perfect indicative) ― You had been here at that time.
  • Te ette ollut ollut täällä silloin. (negative past perfect indicative; note the duplicate ollut) ― You had not been here at that time.

Declension

• Irregular (inflectional stem tei-, as if in the plural). The comitative and instructive forms don't exist; the abessive is hardly used.
• In addition to the standard set of cases, te and other personal pronouns have a specific accusative form, teidät.

Declension of te noun case singular plural nominative sinä te genitive sinun teidän partitive sinua teitä accusative sinut teidät inessive sinussa teissä elative sinusta teistä illative sinuun teihin adessive sinulla teillä ablative sinulta teiltä allative sinulle teille essive sinuna teinä translative sinuksi teiksi abessive sinutta teittä instructive – – comitative – –

Synonyms

• tet (dialectal)
• työ (dialectal)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Kven: tet

See also

Further reading

• “te”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• et

French

Etymology

From Middle French te, from Old French te, from Latin tē, (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ə

Pronoun

te

1. (direct object) you

   Il te cite souvent. ― He often quotes you.

2. (indirect object) you

   Il te donne le livre. ― He gives you the book.

3. (reflexive) yourself

   Tu te souviens d’elle. ― You remember her. (literally, “You remind yourself of her.”)

Related terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• et

Galician

Etymology 1

Noun

te f (plural tes)

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

te

1. inflection of ti:
   1. accusative
   2. reflexive

Related terms

• té

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/

Etymology 1

From French été (“been”).

Adverb

te

1. Indicates the past or pluperfect tense.

Etymology 2

From French thé (“tea”).

Noun

te

1. tea

Hawaiian

Article

te

1. Niʻihau form of ke (“the”)

   Te kula.

   The school.

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same Proto-Uralic root *tinä as e.g. Finnish sinä, Erzya тон (ton), Eastern Mari тый (tyj) and Komi-Zyrian тэ (te).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -tɛ

Pronoun

te

1. (personal) you (second-person singular, nominative, informal form)

Declension

declension of te nominative te accusative téged dative neked instrumental veled causal-final érted inessive benned superessive rajtad adessive nálad illative beléd sublative rád allative hozzád elative belőled delative rólad ablative tőled

Derived terms

Note: In all these forms, te is optional and only serves for emphasis.

• tealattad, teáltalad, teelőtted etc. (te + a postposition with the second-person singular personal suffix; see Appendix:Hungarian postpositions)
• teneked, teveled, tehozzád etc. (te + one of the declined forms listed in the chart above; see Appendix:Hungarian pronouns)

See also

• maga (formal)
• ön (official)

References

Further reading

• ( you): te 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
• ( stressing the plural addressee): te 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

Etymology

From Hokkien 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː

Noun

te n (genitive singular tes, no plural)

1. tea

Declension

Derived terms

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/, /tɛ/

Noun

te (plural te-i)

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

See also

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, be, ce, che, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, que, re, se, she, te, u, ve, we, xe, ye, ze ^{(Category: io:Latin letter names)}

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch tee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ/,

Noun

tè

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

Synonyms

• ti (Standard Malay)

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) huruf; a, be, ce, de, e, ef, ge, ha, i, je, ka, el, em, en, o, pe, ki, er, es, te, u, ve, we, eks, ye, zet

Further reading

• “te” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish té (“hot”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /tʲɛ(h)/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /tʲɛ/

Adjective

te (genitive singular masculine te, genitive singular feminine te, plural teo, comparative teo or teocha)

1. hot, warm
2. pungent
3. ardent, hot-tempered; vehement, hotfoot
4. affectionate
5. comfortable (of circumstances)

Declension

• Alternative comparative form: teocha (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

• alathe
• bogthe
• buidéal te

Related terms

• teas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
te	the	dte
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “te”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “té, te”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tē, from tū.

Pronunciation

• (clitic) IPA^(key): /te/
  • Hyphenation: te
• (disjunctive) IPA^(key): /ˈte/^*
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Hyphenation: té

Pronoun

te

1. (disjunctive, emphatic) you

Pronoun

te

1. (clitic) Alternative form of ti

Usage notes

• Used when followed by a third-person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).

See also

See Template:Italian personal pronouns for further pronouns.

Further reading

• te in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

• et

Japanese

Romanization

te

1. Rōmaji transcription of て
2. Rōmaji transcription of テ

Kalasha

Etymology

From Sanskrit तद् (tád), from Proto-Indo-European *tód.

Pronoun

te

1. they, them (absent from speaker) (3rd-person plural personal pronoun)

Coordinate terms

• éli

See also

Kholosi

Etymology

Cognate with Sindhi تي (te), Punjabi 'ਤੇ ('te).

Postposition

te

1. to

References

• Rezaei, Tahereh (2020) First notes on the syntax of Kholosi as a heritage language in the south of Iran‎, Hormozgan Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts & Tourism Organization

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records kute as an equivalent of English throw in the “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ/

Verb

te (infinitive gũte)

1. to throw away

   tũteaga ― we (usually) throw away

See also

• gũikia

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Ladin

Preposition

te

1. in, into

Derived terms

• tl
• tla
• ti
• tles

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /teː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te/,

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tē f (indeclinable)

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

Coordinate terms

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

References

• te in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• te in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• te in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).

Pronoun

tē

1. accusative/ablative singular of tū

Descendants

Latvian

Pronunciation

Adverb

te

1. here

Conjunction

te

1. now..., now...

   te šur, te tur ― now here, now there

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian te. The interjection is identical to Ancient Greek τῆ (tê, “here!, take this!”), which Beekes derives from Proto-Indo-European *teh₁, the instrumental neuter singular form of *tód. Compare Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴 (biþē, “while”), 𐌳𐌿𐌸𐌴 (duþē, “therefore”), Tocharian A ca-, Tocharian B ce (“demonstrative pronoun”) < *tē, and possibly Old Armenian թէ (tʻē, “that”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʲɛ/

Particle

te

1. (with third person) may, let (used to indicate the optative mood)

   Šì naktìs tè niẽkad nesibaĩgia. - May this night never end.

Interjection

tè

1. (with object cases) here you go, take this (when giving something to someone)

   Tè táu pinigų̃ – pir̃k tù sáu laũko kókį sklypẽlį. ― Here, have some money, go buy yourself a piece of land.

Synonyms

• še

Derived terms

• see te-
• bet
• net

References

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Determiner

te

1. nominative/accusative plural of ten

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tè.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛː/

Noun

te m (plural tejiet)

1. tea

Manchu

Romanization

te

1. Romanization of ᡨᡝ

Mandarin

Romanization

te (te⁵／te⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄊㄜ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 脦

Romanization

te

1. Nonstandard spelling of tē.
2. Nonstandard spelling of tè.
3. Nonstandard spelling of tê̄.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Maori

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Compare Hawaiian ka (“the”). Resemblance to English the is incidental, but might have been reinforced by it.

Article

te sg (plural ngā)

1. the
   • 2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters, page 208:

     Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori.

     The language is the life principle of Maori mana

Determiner

te sg (plural ngā)

1. Referring to a whole class of things or people designated by the noun that follows.

   Kī tonu te wharenui i te tamariki.

   The meeting house was full of children.

2. Mr, mister, sir (capitalised)

   Kei Te Wharehuia, tēnei te mihi atu mō tō āwhina mai.

   Wharehuia sir, thank you most sincerely for your help.

3. Used in front of another verb following a stative.

   Kua oti i a au tāku pukapuka te tuhi.

   I have finished writing my book.

4. Used in front of another verb following taea.

   Ka taea e ia tēnei waiata te whakamāori.

   She will be able to interpret this song.

5. Used before the names for the days of the week.

   Ā te Rātapu mātou haere ai ki Poihākena.

   We go to Sydney on Saturday.

6. Sometimes used before numbers with a following noun.

   I tāwāhi a Pita mō te rima tau.

   Peter was overseas for five years.

7. Used before ordinal numbers including those using tua-.

   I piki a Tāne-nui-a-rangi ki te tuangahuru mā rua o ngā rangi.

   Tāne-nui-a-rangi climbed to the twelfth realm.

See also

• he (for "a/an" and "some")

References

• “te” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Meriam

Noun

te

1. mouth
2. door

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch te, from Proto-Germanic *ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə/

Preposition

te

1. at, in (a place)
2. to, towards
3. at, during (a time)
4. for (the purpose of)
5. in accordance with
6. with, from (a means, such as language)
7. (with gerund) to, for

Alternative forms

• toe (eastern)

Descendants

• Dutch: te
• Limburgish: te, tö

Adverb

te

1. very, particularly
2. too, to an excessive degree

Alternative forms

• toe (eastern)

Descendants

• Dutch: te

Further reading

• “te (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “te (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “te (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “te (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Middle English

Pronoun

te

1. Alternative form of þe (“thee”)

Middle French

Alternative forms

• t' (before a vowel)

Etymology

From Old French te.

Pronoun

te

1. you, second-person singular object pronoun
2. to you, second-person singular indirect object pronoun

Synonyms

• (second-person singular object and indirect object pronoun): toy (with verbs in the imperative)
• (second-person singular object and indirect object pronoun): vous (used as a mark of formality or respect)

Descendants

• French: te

Mohawk

Particle

te

1. used with iah to negate a sentence

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin tē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/
• Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

te

1. you (singular familiar, accusative or dative or reflexive or prepositional)

Coordinate terms

Number	Person	Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Reflexive	Possessive	Prepositional
singular	first-person	io (i')	me			mìo, mìa, mieje, meje	me, méne
	second-person, familiar	tu	te			tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje	te, téne
	second-person, formal	vuje	ve			vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste	vuje
	third-person, masculine	ìsso	'o, 'u (lo, lu)	'i, 'e (li, le)	se	sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje	ìsso
	third-person, feminine	éssa	'a (la)	'e (le)			éssa
plural	first-person	nuje	ce			nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste	nuje
	second-person, plural	vuje	ve			vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste	vuje
	third-person, masculine	ìsse	'i, 'e (li, le)	llòro	se	llòro (invariable)	llòro
	third-person, feminine	llòro	'e (le)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teː/
• Rhymes: -eː

Etymology 1

From Dutch thee.

Noun

te m (definite singular teen)

1. tea

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tjá.

Verb

te (imperative te, present tense ter, passive tes, simple past tedde, past participle tedd, present participle teende)

1. (reflexive) to behave

References

• “te” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teː/
• Rhymes: -eː

Etymology 1

From Dutch thee.

Noun

te m (definite singular teen)

1. tea

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tjá.

Verb

te (present tense ter, past tense tedde, past participle tedd or tett, passive infinitive teast, present participle teande, imperative te)

1. (reflexive) to behave

Etymology 3

From Old Norse til.

Preposition

te

1. (dialectal, Trøndelag, Østlandet) Alternative form of til

References

• “te” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

te f (plural tes)

1. tee (the letter t, T)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ta (“to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/

Preposition

te

1. to
   • Heom te cwæþ (He said to him)

     Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 21.

   • Ālēfed te habbanne (Allowed to have)

     Swt. 445, 30: 50.

Related terms

• te-

Old French

Etymology

From Latin tē.

Pronoun

te

1. you (second-person singular direct object pronoun)
2. to you (second-person singular indirect object pronoun)
3. yourself (second-person singular direct object reflexive pronoun)
4. to yourself (second-person singular indirect object reflexive pronoun)

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

te

1. masculine nominative/accusative plural of ta (“that”)

Pronoun

te

1. nominative/accusative plural of ta (“they”)
2. instrumental/dative/genitive singular of tvaṃ (“you”)

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese até.

Adjective

te

1. until, till, up to, up until

Phuthi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction

té

1. just, only, however

Relative

-té

1. naked

Inflection

Relative concord, tone H
	Modifier	Copulative
1st singular	legite	gite
2nd singular	lote	ute
1st plural	lesite	site
2nd plural	lelite	lite
Class 1	lote	ute
Class 2	labate	bate
Class 3	lote	ute
Class 4	lete	ite
Class 5	lelite	lite
Class 6	late	ate
Class 7	lesite	site
Class 8	letite	tite
Class 9	lete	ite
Class 10	letite	tite
Class 14	lobute	bute
Class 15	lokute	kute
Class 17	lokute	kute

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Syllabification: te
• Homophone: tę

Pronoun

te m

1. nonvirile nominative/accusative plural of ten

Pronoun

te f

1. nominative/accusative plural of ta

Pronoun

te n

1. nominative/accusative plural of to

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese te, from Latin tē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: te

Pronoun

te

1. (object pronoun) you

   Matar-te-ei; Eu te matarei;

   I will kill you.

3. particle of spontaneity, when it indicates that there was spontaneity in the action by its agent.

   Vais-te muito cedo.

   You leave too soon.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:te.

See also

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number	Person	Nominative (subject)		Accusative (direct object)		Dative (indirect object)	Prepositional		Prepositional with com		Non-declining
		m	f	m	f	m and f	m	f	m	f	m	f
Singular	First	eu		me			mim		comigo
	Second	tu		te			ti		contigo		você
											o senhor	a senhora
	Third	ele	ela	o (lo, no)	a (la, na)	lhe	ele	ela	com ele	com ela	o mesmo	a mesma
				se			si		consigo
Plural	First	nós		nos			nós		connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil)		a gente
	Second	vós		vos			vós		convosco, com vós		vocês
											os senhores	as senhoras
	Third	eles	elas	os (los, nos)	as (las, nas)	lhes	eles	elas	com eles	com elas	os mesmos	as mesmas
				se			si		consigo
Indefinite				se			si		consigo

Rapa Nui

Article

te (pl te mau)

1. the (the definite article)

Romani

Conjunction

te

1. if

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin tē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

te (unstressed accusative and reflexive form of tu)

1. (direct object) you

   Știi cât de mult te iubește?'

   Do you know how much he loves you?

2. (reflexive) yourself

Derived terms

• te rog

Related terms

• tine
• tu

See also

• mă
• se
• ne
• vă

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) té
• (Puter, Vallader) tè

Noun

te m

1. (Sursilvan) tea

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronoun

te (Cyrillic spelling те)

1. of you (clitic genitive singular of tȋ (“you”))
2. you (clitic accusative singular of tȋ (“you”))
3. feminine nominative plural of taj: those (= one)

   Tko su te žene? ― Who are those women?

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *ta. Compare Ukrainian та (ta).

Conjunction

te (Cyrillic spelling те)

1. and (following a cause; lit. and thereby, and thus)

   Poskliznuo sam se te pao.

   I slipped and fell.

2. and, and then (before the last thing in order of mention or occurrence)

   U posljednjih godinu dana bio sam u Beogradu, Zagrebu, Sarajevu te Podgorici.

   In the past year, I have been to Belgrade, Zagreb, Sarajevo and Podgorica.

   Obukao sam se, izašao iz kuće, zaključao vrata te otišao na posao.

   I got dressed up, got out of the house, locked the door and then went to work.

3. (Croatia) now (chiefly used in stock phrases)

   Problemi gdje god pogledaš! Te tu, te tamo!

   Problems, wherever you look! Now here, now there!

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• tè, té, the (misspelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from French thé, from Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ/ (Standard)
• Hyphenation: te

Noun

te m

1. tea

Derived terms

See also

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

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

Etymology 1

Noun

te f (plural tes)

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

Etymology 2

From Latin tē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).

Pronoun

te

1. dative of tú: to you, for you

   Te voy a hacer tus calzones...."La Cucaracha"

   I’m going to make your britches

2. accusative of tú: you
3. (reflexive) yourself

See also

Further reading

• “te”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/

Etymology 1

From English then.

Conjunction

te

1. when
   • 1984, “Nioni”, in Telefôn' mi koe mi koenoe, performed by The Exmo Stars and Boogie:

     Te yu no man fu tyari akata / yu no mu trobi matuku

     If you aren't able to carry a headpad / you shouldn't bother with a basket

Etymology 2

From English till or Dutch te.

Preposition

te

1. until

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Dutch thee.

Noun

te

1. tea

Sumerian

Romanization

te

1. Romanization of 𒋼

Swedish

Alternative forms

• the, thé

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teː/

• audio

  (file)

• Homophones: t, T
• Rhymes: -eː

Etymology 1

From either French thé or German Tee, ultimately from Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Noun

te n

1. tea (the tree, its dried leaves and the drink made from them)

Declension

Declension of te
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	te	teet	teer	teerna
Genitive	tes	teets	teers	teernas

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Finnish: tee

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish tēa, from Old Norse tjá, from Proto-Germanic *tīhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-. Cognate of Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (gateihan), German zeihen, Dutch tijgen.

Verb

te (present ter, preterite tedde, supine tett, imperative te)

1. to appear

   Och gräshopporna tedde sig såsom hästar, rustade till strid.

   And the shapes of the locusts like unto horses prepared unto battle (Revelations 9:7)

Conjugation

Related terms

• bete
• förete

Etymology 3

Eye dialect spelling of till, for some dialects.

Preposition

te

1. Synonym of till

Usage notes

Rarely in written form unless imitating speech.

References

• te in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• te in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• te in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• -et

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte/,
• Hyphenation: te

Etymology 1

Noun

te (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of ate.

Etymology 2

From Spanish te, the Spanish name of the letter T/t.

Noun

te (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ)

1. (historical) the name of the Latin-script letter T, in the Abecedario.

   Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) ti, (in the Abakada alphabet) ta

Further reading

• “te”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tahitian

Article

te (plural sometimes te mau)

1. the (singular) (definite article)
2. the (plural) (definite article)
3. (conversationally) a, an (indefinite article)

References

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “te” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *te. Cognates include Hawaiian ke and Samoan le.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: te

Article

te

1. Singular definite article; the

Derived terms

See also

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 379

Tongan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/

Article

te

1. the (definite article)

Turkish

Etymology 1

Noun

te

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

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze

Etymology 2

Noun

te

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ت

Etymology 3

Adverb

te

1. Alternative form of ta

Turkmen

Noun

te (definite accusative , plural )

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

Tuvaluan

Article

te

1. the (definite article)

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tee.

Noun

te

1. road, way

Inflection

Inflection of te (inflection type 13/ma)
nominative sing.	te
genitive sing.	ten
partitive sing.	ted
partitive plur.	teid
	singular	plural
nominative	te	ted
accusative	ten	ted
genitive	ten	teiden
partitive	ted	teid
essive-instructive	ten	tein
translative	teks	teikš
inessive	tes	teiš
elative	tespäi	teišpäi
illative	tehe	teihe
adessive	tel	teil
ablative	telpäi	teilpäi
allative	tele	teile
abessive	teta	teita
comitative	tenke	teidenke
prolative	tedme	teidme
approximative I	tenno	teidenno
approximative II	tennoks	teidennoks
egressive	tennopäi	teidennopäi
terminative I	tehesai	teihesai
terminative II	telesai	teilesai
terminative III	tessai	—
additive I	tehepäi	teihepäi
additive II	telepäi	teilepäi

Derived terms

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “дорога, трасса”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Volapük

Adverb

te

1. only, solely, merely
2. but

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English tea, from Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê), probably via French thé or English tea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teː/
• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

te m (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) tea (drink made with infusion of Camellia sinensis or other leaves)
2. tea (main evening meal)

   Synonym: swper

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
te	de	nhe	the
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “te”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Makian

Etymology 1

From Malay teh, possibly through Ternate tee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪e/

Noun

te

1. tea

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪e/

Conjunction

te

1. so; so that

   Synonym: supaya

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *tæwᶜ (“frost”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te˧/

Noun

te (classifier: cov)

1. frost

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 312.

Zia

Noun

te

1. foot