tè

See also: Appendix:Variations of "te"

Corsican

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ/
• Hyphenation: tè

Etymology 1

From Latin te. Cognates include Italian te and French toi.

Pronoun

tè

1. thee, you (disjunctive)

See also

Corsican personal pronouns

		Nominative	Dative	Accusative	Disjunctive
Singular	1st person	eiu	mi		mè
	2nd person	tù	ti		tè
	3rd person m	ellu	li	u, l'	ellu
	3rd person f	ella		a, l'	ella
Plural	1st person	noi	ci		noi
	2nd person	voi	vi		voi
	3rd person m	elli	li	i, l'	elli
	3rd person f	elle		e, l'	elle

Pronoun

tè

1. Alternative form of tù

Etymology 2

Tè (2.1).

U tè (2.2).

Borrowed from French thé, from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Min Nan 茶 (chá). Cognates include Italian tè and Occitan tè.

Noun

tè m (uncountable)

1. tea
2. tea plant (Camellia sinensis)

Etymology 3

Interjection

tè

1. oh well

References

• “tè (prunome persunale)” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
• “tù, tè, tecu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
• “tè (n. m.)” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
• “tè (interghjezzione)” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Emilian

Etymology

From Latin tē (accusative of tū), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ or *tū. Cognates include French toi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ/
• Hyphenation: tè

Pronoun

tè (personal, disjunctive case)

1. you (singular, emphatic form)

Related terms

Emilian personal pronouns (strong forms)

Number	Person	Gender	Disjunctive (tonic)	Nominative (subject)	Accusative (direct complement)	Dative (indirect complement)	Reflexive (-self)	Comitative (with)
Singular	First	—	mè	a	me			mêg
	Second	—	tè	et	te			têg
	Third	Masculine	ló	al		ge	se	sêg
		Feminine	lê	la
Plural	First	Masculine	nuēter	a	se			nōsk
		Feminine	nuētri
	Second	Masculine	vuēter	a	ve			vōsk
		Feminine	vuētri
	Third	Masculine	lôr	i		ge	se	sêg
		Feminine		el	li

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French terre (“earth”).

Noun

tè

1. Earth
2. ground

Italian

Alternative forms

• té (misspelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from French thé, from Dutch thee, from Min Nan 茶 (tê).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ/

Noun

tè m (invariable)

1. tea

Derived terms

• tè freddo
• tè verde
• teicoltore
• teicoltura
• teiera
• teina

 

Descendants

• → Romansch: te, té, tè

Anagrams

• et

Mandarin

Romanization

tè (te⁴, Zhuyin ㄊㄜˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 忑
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 忒
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 慝
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 棏
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 特
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 犅／𰠫
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 職／职
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 脡
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蚮
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 螟
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蟘／𫋌
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 貣／𰷞
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 貰／贳
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 贳
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鋱／铽
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 铽
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鴏

Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of tè – see 塊 (“piece; chunk; lump; part; etc.”). (This character, tè, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 塊.)

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Noun

tè m (invariable)

1. tea

Romansch

Alternative forms

• té (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
• te (Sursilvan)

Noun

tè m

1. (Puter, Vallader) tea

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• té

Pronoun

tè f (genitive tè)

1. somebody, something, one

Usage notes

• Used when referring to a singular feminine subject.

  Tha a' mhàla-dhroma dhubh nas motha, ach tha an tè dhearg nas saoire. ― The black rucksack is larger, but the red one is cheaper.

  Tha a' ghlainne agadsa an-seo, ach càit a bheil an tè agamsa? ― Your glass is here, but where is mine?

  Ghabh e corra sgrìob, ach bha gach tè dhiubh na bu mhiosa na an tè roimhpe. ― He made a few trips, but each one was worse than the one before.

• For masculine subjects fear is used. Alternatively, neach can be used for either gender.
• In the plural feadhainn is used for both genders.

Derived terms

• tè-eigin
• tèile
• tè mu seach

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tɛ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tɛ˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tɛ˨˩]

Verb

tè • (𪷗)

1. (childish) to go number three; to take a peepee

   Synonym: đi tè