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English
Etymology 1
Clipping of tutorial
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
tute (plural tutes)
- (slang) Abbreviation of tutorial.
1991, Hazel Holt, A lot to ask: a life of Barbara Pym, Dutton, page 29:Tute [tutorial] in the morning. Morrison couldn't think of much to say to us.'
2002, Michael Singh, Worlds of learning: globalisation and multicultural education, Common Ground, page 35:The highlight of my day was at the end of the tute when the two Asian students came up to me and thanked me for letting them read.
2009, Janet Giltrow, Dieter Stein, Genres in the Internet: issues in the theory of genre, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 127:Many online genres - like the homless blog, the electronic petition, the review, and the "tute" [...] are often public
Etymology 2
Clipping of institute
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
tute (plural tutes)
- (slang) Abbreviation of institute.
How did you know I went to the tute?
Etymology 3
From Spanish tute, previously from Italian tutti.
Noun
tute (plural tutes)
- (card games) A trick-taking card game, originally from Italy.
Translations
Anagrams
Cypriot Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic تُوتَة (tūta).
Noun
tute f (singulative)
- singulative of tut
Noun
tute f (plural tutát)
- mulberry (tree)
References
- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 177
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Adverb
tute
- entirely; wholly; utterly; completely; totally
- La artikolo ne tute pravas. ― The article isn't entirely true.
- Ni tute certas, ke ni vidis fantomon. ― We are entirely certain that we saw a ghost.
- Pardonu min, sed mi tute forgesis vian nomon. ― Forgive me, but I've completely forgotten your name.
German
Pronunciation
Verb
tute
- inflection of tuten:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtu.te/
- Rhymes: -ute
- Hyphenation: tù‧te
Noun
tute f
- plural of tuta
Latin
Etymology 1
From tū + te.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
tūte
- you yourself
- Tute dicebas! ― You yourself were speaking!
- Tute tibi imperes. ― You yourself should order you.
- Ut tute mihi praecepisti. ― As you yourself have taught me.
239 BCE – 169 BCE,
Ennius :
- O Tite tute Tati, tibi tanta, tyranne tulisti!
- O thou tyrant, Titus Tatius, such great troubles you brought upon yourself!
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Adverb
tūtē (comparative tūtius, superlative tūtissimē)
- safely, securely, in safety, without danger
See also
References
- “tute”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tute”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Maori
Pronunciation
Noun
tute
- masculine equivalent of tūī
References
- “tute” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Murui Huitoto
Etymology
Cognates include Minica Huitoto tute and Nüpode Huitoto tutde.
Pronunciation
Verb
tute
- (transitive) to hit
Conjugation
Synonyms
References
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia., Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 77
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Verb
tute (imperative tut, present tense tuter, simple past and past participle tuta or tutet, present participle tutende)
- to toot, hoot, honk, howl, blow (e.g. a horn)
Related terms
References
- “tute” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian tutti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtute/
- Rhymes: -ute
- Syllabification: tu‧te
Noun
tute m (plural tutes)
- (card games) tute (card game)
- (card games) A trick-taking play in the same game, combining four kings or four knights
- (informal) strife
Further reading
Tocharian B
Etymology
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Adjective
tute
- yellow
Venetian
Adjective
tute
- feminine plural of tuto
West Flemish
Etymology
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Noun
tute f (plural tuutn, diminutive tuutje)
- dummy, pacifier
Zazaki
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
tute
- female equivalent of tut