té

té m (plural tés)

1. tea

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia)
• Homophone: te
• Rhymes: -e

té

1. inflection of tenir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. inflection of tindre:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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té n (indeclinable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
2. (archaic) tea

té

1. singular feminine genitive/dative/locative of ten

• “té”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “té”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /te/

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• Homophones: thé, tes

té m (plural tés)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ

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• Hyphenation: té

té m (plural tés)

1. 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)

2. the shrub Camellia sinsensis

• te

té

1. to remove

• Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)

té

1. tree
2. handle

• R. Blench, Comparative Ogonic

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: té
• Rhymes: -teː

té

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

• (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.)

• 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

• IPA^(key): /tʰjɛː/

  Rhymes: -ɛː

té n (genitive singular té or tés, nominative plural té)

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

• Per Gerhard Köbler, possibly from Proto-Germanic *tehwō (“order, array”); compare Middle High German zeche.
• Per Íslensk orðsifjabók, more likely from a putative Proto-Germanic *tī̆ha-, from Proto-Germanic *tīhaną (“to show, to point out”).

té n (genitive singular té or tés, no plural)

1. supply, provision; now used only in set phrases

• láta í té

Borrowed from English tee.

té n (genitive singular tés, nominative plural té)

1. (golf) tee

• IPA^(key): /tʲeː/

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• téighe (superseded)

té

1. present subjunctive analytic of téigh

From Old Irish intí; synchronically analyzable as t- (marker of t-prothesis) + é (“him”).

té

1. Only used in an té

té

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

• (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.

• 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

té

1. Misspelling of tè.

• tè

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably inherited from French "étais".”)

• IPA^(key): /te/
• Rhymes: -e
• Homophone: tê

té

1. 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....

2. (with stative verbs) simple past tense marker

   No té gin in nòt fiy. ― We had another girl.

3. (copulative, past tense) was

   Li té brav. ― He was brave.

• Followed by the long form of two-stem verbs.

From Proto-Vietic *tɛh; cognate with Vietnamese đẻ.

té

1. (Mường Bi) to give birth to
2. (Mường Bi) to birth

• IPA^(key):

From Proto-Celtic *teɸents, from the present participle of Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“to be warm”) (compare Latin tepēns).

• tee

té

1. hot, warm (of temperature)

   Synonym: brothach

2. lustful, wanton
3. warm, comfortable, sheltered (of places)
4. warm, fervent (of emotions)
5. fierce, keen (of fights, weapons)

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.

• Nominative plural: téït
• Dative plural: tétib

• tesbach
• tess

• Irish: te
• Manx: çheh
• Scottish Gaelic: teth

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

·té

1. third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of téit

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “té, te”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• IPA^(key): /te/

té m

1. tea

té

1. (Brazil) Nonstandard form of até.

té (not comparable)

1. (Brazil) Nonstandard form of até.

té

1. (Brazil) Nonstandard form of até.

té m or f (invariable)

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

• (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

• te (Sursilvan)
• tè (Puter, Vallader)

té m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) tea

té f

1. Superseded spelling of tè.

From Hokkien 茶 (tê). Doublet of cha. Compare Dutch thee.

• IPA^(key): /ˈte/

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

té m (plural tés)

1. tea

   Synonym: cha (Philippines)

• tecito (diminutive)

• infusión

• “té”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

té

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

té

1. stone; rock

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key):
• (Huế) IPA^(key):
• (Saigon) IPA^(key):

• Audio (Saigon):

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té

1. (chiefly Southern Vietnam, intransitive) to trip
2. (chiefly Southern Vietnam, intransitive) to fall, to fall over
3. to sprinkle

   té nước ― to sprinkle water

• ét

• IPA^(key): /te/

té m (plural tés)

1. tea

• IPA^(key): /te/

té

1. and (used between adjectives)

• ak
• di