te
Translingual Edit
Symbol Edit
te
English Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become ti; the vowel was then changed to 'e' to signify a flattened note.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
te (plural tes)
- (music) In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.
Synonyms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
Noun Edit
te (plural tes)
- The name of the Cyrillic script letter Т / т.
Anagrams Edit
Afrikaans Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adverb Edit
te
- indicating excess: too
Preposition Edit
te
Aiwoo Edit
Verb Edit
te
- to see
References Edit
- Ross, M., & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Akan Edit
Alternative forms Edit
- tse (Fante)
Pronunciation Edit
- Tone: L[1]
Verb Edit
te
- to understand, perceive
- to hear
References Edit
- ^ Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
- Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881) A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)[1], Basel, page 476
Albanian Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Albanian *te-k(u), from Proto-Indo-European *to- (“it”). Governs the nominative determinative, due to its relatively recent use as a preposition and its origin as a shortened form of Albanian *te-k(u).
Preposition Edit
te (+nominative)
- at
- Unë jam te pijetorja.
- I'm at the bar.
- to
- (with a human referent) at (someone's) place
- Jemi te unë.
- We're at my place.
Synonyms Edit
Aragonese Edit
Etymology Edit
From Latin te. Akin to Spanish te and French te.
Pronoun Edit
te
Asturian Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronoun Edit
te
Basque Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Noun Edit
te inan
Etymology 2 Edit
Noun Edit
te inan
- The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Declension Edit
indefinite | singular | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
absolutive | te | tea | teak |
ergative | tek | teak | teek |
dative | teri | teari | teei |
genitive | teren | tearen | teen |
comitative | terekin | tearekin | teekin |
causative | terengatik | tearengatik | teengatik |
benefactive | terentzat | tearentzat | teentzat |
instrumental | tez | teaz | teez |
inessive | tetan | tean | teetan |
locative | tetako | teko | teetako |
allative | tetara | tera | teetara |
terminative | tetaraino | teraino | teetaraino |
directive | tetarantz | terantz | teetarantz |
destinative | tetarako | terako | teetarako |
ablative | tetatik | tetik | teetatik |
partitive | terik | — | — |
prolative | tetzat | — | — |
See also Edit
Blagar Edit
Noun Edit
te
References Edit
- A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1
- The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List
- Stokhof (1975)
Breton Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Brythonic *ti, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognate to Welsh ti.
Pronoun Edit
te
- you (singular)
Catalan Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
te f (plural tes)
- The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Etymology 2 Edit
From Latin tē (accusative of tū).
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
te (enclitic, contracted 't, proclitic et, contracted proclitic t')
Usage notes Edit
- -te is the full (plena) form of the pronoun. It is normally used after verbs ending with a consonant or ⟨u⟩, or between some adverbs/pronouns and a verb. In some varieties of Catalan (Balearic/Valencian) it can also occur in sentence-initial position.
- Puc ajudar-te? ― Can I help you?
- Mou-te! ― Move!
Declension Edit
Related terms Edit
Etymology 3 Edit
Originally from Min Nan 茶 (tê).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
te m (plural tes)
- a tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
- tea; the product made from the leaves of the tea plant
- tea; a light afternoon meal at which tea is commonly served
Further reading Edit
- “te” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “te”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “te” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Classical Nahuatl Edit
Pronoun Edit
te
- Alternative spelling of teh
Coatepec Nahuatl Edit
Noun Edit
te
Cornish Edit
Alternative forms Edit
- ty (Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form)
Pronoun Edit
te
Noun Edit
te
Czech Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Verb Edit
te
See also Edit
Dalmatian Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronoun Edit
te
Related terms Edit
See also Edit
Danish Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Borrowed from Dutch thee, from Min Nan 茶 (tê, “tea”), compare English tea, German Tee, French thé.
Alternative forms Edit
- the (unofficial since 1872, but still common)
Noun Edit
te c (singular definite teen, plural indefinite teer)
- tea (plant) (Camellia sinensis)
- tea (the dried leaves from the tea plant, also parts from other plants)
- (uncountable) tea (a beverage made from tea leaves, also similar beverages made from other plants)
Declension Edit
Derived terms Edit
Descendants Edit
- → Faroese: te
References Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
From Old Norse tjá, from Proto-Germanic *tīhaną (“to show”), cognate with Icelandic tjá, Faroese tíggja, Swedish te, German zeihen (“to accuse”). The verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”), which is also the source of Latin dīcō (“to say”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to show”).
Verb Edit
te (present tense ter, past tense teede, past participle teet)
Conjugation Edit
Derived terms Edit
References Edit
Deg Xinag Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
te
References Edit
- S. Hargus, Vowel quality and duration in Deg Xinag
Dutch Edit
Etymology Edit
From Old Dutch te, ti, from Proto-Germanic *ta.
Pronunciation Edit
Adverb Edit
te
- too (indicating excess)
- Te veel is nooit goed! ― Too much is never good!
- Te gek! ― Far out! (literally, “Too crazy!”)
Descendants Edit
Preposition Edit
te
- (modifying an infinitive verb) to
- Er is iets te eten
- there is something to eat
- located at, in, on
- Te Amsterdam
- in Amsterdam.
- En zo rijden we te paard
- and so we ride on horseback.
Derived terms Edit
Descendants Edit
Article Edit
te
Usage notes Edit
This preposition used to govern the dative case. It also fused with the dative forms of the definite article:
Combinations with the nominative form of the article, like *te het or *te de have never become part of the language. The collapse of the inflection system and the related demise of the distinction between masculine and feminine gender (for most speakers) has pushed this preposition into partial disuse. It does however occur in a fair number of idiomatic expressions, often with fossilized case endings, e.g.:
- te elfder ure. ― at the eleventh hour
- te eigen bate ― for one's own profit
(Elfder, ure and bate are dative forms of elfde, uur and baat respectively.)
Estonian Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Finnic *tek.
Pronoun Edit
te (short form of teie)
- you (plural and polite form)
See also Edit
Ewe Edit
Noun Edit
te
Preposition Edit
te
Verb Edit
te
Fala Edit
Etymology Edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese te, from Latin tē.
Pronoun Edit
te
- Second person singular dative and accusative pronoun; you
Usage notes Edit
- Takes the form -ti when suffixed to an impersonal verb form.
See also Edit
nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first person | singular | ei | me, -mi | mi | ||
plural | common | nos | musL nusLV nos, -nusM |
nos | ||
masculine | noshotrusM | noshotrusM | ||||
feminine | noshotrasM | noshotrasM | ||||
second person | singular | tú | te, -ti | ti | ||
plural | common | vos | vusLV vos, -vusM |
vos | ||
masculine | voshotrusM | voshotrusM | ||||
feminine | voshotrasM | voshotrasM | ||||
third person | singular | masculine | el | le, -li | uLV, oM | el |
feminine | ela | a | ela | |||
plural | masculine | elis | usLV, osM | elis | ||
feminine | elas | as | elas | |||
reflexive | — | se, -si | sí |
References Edit
Faroese Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Noun Edit
te n (genitive singular tes, plural te)
- The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Declension Edit
Declension of te | ||||
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n4 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | te | teið | te | teini |
accusative | te | teið | te | teini |
dative | te, tei | tenum | teum | teunum |
genitive | tes | tesins | tea | teanna |
See also Edit
- (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø
Etymology 2 Edit
Originally from Min Nan 茶 (tê), from Middle Chinese, from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf, tea”).
Noun Edit
te n (genitive singular tes, uncountable)
Declension Edit
Declension of te (singular only) | ||
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n4s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | te | teið |
accusative | te | teið |
dative | te, tei | tenum |
genitive | tes | tesins |
Derived terms Edit
Anagrams Edit
Finnish Edit
Alternative forms Edit
- Te (when used politely)
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Finnic *tek, from Proto-Uralic *te. The word is inflected as plural, but there is no plural marker in the nominative, except in dialects (tet).
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
te
- (personal) you (second-person plural; when addressing many persons or when addressing politely or formally one person)
Usage notes Edit
- Depending on the context, the pronoun can sometimes be omitted in written language if the text remains fluent – the pronoun is in spoken language practically always used (compare the usage of sinä (“you sg”)).
- When addressing one person politely or formally, it is recommended to capitalize the pronoun in writing: Te.
- When addressing only one person, the active past participle must be in the singular in the compound forms that use it (e.g. negative, perfect, pluperfect forms):
- Te ette ollut täällä silloin. ― You were not here at that time. (negative past indicative)
- Te olette ollut täällä silloin. ― You have been here at that time. (affirmative present perfect indicative)
- Te ette ole ollut täällä silloin. ― You have not been here at that time. (negative present perfect indicative)
- Te olisitte ollut täällä silloin. ― You would have been here at that time. (affirmative present perfect conditional)
- Te ette olisi ollut täällä silloin. ― You would have not been here at that time. (negative present perfect conditional)
- Te lienette ollut täällä silloin. ― You have probably been here at that time. (affirmative present perfect potential)
- Te ette liene ollut täällä silloin. ― You haven't probably been here at that time. (negative present perfect potential)
- Te olitte ollut täällä silloin. ― You had been here at that time. (affirmative past perfect indicative)
- Te ette ollut ollut täällä silloin. ― You had not been here at that time. (negative past perfect indicative; note the duplicate ollut)
Declension Edit
- Irregular (inflectional stem tei-, as if in the plural). The comitative and instructive forms don't exist; the abessive is hardly used.
- In addition to the standard set of cases, te and other personal pronouns have a specific accusative form, teidät.
Declension of te
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Synonyms Edit
Derived terms Edit
- teititellä (verb)
Descendants Edit
- Kven: tet
See also Edit
Further reading Edit
- "te" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).
Anagrams Edit
French Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle French te, from Old French te, from Latin tē, (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
te
- (direct object) you
- Il te cite souvent. ― He often quotes you.
- (indirect object) you
- Il te donne le livre. ― He gives you the book.
- (reflexive) yourself
- Tu te souviens d'elle. ― You remember her. (literally, “You remind yourself of her.”)
Related terms Edit
Number | Person | Gender | Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct complement) |
Dative (indirect complement) |
Locative (at) |
Genitive (of) |
Disjunctive (tonic) |
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Singular | First | — | je, j’ | me, m’ | — | — | moi | |
Second | — | tu | te, t’ | — | — | toi | ||
Third | Masculine | il | le, l’ | lui | y | en | lui | |
Feminine | elle | la, l’ | elle | |||||
Indeterminate | on1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Reflexive | — | se, s’4 | — | — | soi4 | |||
Plural | First | — | nous | nous | — | — | nous | |
Second | — | vous2 | vous2,3 | — | — | vous2 | ||
Third | Masculine | ils3 | les | leur | y | en | eux3 | |
Feminine | elles | elles |
- 1 Also used as the first person plural.
- 2 Also used as the polite singular form.
- 3 Also used when a group has both men and women.
- 4 Also used as third person plural reflexive.
Further reading Edit
- “te”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams Edit
Galician Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Noun Edit
te f (plural tes)
- The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Etymology 2 Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronoun Edit
te
- inflection of ti:
Related terms Edit
Haitian Creole Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Adverb Edit
te
- Indicates the past or pluperfect tense.
Etymology 2 Edit
Noun Edit
te
Hawaiian Edit
Article Edit
te
Hungarian Edit
Etymology Edit
From the same Proto-Uralic root *tinä as e.g. Finnish sinä, Erzya тон (ton)[1], Eastern Mari тый (tyj) and Komi-Zyrian тэ (te).
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
te
- (personal) you (second-person singular, nominative, informal form)
Declension Edit
Derived terms Edit
Note: In all these forms, te is optional and only serves for emphasis.
- tealattad, teáltalad, teelőtted etc. (te + a postposition with the second-person singular personal suffix; see Appendix:Hungarian postpositions)
- teneked, teveled, tehozzád etc. (te + one of the declined forms listed in the chart above; see Appendix:Hungarian pronouns)
See also Edit
References Edit
Further reading Edit
- ([informal, singular] you): te 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
- ([dialectal] stressing the plural addressee): te 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
Icelandic Edit
Etymology Edit
From Min Nan 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
te n (genitive singular tes, no plural)
Declension Edit
Derived terms Edit
Ido Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
te (plural te-i)
- The name of the Latin script letter T/t.
See also Edit
Irish Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
te (genitive singular masculine te, genitive singular feminine te, plural teo, comparative teo or teocha)
- hot, warm
- pungent
- ardent, hot-tempered; vehement, hotfoot
- affectionate
- (of circumstances) comfortable
Declension Edit
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | te | the | teo; theo² | |
Vocative | the | teo | ||
Genitive | te | teo | te | |
Dative | te; the¹ |
the | teo; theo² | |
Comparative | níos teo | |||
Superlative | is teo |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
- Alternative comparative form: teocha (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms Edit
Related terms Edit
Mutation Edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
te | the | dte |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References Edit
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 59
Further reading Edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “te”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “té, te”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Italian Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
te
Pronoun Edit
te
- (clitic) Alternative form of ti
Usage notes Edit
See also Edit
See Template:Italian personal pronouns for further pronouns.
Further reading Edit
- te in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams Edit
Japanese Edit
Romanization Edit
te
Kalasha Edit
Etymology Edit
From Sanskrit तद् (tád), from Proto-Indo-European *tód.
Pronoun Edit
te
Coordinate terms Edit
See also Edit
Kholosi Edit
Etymology Edit
Cognate with Sindhi تي (te), Punjabi 'ਤੇ ('te).
Postposition Edit
te
References Edit
- Rezaei, Tahereh (2020) First notes on the syntax of Kholosi as a heritage language in the south of Iran[3], Hormozgan Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts & Tourism Organization
Kikuyu Edit
Etymology Edit
Hinde (1904) records kute as an equivalent of English throw in the “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]
Pronunciation Edit
Verb Edit
te (infinitive gũte)
- to throw away
See also Edit
References Edit
- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 60–61. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
Ladin Edit
Preposition Edit
te
Derived terms Edit
Latin Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun Edit
tē f (indeclinable)
- The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Coordinate terms Edit
- (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta
References Edit
- te in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- te in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- te in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."
Etymology 2 Edit
From Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).
Pronoun Edit
tē
Descendants Edit
Latvian Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adverb Edit
te
Conjunction Edit
te
Lithuanian Edit
Etymology Edit
Cognate with Latvian te. The interjection is identical to Ancient Greek τῆ (tê, “here!, take this!”), which Beekes derives from Proto-Indo-European *teh₁, the instrumental neuter singular form of *tód.[1] Compare Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴 (biþē, “while”), 𐌳𐌿𐌸𐌴 (duþē, “therefore”), Tocharian A ca-, Tocharian B ce (“demonstrative pronoun”) < *tē[2], and possibly Old Armenian թէ (tʿē, “that”).
Pronunciation Edit
Particle Edit
te
- (with third person) may, let (used to indicate the optative mood)
- Šì naktìs tè niẽkad nesibaĩgia. - May this night never end.
Interjection Edit
tè
- (with object cases) here you go, take this (when giving something to someone)
Derived terms Edit
References Edit
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Albert J. van Windekens (1979) Le tokharien confronté avec les autres langues indoeuropéennes. Vol. I. La phonétique et le vocabulaire. Louvain, page 249
Lower Sorbian Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Determiner Edit
te
Maltese Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
te m (plural tejiet)
Manchu Edit
Romanization Edit
te
- Romanization of ᡨᡝ
Mandarin Edit
Romanization Edit
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 脦
Romanization Edit
te
Usage notes Edit
- 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.
Maori Edit
Etymology Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Compare Hawaiian ka (“the”). Resemblance to English the is incidental, but might have been reinforced by it.
Article Edit
te sg (plural ngā)
- the
- 2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters, page 208:
- Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori.
- The language is the life principle of Maori mana
Determiner Edit
te sg (plural ngā)
- Referring to a whole class of things or people designated by the noun that follows.
- Kī tonu te wharenui i te tamariki.
- The meeting house was full of children.
- Mr, mister, sir (capitalised)
- Kei Te Wharehuia, tēnei te mihi atu mō tō āwhina mai.
- Wharehuia sir, thank you most sincerely for your help.
- Used in front of another verb following a stative.
- Kua oti i a au tāku pukapuka te tuhi.
- I have finished writing my book.
- Used in front of another verb following taea.
- Ka taea e ia tēnei waiata te whakamāori.
- She will be able to interpret this song.
- Used before the names for the days of the week.
- Ā te Rātapu mātou haere ai ki Poihākena.
- We go to Sydney on Saturday.
- Sometimes used before numbers with a following noun.
- I tāwāhi a Pita mō te rima tau.
- Peter was overseas for five years.
- Used before ordinal numbers including those using tua-.
- I piki a Tāne-nui-a-rangi ki te tuangahuru mā rua o ngā rangi.
- Tāne-nui-a-rangi climbed to the twelfth realm.
See also Edit
- he (for "a/an" and "some")
References Edit
Meriam Edit
Noun Edit
te
Middle Dutch Edit
Etymology Edit
From Old Dutch te, from Proto-Germanic *ta.
Pronunciation Edit
Preposition Edit
te
- at, in (a place)
- to, towards
- at, during (a time)
- for (the purpose of)
- in accordance with
- with, from (a means, such as language)
- (with gerund) to, for
Alternative forms Edit
- toe (eastern)
Descendants Edit
Adverb Edit
te
- very, particularly
- too, to an excessive degree
Alternative forms Edit
- toe (eastern)
Descendants Edit
- Dutch: te
Further reading Edit
- “te (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “te (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “te (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “te (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Middle English Edit
Pronoun Edit
te
- Alternative form of þe (“thee”)
Middle French Edit
Alternative forms Edit
- t' (before a vowel)
Etymology Edit
From Old French te.
Pronoun Edit
te
- you, second-person singular object pronoun
- to you, second-person singular indirect object pronoun
Synonyms Edit
- (second-person singular object and indirect object pronoun): toy (with verbs in the imperative)
- (second-person singular object and indirect object pronoun): vous (used as a mark of formality or respect)
Descendants Edit
- French: te
Mohawk Edit
Particle Edit
te
- used with iah to negate a sentence
Neapolitan Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
te
- you (singular familiar, accusative or dative or reflexive or prepositional)
Coordinate terms Edit
Number | Person | Nominative | Accusative | Dative | Reflexive | Possessive | Prepositional |
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singular | first-person | io (i') | me | mìo, mìa, mieje, meje | me, méne | ||
second-person, familiar | tu | te | tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje | te, téne | |||
second-person, formal | vuje | ve | vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste | vuje | |||
third-person, masculine | ìsso | 'o, 'u (lo, lu) | 'i, 'e (li, le) | se | sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje | ìsso | |
third-person, feminine | éssa | 'a (la) | 'e (le) | éssa | |||
plural | first-person | nuje | ce | nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste | nuje | ||
second-person, plural | vuje | ve | vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste | vuje | |||
third-person, masculine | ìsse | 'i, 'e (li, le) | llòro | se | llòro (invariable) | llòro | |
third-person, feminine | llòro | 'e (le) |
Norwegian Bokmål Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Noun Edit
te m (definite singular teen)
Derived terms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
Verb Edit
te (imperative te, present tense ter, passive tes, simple past tedde, past participle tedd, present participle teende)
References Edit
- “te” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Noun Edit
te m (definite singular teen)
Derived terms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
Verb Edit
te (present tense ter, past tense tedde, past participle tedd or tett, passive infinitive teast, present participle teande, imperative te)
Etymology 3 Edit
Preposition Edit
te
References Edit
- “te” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Audio (file)
Noun Edit
te f (plural tes)
- tee (the letter t, T)
Old English Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Germanic *ta (“to”).
Pronunciation Edit
Preposition Edit
te
- to
- Heom te cwæþ (He said to him)
- Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 21.
- Ālēfed te habbanne (Allowed to have)
- Swt. 445, 30: 50.
Related terms Edit
Old French Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronoun Edit
te
Pali Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Adjective Edit
te
- masculine nominative/accusative plural of ta (“that”)
Pronoun Edit
te
- nominative/accusative plural of ta (“they”)
- instrumental/dative/genitive singular of tvaṃ (“you”)
Papiamentu Edit
Etymology Edit
From Portuguese até.
Adjective Edit
te
Phuthi Edit
Etymology Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Conjunction Edit
té
Relative Edit
-té
Inflection Edit
Relative concord, tone H | ||
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Modifier | Copulative | |
1st singular | legite | gite |
2nd singular | lote | ute |
1st plural | lesite | site |
2nd plural | lelite | lite |
Class 1 | lote | ute |
Class 2 | labate | bate |
Class 3 | lote | ute |
Class 4 | lete | ite |
Class 5 | lelite | lite |
Class 6 | late | ate |
Class 7 | lesite | site |
Class 8 | letite | tite |
Class 9 | lete | ite |
Class 10 | letite | tite |
Class 14 | lobute | bute |
Class 15 | lokute | kute |
Class 17 | lokute | kute |
Polish Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
te m
Pronoun Edit
te f
Pronoun Edit
te n
Portuguese Edit
Etymology Edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese te, from Latin tē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).
Pronunciation Edit
- Hyphenation: te
Pronoun Edit
te
- (object pronoun) you
- Matar-te-ei; Te matarei;
- I will kill you.
- particle of spontaneity, when it indicates that there was spontaneity in the action by its agent.
- Vais-te muito cedo.
- You leave too soon.
Quotations Edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:te.
See also Edit
Portuguese personal pronouns (edit) | |||||||||||||
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Number | Person | Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct object) |
Dative (indirect object) |
Prepositional | Prepositional with com |
Non-declining | ||||||
m | f | m | f | m and f | m | f | m | f | m | f | |||
Singular | First | eu | me | mim | comigo | ||||||||
Second | tu | te | ti | contigo | você | ||||||||
o senhor | a senhora | ||||||||||||
Third | ele | ela | o (lo, no) |
a (la, na) |
lhe | ele | ela | com ele | com ela | o mesmo | a mesma | ||
se | si | consigo | |||||||||||
Plural | First | nós | nos | nós | connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil) |
a gente | |||||||
Second | vós | vos | vós | convosco, com vós | vocês | ||||||||
os senhores | as senhoras | ||||||||||||
Third | eles | elas | os (los, nos) |
as (las, nas) |
lhes | eles | elas | com eles | com elas | os mesmos | as mesmas | ||
se | si | consigo | |||||||||||
Indefinite | se | si | consigo |
Rapa Nui Edit
Article Edit
te (pl te mau)
- the (the definite article)
Romani Edit
Conjunction Edit
te
Romanian Edit
Etymology Edit
From Latin tē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
te (unstressed accusative and reflexive form of tu)
Derived terms Edit
Related terms Edit
See also Edit
Romansch Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Noun Edit
te m
Serbo-Croatian Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Pronoun Edit
te (Cyrillic spelling те)
- of you (clitic genitive singular of tȋ (“you”))
- you (clitic accusative singular of tȋ (“you”))
- feminine nominative plural of taj: those (= one)
- Tko su te žene? ― Who are those women?
Declension Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
From Proto-Slavic *ta. Compare Ukrainian та (ta).
Conjunction Edit
te (Cyrillic spelling те)
- and (following a cause; lit. and thereby, and thus)
- Poskliznuo sam se te pao.
- I slipped and fell.
- and, and then (before the last thing in order of mention or occurrence)
- U posljednjih godinu dana bio sam u Beogradu, Zagrebu, Sarajevu te Podgorici.
- In the past year, I have been to Belgrade, Zagreb, Sarajevo and Podgorica.
- Obukao sam se, izašao iz kuće, zaključao vrata te otišao na posao.
- I got dressed up, got out of the house, locked the door and then went to work.
- (Croatia) now (chiefly used in stock phrases)
- Problemi gdje god pogledaš! Te tu, te tamo!
- Problems, wherever you look! Now here, now there!
Sicilian Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from French thé, from Dutch thee, from Min Nan 茶 (tê).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
te m
Derived terms Edit
See also Edit
Spanish Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Noun Edit
te f (plural tes)
- The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Etymology 2 Edit
From Latin tē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).
Pronoun Edit
te
- dative of tú: to you, for you
- Te voy a hacer tus calzones...."La Cucaracha"
- I’m going to make your britches
- accusative of tú: you
- (reflexive): yourself
See also Edit
nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | ||||
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first person | singular | yo | me | mí1 | |||
plural | masculine2 | nosotros | nos | nosotros | |||
feminine | nosotras | nosotras | |||||
second person | singular | tuteo | tú | te | ti1 | ||
voseo | vos | vos | |||||
formal3 | usted | le, se4 | lo/la5 | usted | |||
plural | familiar6 | masculine2 | vosotros | os | vosotros | ||
feminine | vosotras | vosotras | |||||
formal/general3 | ustedes | les, se4 | los/las5 | ustedes | |||
third person | singular | masculine2 | él | le, se4 | lo | él | |
feminine | ella | la | ella | ||||
neuter | ello7 | lo | ello | ||||
plural | masculine2 | ellos | les, se4 | los | ellos | ||
feminine | ellas | las | ellas | ||||
reflexive | — | se | sí1 |
- Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
- Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
- Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
- If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
- Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
- Used primarily in Spain
- Used only in rare circumstances
Further reading Edit
- “te”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sranan Tongo Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Conjunction Edit
te
- when
- 1984, “Nioni”, in Telefôn' mi koe mi koenoe, performed by The Exmo Stars and Boogie:
- Te yu no man fu tyari akata / yu no mu trobi matuku
- If you aren't able to carry a headpad / you shouldn't bother with a basket
Etymology 2 Edit
Preposition Edit
te
Etymology 3 Edit
Noun Edit
te
Sumerian Edit
Romanization Edit
te
- Romanization of 𒋼 (te)
Swedish Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From either French thé or German Tee, from Chinese 茶 (Min Nan tê).
Noun Edit
te n
- tea (the tree, its dried leaves and the drink made from them)
Declension Edit
Declension of te | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | te | teet | teer | teerna |
Genitive | tes | teets | teers | teernas |
Derived terms Edit
Descendants Edit
- → Finnish: tee
Etymology 2 Edit
From Old Swedish tēa, from Old Norse tjá, from Proto-Germanic *tīhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-. Cognate of Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (gateihan), German zeihen, Dutch tijgen.
Verb Edit
te (present ter, preterite tedde, supine tett, imperative te)
- to appear
- Och gräshopporna tedde sig såsom hästar, rustade till strid.
- And the shapes of the locusts [were] like unto horses prepared unto battle (Revelations 9:7)
Conjugation Edit
Related terms Edit
References Edit
Anagrams Edit
Tagalog Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Noun Edit
te (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ)
- (colloquial) Clipping of ate.
Etymology 2 Edit
From Spanish te, the Spanish name of the letter T/t.
Noun Edit
te (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ)
- (historical) The name of the Latin-script letter T/t, in the Abecedario.
Further reading Edit
- “te”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
Tahitian Edit
Article Edit
te (plural sometimes te mau)
- the (singular) (definite article)
- the (plural) (definite article)
- (conversationally) a, an (indefinite article)
References Edit
- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “te” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
Tokelauan Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Polynesian *te. Cognates include Hawaiian ke and Samoan le.
Pronunciation Edit
Article Edit
te
- Singular definite article; the
Derived terms Edit
See also Edit
References Edit
- R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary[4], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 379
Tongan Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Article Edit
te
- the (definite article)
Turkish Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Noun Edit
te (definite accusative [please provide], plural teler)
- The name of the Latin-script letter T.
See also Edit
- (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze
Etymology 2 Edit
Noun Edit
te
- Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ت
Turkmen Edit
Noun Edit
te (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Tuvaluan Edit
Article Edit
te
- the (definite article)
Veps Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Finnic *tee.
Noun Edit
te
Inflection Edit
Inflection of te (inflection type 13/ma) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative sing. | te | ||
genitive sing. | ten | ||
partitive sing. | ted | ||
partitive plur. | teid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | te | ted | |
accusative | ten | ted | |
genitive | ten | teiden | |
partitive | ted | teid | |
essive-instructive | ten | tein | |
translative | teks | teikš | |
inessive | tes | teiš | |
elative | tespäi | teišpäi | |
illative | tehe | teihe | |
adessive | tel | teil | |
ablative | telpäi | teilpäi | |
allative | tele | teile | |
abessive | teta | teita | |
comitative | tenke | teidenke | |
prolative | tedme | teidme | |
approximative I | tenno | teidenno | |
approximative II | tennoks | teidennoks | |
egressive | tennopäi | teidennopäi | |
terminative I | tehesai | teihesai | |
terminative II | telesai | teilesai | |
terminative III | tessai | — | |
additive I | tehepäi | teihepäi | |
additive II | telepäi | teilepäi |
Derived terms Edit
References Edit
Volapük Edit
Adverb Edit
te
Welsh Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from English tea, from Dutch thee, from Min Nan 茶 (tê), probably via French thé or English tea.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
te m (uncountable)
- (uncountable) tea (drink made with infusion of Camellia sinensis or other leaves)
- tea (main evening meal)
- Synonym: swper
Derived terms Edit
- amser te (“teatime”)
- bag te (“teabag”)
- bisgeden de (“tea biscuit”)
- blwch te (“tea caddy”)
- cist de (“tea chest”)
- clwb te (“tea club”)
- cwpan te (“teacup”)
- cwpanaid o de (“cup of tea”)
- dail te (“tea leaves”)
- dawns amser te (“tea dance”)
- dŵr te (“water for brewing tea”)
- dysgl de (“teacup”)
- dysglaid o de (“cup of tea”)
- fflasg de (“tea flask”)
- gardd de (“tea garden”)
- hambwrdd te (“tea tray”)
- helygen dail te (“tea-leaved willow (Salix phylicifolia”)
- hidlwr te (“tea strainer”)
- llestri te (“tea set, tea things”)
- llwy de (“teaspoon”)
- llwyn te (“broom tea-tree (Leptospermum scoparium)”)
- llwyn-te gwlanog (“wooly tea-tee (Leptospermum lanigerum)”)
- paned o de (“cup of tea”)
- pelen de (“teaball”)
- planhigfa de (“tea plantation”)
- rhosyn te (“tea rose”)
- seremoni de (“tea ceremony”)
- soser de (“saucer”)
- tabi te (“tea tabby (Aglossa dimidiata)”)
- te bach (“light refreshment, afternoon tea”)
- te bwtsiar (“tea made in the cup”)
- te camomeil (“camomile tea”)
- te cig eidion (“beef tea”)
- te colsyn (“cinder tea”)
- te dail (“leaf tea”)
- te deg (“tea taken at 10:00 am”)
- te du (“black tea”)
- te gwyn (“white tea”)
- te gwyrdd (“green tea”)
- te Labrador (“Labrador tea (Ledum palustre(”)
- te Mecsico (“Mexican tea (Chenopodium ambrosioides)”)
- te melyn (“yellow tea”)
- te mintys (“mint tea”)
- te padi (“tea made in the cup”)
- te perlysiau (“herbal tea”)
- te perlysieuol (“herbal tea”)
- te pinsh (“tea made in the cup”)
- te slecyn (“cinder tea”)
- te swigod (“bubble tea”)
- te tramp (“tea made in the cup; stewed tea”)
- te ŵlong (“oolong tea”)
- troli te (“tea trolley”)
- tun te (“tea tin”)
- tŷ te (“teahouse”)
- wrn te (“tea urn”)
- ystafell de (“tearoom”)
Mutation Edit
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
te | de | nhe | the |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading Edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “te”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
West Makian Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Malay teh, possibly through Ternate tee, from Min Nan 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
te
Etymology 2 Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Conjunction Edit
te
References Edit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[5], Pacific linguistics
Zia Edit
Noun Edit
te