tee
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
- From Middle English [Term?], from Old English te, from Latin te (the name of the letter T).
- (computing): By analogy with a T-shaped pipe that sends fluids in two directions.
Noun edit
tee (plural tees)
- The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
- 1773 October, The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged:
- The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.
- 1985, Stephen King, Paranoid: A Chant:
- They have writing samples and examine the back loops of pees and the crosses of tees.
- 2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), p. 3-5
- ETA [is spoken] as "ee-tee-ay" instead of "I SPELL Echo Tango Alfa".
- Something shaped like the letter T.
- Hyponyms: tee-shirt, tee-beam, tee-frame, tee-iron, tee-headed
- angles and tees
- (clothing) T-shirt.
- Alternative form: T
- Brendan pulled a black pocket tee over his head.
- (computing) The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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Verb edit
tee (third-person singular simple present tees, present participle teeing, simple past and past participle teed)
- (computing) To redirect output to multiple destinations.
- 1997, Robin Burk, David B. Horvath, UNIX Unleashed, page 615:
- […] teeing via multiple redirects (ls > file1 > file2) […]
See also edit
- (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed
Etymology 2 edit
First attested in the 17th century as teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural.[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun edit
tee (plural tees)
- (golf) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
- (sports) A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit.
- 2019 November 3, Liam de Carme, “Boks, you beauties”, in Sunday Times[1]:
- Pollard, who went into the semifinals with an unsatisfactory 63% return from the kicking tee, turned it around splendidly against Wales and he continued that form despite missing his first attempt in the final.
- (curling) The target area of a curling rink
- The mark at which players aim in quoits.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Verb edit
tee (third-person singular simple present tees, present participle teeing, simple past and past participle teed)
- (golf) To place a ball on a tee
- 1909, Walter J. Travis, Practical Golf[2]:
- If at any hole a competitor play his first stroke from outside the limits of the teeing-ground, he shall count that stroke, tee a ball, and play his second stroke from within these limits.
Synonyms edit
References edit
- ^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Tee”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes IX, Part 2 (Su–Th), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 139, column 1.
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
tee (plural tees)
- A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.
References edit
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “tee”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch thee (in the past commonly spelled tee).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tee (uncountable)
- tea
- Kom ons gaan drink tee.
- Let's go drink some tea.
Derived terms edit
Dutch edit
Noun edit
tee m (plural teeën, diminutive teetje n)
Estonian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Finnic *tee. Cognate with Finnish tie.
Noun edit
tee (genitive tee, partitive teed)
Declension edit
Declension of tee (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | tee | teed | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | tee | ||
genitive | teede | ||
partitive | teed | teid teesid | |
illative | teesse | teedesse teisse | |
inessive | tees | teedes teis | |
elative | teest | teedest teist | |
allative | teele | teedele teile | |
adessive | teel | teedel teil | |
ablative | teelt | teedelt teilt | |
translative | teeks | teedeks teiks | |
terminative | teeni | teedeni | |
essive | teena | teedena | |
abessive | teeta | teedeta | |
comitative | teega | teedega |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From German Tee, ultimately from Hokkien 茶 (tê).
Noun edit
tee (genitive tee, partitive teed)
Declension edit
Declension of tee (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | tee | teed | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | tee | ||
genitive | teede | ||
partitive | teed | teid teesid | |
illative | teesse | teedesse teisse | |
inessive | tees | teedes teis | |
elative | teest | teedest teist | |
allative | teele | teedele teile | |
adessive | teel | teedel teil | |
ablative | teelt | teedelt teilt | |
translative | teeks | teedeks teiks | |
terminative | teeni | teedeni | |
essive | teena | teedena | |
abessive | teeta | teedeta | |
comitative | teega | teedega |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
tee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
Etymology 4 edit
Verb edit
tee
Finnish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Swedish te, itself from Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect), from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf, tea”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tee
- (uncountable) tea (dried leaves or buds of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis)
- Mene kauppaan ja osta teetä.
- Go to the supermarket and buy some tea.
- (uncountable) tea (drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water)
- (countable) tea (variety of the tea plant)
- Synonym: teelaatu
- Darjeeling on intialainen tee.
- Darjeeling is a tea from India.
- (uncountable, by extension) tea (any drink made by infusing parts of various other plants)
- Synonym: juoma
- yrttitee ― herbal tea
- kamomillatee ― camomile tea
- minttutee ― mint tea
- (countable) tea, cup of tea (cup of any one of these drinks)
- Synonyms: teekupillinen, kuppi teetä
Usage notes edit
As the plural forms are quite rarely used and as they, with the exception of nominative, look the same as the plural forms of tie (“road”), it may be advisable to substitute a more precise synonym for the word tee in those cases.
Declension edit
Inflection of tee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | tee | (teet) | ||
genitive | teen | (teiden) (teitten) | ||
partitive | teetä | (teitä) | ||
illative | teehen | (teihin) | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tee | (teet) | ||
accusative | nom. | tee | (teet) | |
gen. | teen | |||
genitive | teen | (teiden) (teitten) | ||
partitive | teetä | (teitä) | ||
inessive | teessä | (teissä) | ||
elative | teestä | (teistä) | ||
illative | teehen | (teihin) | ||
adessive | teellä | (teillä) | ||
ablative | teeltä | (teiltä) | ||
allative | teelle | (teille) | ||
essive | teenä | (teinä) | ||
translative | teeksi | (teiksi) | ||
abessive | teettä | (teittä) | ||
instructive | — | (tein) | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Plural forms of this word are not commonly used, but might be found in figurative uses, in some set phrases or in colloquial language. |
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Derived terms edit
- aamutee
- hedelmätee
- hopeatee
- iltatee
- irtotee
- jäätee
- kamomillatee
- kukkatee
- kuplatee
- minttutee
- pikatee
- piparminttutee
- pussitee
- ruusunmarjatee
- sitruunatee
- teeastia
- teeastiasto
- teehuone
- teejuoma
- teekalusto
- teekannu
- teekeitin
- teekukka
- teekuppi
- teelaatu
- teelasi
- teelehdet
- teelehti
- teeleipä
- teelusikka
- teemakkara
- teemuki
- teenjuoja
- teenjuonti
- teenkasvatus
- teenkeitin
- teenkeitto
- teenlehdet
- teenlehti
- teenporo
- teenviljely
- teepannu
- teepensas
- teepurkki
- teepussi
- teepöytä
- teesekoitus
- teeseremonia
- teesieni
- teesihti
- teesiivilä
- teetarjoilu
- teetarjotin
- teetupa
- teevati
- teevesi
- tiilitee
- vadelmatee
- voitee
- volgansienitee
- yrttitee
Further reading edit
- “tee”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
- tee on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia fi
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tee
- The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
Declension edit
Inflection of tee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | tee | teet | ||
genitive | teen | teiden teitten | ||
partitive | teetä | teitä | ||
illative | teehen | teihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tee | teet | ||
accusative | nom. | tee | teet | |
gen. | teen | |||
genitive | teen | teiden teitten | ||
partitive | teetä | teitä | ||
inessive | teessä | teissä | ||
elative | teestä | teistä | ||
illative | teehen | teihin | ||
adessive | teellä | teillä | ||
ablative | teeltä | teiltä | ||
allative | teelle | teille | ||
essive | teenä | teinä | ||
translative | teeksi | teiksi | ||
abessive | teettä | teittä | ||
instructive | — | tein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tee
- inflection of tehdä:
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
tee m (plural tees)
Further reading edit
- “tee”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ingrian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Finnic *tee, from Proto-Finno-Permic *teje. Cognates include Finnish tie and Estonian tee.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈteː/, [ˈteː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈteː/, [ˈte̝ː]
- Rhymes: -eː
- Hyphenation: tee
Noun edit
tee
- street
- 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
- Harkkaisin teen päälle, jää puuttui jalan alle.
- I stepped onto the street, ice got under my feet.
- way, path
- 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:
- Tiijussimma teen ja läksimmä.
- We recognised the way and we went.
Declension edit
Declension of tee (type 8/maa, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | tee | teet |
genitive | teen | teijen |
partitive | teetä | teitä |
illative | teehe | teihe |
inessive | tees | teis |
elative | teest | teist |
allative | teelle | teille |
adessive | teel | teil |
ablative | teelt | teilt |
translative | teeks | teiks |
essive | teennä, teen | teinnä, tein |
exessive1) | teent | teint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈteː/, [ˈteː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈteː/, [ˈte̝ː]
- Rhymes: -eː
- Hyphenation: tee
Verb edit
tee
- inflection of tehä:
References edit
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 66
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 583
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch *tēa, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ.
Noun edit
têe f
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “tee”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “tee”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Nafaanra edit
Noun edit
tee
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tee m (definite singular tee-en, indefinite plural tee-er, definite plural tee-ene)
References edit
- “tee” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tee m (definite singular tee-en, indefinite plural tee-ar, definite plural tee-ane)
References edit
- “tee” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Old Irish edit
Adjective edit
teë
- Alternative spelling of té
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
teë | theë | teë pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
tee c or n
- (golf) tee, teeing ground (area from which the first shot on a hole is hit)
- Synonym: utslagsplats
- (curling) tee (center of a curling target)
Usage notes edit
Uninflected.
See also edit
References edit
Termanu edit
Etymology edit
Akin to Tetum to'o.
Verb edit
tee
Ternate edit
Etymology edit
Likely from Malay teh, from Hokkien 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tee
References edit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Tetum edit
Etymology edit
See the Tetum noun teen.
Verb edit
tee
Tiri edit
Noun edit
tee
References edit
- Midori Osumi, Tinrin Grammar
Võro edit
Noun edit
tee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Votic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *tee.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tee
Inflection edit
Declension of tee (type I/maa, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | tee | teed |
genitive | tee | teije |
partitive | teete | teite |
illative | tehhe, tehese | teise |
inessive | teez | teiz |
elative | teesse | teisse |
allative | teele | teile |
adessive | teelle | teille |
ablative | teelte | teilte |
translative | teessi | teissi |
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. |
References edit
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowing from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Hokkien 茶 (tê).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tee c (no plural)
Further reading edit
- “tee”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011