thé
See also: Appendix:Variations of "the"
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
thé m (plural thés)
- tea (especially made from leaves of the tea plant)
Usage notes edit
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 edit
Descendants edit
- Haitian Creole: te
- Louisiana Creole: thé
- → Armenian: թեյ (tʿey)
- → Coeur d'Alene: liiti
- → Corsican: tè
- → Greek: τέϊον (téïon) (with neuter suffix -ion)
- → Italian: tè, té
- → Norman: thée
- → Occitan: tè
- → Romansch: te, té, tè
- → South Slavey: lidí
- → Tiri: tee
- → Walloon: té
Further reading edit
thé on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr- “thé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Irish edit
Verb edit
thé
- Lenited form of té.
Old Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
thé
- Lenited form of té.