thé
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê). Doublet of chai.
Pronunciation
Noun
thé m (plural thés)
- tea (especially made from leaves of the tea plant)
Usage notes
In the strict sense thé only applies to tea made from leaves of the tea plant such as green tea or black tea; for any other type of herbal tea tisane or infusion are more commonly used.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: te
- Louisiana Creole: thé
- → Armenian: թեյ (tʻey)
- → Coeur d'Alene: liiti
- → Corsican: tè
- → Greek: τέϊον (téïon) (with neuter suffix -ion)
- → Italian: tè, té (misspelling)
- → Norman: thée
- → Occitan: tè
- → Ojibwe: nitii
- → Romansch: te, té, tè
- → South Slavey: lidí
- → Tîrî: tee
- → Walloon: té
Further reading
thé on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr- “thé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Irish
Verb
thé
- Lenited form of té.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Adjective
thé
- Lenited form of té.