tê

See also: Appendix:Variations of "te"

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of tê – see 茶 (“tea; tea; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 茶).

Mandarin

Romanization

tê

1. 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.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eː

Verb

tê

1. third-person singular present of hatin

Etymology 2

From Contraction of di wê.

Preposition

tê

1. in it

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈte/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈte/

• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: tê

Etymology 1

Noun

tê m (plural tês)

1. tee (name of the Latin letter T, t)

Etymology 2

Verb

tê

1. Apocopic form of ter; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
2. Eye dialect spelling of ter, representing Brazil Portuguese.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [te˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tej˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tej˧˧]

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 痺 (SV: tí).

Adjective

tê

1. numb

   Ui da tê giò.

   Ouchie, my legs are numb.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• tái tê
• tê buốt
• tê cóng
• tê dại
• tê rần
• tê tái
• thuốc tê

 

Etymology 2

Pronoun

tê

1. (Central Vietnam) that; there; those

   Tui muốn cái tê.

   I want that one.

Synonyms

• * (Northern Vietnam) đấy, (Southern Vietnam) đó

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French té.

Noun

tê

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

Synonyms

• tờ

Etymology 4

Sino-Vietnamese word from 犀.

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) tây

Noun

(classifier con) tê

1. (obsolete) rhinoceros

   Synonym: tê giác

Welsh

Noun

tê m (uncountable)

1. Misspelling of te.