te

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.

• IPA^(key): /tiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophones: T, tea, tee, ti

te (uncountable)

1. (music) In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.

• ta
• B-flat
• li

• -et, ET, Et, et

From Dutch te.

• IPA^(key): /tə/

te

1. indicating excess: too

te

1. modifying an infinitive verb: to
2. located at, in

te

1. to see

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

• (Fante) tse

• Tone: L[1]

te

1. to understand, perceive
2. to hear

• Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881). A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i). Basel.

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).

te (+nominative)

1. at

   Unë jam te pijetorja.

   I'm at the bar.

2. to
3. (with a human referent) at (someone's) place

   Jemi te unë.

   We're at my place.

• tek

From Latin tē, from tū.

te

1. you (second-person plural direct pronoun)
2. you (second-person plural indirect pronoun)

te

1. tea

te

1. wood, tree

• A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1
• The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List
• Stokhof (1975)

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈte/
• Homophone: té

te f (plural tes)

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

From Latin tē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈtə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈte/

te (enclitic, contracted 't, proclitic et, contracted proclitic t')

1. you, thee (direct or indirect object)
2. yourself (reflexive pronoun)

• et
• tu

Originally from Min Nan 茶 (tê).

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ

te m (plural tes)

1. the tea plant; (Camellia sinensis)
2. tea; the product made from the leaves of the tea plant
3. tea; a light afternoon meal at which tea is commonly served

te

1. Alternative spelling of teh

• (Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form) ty

te

1. you (informal second person singular pronoun), thou, thee

te

1. tea

From Latin tū.

te

1. (second-person singular pronoun) you, thou

• toi

• ju
• jal, jala
• nu
• vu
• jali, jale

• the (unofficial since 1872, but still common)

• IPA^(key): /teː/, [tˢeːˀ]

From Dutch thee, from Min Nan 茶 (tê, “tea”).

te c (singular definite teen, plural indefinite teer)

1. tea

• → Faroese: te

From Old Norse tjá; cognates include Icelandic tjá and Faroese tíggja.

te (imperative te, infinitive at te, present tense ter, past tense teede, perfect tense har teet)

1. behave

• IPA^(key): /tʰe/

te

1. water

• S. Hargus, Vowel quality and duration in Deg Xinag

From Old Dutch te, ti, from Proto-Germanic *ta.

• IPA^(key): /tə/

• audio

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te

1. too (indicating excess)

   Te veel is nooit goed

   too much is never good

   te gek!

   far out!

te

1. (modifying an infinitive verb) to

   Er is iets te eten

   there is something to eat

2. located at, in, on

   Te Amsterdam

   in Amsterdam.

   En zo rijden we te paard

   and so we ride on horseback.

te

1. (archaic) in idiom; a form of the definite article de

   Te drommel

   by Jove.

This preposition used to govern the dative case. It also fused with the dative forms of the definite article:

• (at, in): ter = te + der for feminine singular.
• (at, in): ten = te + den in all other cases.

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.)

From Proto-Finnic *tek.

te (short form of teie)

1. you (plural and polite form)

te

1. paternal aunt
2. yam

te

1. under

te

1. to compact
2. to compress
3. to sting
4. to swell

• IPA^(key): /tʰeː/
• Rhymes: -eː
• Homophone: teg

te n (genitive singular tes, plural te)

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

• (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

Originally from Min Nan 茶 (tê), from Middle Chinese, from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf, tea”).

te n (genitive singular tes, uncountable)

1. tea

• et

From Proto-Finnic *tek, from Proto-Uralic *te.

• IPA^(key): /ˈte/, [ˈt̪e̞]
• Hyphenation: te
• Rhymes: -e

te (stem tei-)

1. (personal) you (second-person plural; when addressing many persons or when addressing politely or formally one person)

• 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 politely or formally one person in a written form, it is recommendable to capitalize the pronoun Te.
• When addressing one person, the active past participle must be singular in negative past indicative, in present perfect of all moods both affirmative and negative and past perfect indicative — because there is one person addressed:

• 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 ollut twice)

• Irregular. 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.

• tet (dialectal)
• työ (dialectal)

• teititellä (verb)

• minä
• sinä
• hän
• me
• he

• et

From Middle French te, from Old French te, from Latin tē, (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).

• IPA^(key): /tə/
• Rhymes: -ə

te

1. (direct object) You.

   Il te cite souvent. ― He often quotes you.

2. (indirect object) You.

   Il te donne le livre. ― He gives you the book.

3. (reflexive) yourself

   Tu te souviens d'elle. ― You remember her. (Literally: You remind yourself of her.)

• “te” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• et

te f (plural tes)

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

See the etymology of the main entry.

te

1. inflection of ti:
   1. accusative
   2. reflexive

From French été (“been”)

te

1. Indicates the past or pluperfect tense.

From the same Proto-Uralic root *tinä as e.g. Finnish sinä, Mari Eastern Mari тый (təj) and Komi Komi-Zyrian тэ (te).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ]

• Audio

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te

1. (personal) you (second-person singular, nominative, informal form)

• tealattad

• maga (formal)
• ön (formal)

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː

te n (genitive singular tes, no plural)

1. tea

• IPA^(key): /te/, /tɛ/

te (plural te-i)

1. The name of the Latin script letter T/t.

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, be, ce, che, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, que, re, se, she, te, u, ve, we, xe, ye, ze ^{(Category: io:Latin letter names)}

From Old Irish té (“hot”), from Proto-Celtic *teɸents, from the present participle of Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“to be warm”) (compare Latin tepēns).

• IPA^(key): /tʲɛ/

te (genitive singular masculine te, genitive singular feminine te, plural teo, comparative teo or teocha)

1. hot, warm
   1. serving to keep warm
   2. pungent
   3. ardent, hot-tempered; vehement, hotfoot
   4. affectionate
   5. (of circumstances) comfortable

• Alternative comparative form: teocha (Cois Fharraige)

• "te" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “té, te” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

From Latin tē, from tū.

• Rhymes: -e

te

1. (disjunctive, emphatic) you

te

1. Rōmaji transcription of て
2. Rōmaji transcription of テ

From Sanskrit तद् (tád), from Proto-Indo-European *tód.

te

1. they, them (absent from speaker) (3rd-person plural personal pronoun)

• éli

Hinde (1904) records kute as an equivalent of English throw in the “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]

• IPA^(key): /tɛ/

te (infinitive gũte)

1. to throw away

   tũteaga - we (usually) throw away

• gũikia

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

te

1. in, into

• tl
• tla
• ti
• tles

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /teː/

• Audio (Classical)

  (file)

tē (indeclinable)

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

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

• 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
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) I have not seen you for five years: quinque anni sunt or sextus annus est, cum te non vidi
    
  • (ambiguous) everything depends on you: in te omnia sunt
    
  • (ambiguous) the decision of the question rests with you: penes te arbitrium huius rei est
    
  • (ambiguous) I blame this in you; I censure you for this: hoc in te reprehendo (not ob eam rem)
    
  • (ambiguous) convince yourself of this; rest assured on this point: sic volo te tibi persuadere
    
  • (ambiguous) the matter speaks for itself: res ipsa (pro me apud te) loquitur
    
  • (ambiguous) be brave: fortem te praebe
    
  • (ambiguous) your health: bene tibi or te!
    
  • (ambiguous) a word with you: paucis te volo
    
  • (ambiguous) a word with you: tribus verbis te volo
    
  • (ambiguous) I bid you good-bye, take my leave: te valere iubeo
    
  • (ambiguous) good luck to you: macte virtute (esto or te esse iubeo)
    
• 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."

From Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).

tē

1. accusative singular of tū
2. ablative singular of tū

te

1. here

te

1. now..., now...

   te šur, te tur ― now here, now there

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”).

IPA^(key): /tʲɛ/

te

1. (with third person) may, let (used to indicate the optative mood)

   Šì naktìs tè niẽkad nesibaĩgia. - May this night never end.

tè

1. (with object cases) here you go, take this (when giving something to someone)

   Tè táu pinigų̃ – pir̃k tù sáu laũko kókį sklypẽlį. ― Here, have some money, go buy yourself a piece of land.

• see te-
• bet
• net

• IPA^(key): [tɛ]

te

1. nominative plural of ten
2. accusative plural of ten

te (Zhuyin ˙ㄊㄜ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 脦

te

1. Nonstandard spelling of tè.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

te sg (plural ngā)

1. 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

te sg (plural ngā)

1. 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.

2. Mr, mister, sir (capitalised)

   Kei Te Wharehuia, tēnei te mihi atu mō tō āwhina mai.

   Wharehuia sir, thank you most sincerely for your help.

3. Used in front of another verb following a stative.

   Kua oti i a au tāku pukapuka te tuhi.

   I have finished writing my book.

4. Used in front of another verb following taea.

   Ka taea e ia tēnei waiata te whakamāori.

   She will be able to interpret this song.

5. Used before the names for the days of the week.

   Ā te Rātapu mātou haere ai ki Poihākena.

   We go to Sydney on Saturday.

6. Sometimes used before numbers with a following noun.

   I tāwāhi a Pita mō te rima tau.

   Peter was overseas for five years.

7. 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.

te

1. mouth
2. door

From Old Dutch te, from Proto-Germanic *ta.

• IPA^(key): /tə/

te

1. at, in (a place)
2. to, towards
3. at, during (a time)
4. for (the purpose of)
5. in accordance with
6. with, from (a means, such as language)
7. (with gerund) to, for

• toe (eastern)

• Dutch: te
• Limburgish: te, tö

te

1. very, particularly
2. too, to an excessive degree

• toe (eastern)

• Dutch: te

• “te (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “te (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “te (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
• “te (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

te

1. Alternative form of þe.

• “the, (pron.2)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 May 2018.

• t' (before a vowel)

From Old French te.

te

1. you, second-person singular object pronoun
2. to you, second-person singular indirect object pronoun

• (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)

• French: te

From Latin tē.

• IPA^(key): /te/
• Rhymes: -e

te

1. you (singular familiar, accusative or dative or reflexive or prepositional)

te

1. (dialectal) to

• til (Bokmål)
• til (Nynorsk)

• IPA^(key): /teː/
• Rhymes: -eː

From Dutch thee.

te m (definite singular teen)

1. tea

From Old Norse tjá.

te (imperative te, present tense ter, passive tes, simple past tedde, past participle tedd, present participle teende)

1. (reflexive) to behave

• “te” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /teː/
• Rhymes: -eː

From Dutch thee.

te m (definite singular teen)

1. tea

From Old Norse tjá.

te (present tense ter, past tense tedde, past participle tedd or tett, passive infinitive teast, present participle teande, imperative te)

1. (reflexive) to behave

• “te” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

te

1. that (which may be either male or female)

• ta
• to
• tu

From Proto-Germanic *ta (“to”).

• IPA^(key): /te/

te

1. to

   Heom te cwæþ (He said to him).

   Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 21.

   Áléfed te habbanne.

   Swt. 445, 30: 50.

• te-

From Latin tē.

te

1. you (second-person singular direct object pronoun)
2. to you (second-person singular indirect object pronoun)
3. yourself (second-person singular direct object reflexive pronoun)
4. to yourself (second-person singular indirect object reflexive pronoun)

te

1. masculine nominative and accusative plural of ta (“that”)

te

1. masculine nominative and accusative plural of ta (“they”)
2. instrumental, dative and genitive singular of tvaṃ (“you”)

From Portuguese até.

te

1. until
2. till

té

1. just, only, however

-té

1. naked

This relative needs an inflection-table template.

• IPA^(key): /tɛ/

• Audio

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• Homophone: tę

te m

1. non-personal nominative and accusative plural of ten

te f

1. nominative and accusative plural of ta

te n

1. nominative and accusative plural of to

From Old Portuguese te, from Latin tē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi/
  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɪ/, /ti/

te

1. (object pronoun) you

   Matar-te-ei; Te matarei;

   I will kill you.

2. (reflexive) yourself (informal)

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:te.

• (yourself): se (formal)

te (pl te mau)

1. the (the definite article)

te

1. if

From Latin tē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).

• Rhymes: -e

te (unstressed accusative and reflexive form of tu)

1. (direct object) you

   Știi cât de mult te iubește?'

   Do you know how much he loves you?

2. (reflexive) yourself

• te rog

• tine
• tu

• mă
• se
• ne
• vă

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) té
• (Puter, Vallader) tè

te m

1. (Sursilvan) tea

te (Cyrillic spelling те)

1. of you (clitic genitive singular of tȋ (“you”))
2. you (clitic accusative singular of tȋ (“you”))
3. nominative plural of taj (feminine); those (= one)

   Tko su te žene? ― Who are those women?

te (Cyrillic spelling те)

1. and (following a cause; lit. and thereby, and thus)

   Poskliznuo sam se te pao.

   I slipped and fell.

2. 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.

3. (Croatia) now (chiefly used in stock phrases)

   Problemi gdje god pogledaš! Te tu, te tamo!

   Problems, wherever you look! Now here, now there!

• IPA^(key): /te/, [t̪e]
  • Audio:

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• Homophone: té
• Rhymes: -e

te f (plural tes)

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

From Latin tē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).

te

1. indirect object form of tú: to you, for you

   Te voy a hacer tus calzones...."La Cucaracha"

   I’m going to make your britches

2. (reflexive): yourself

• “te” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

• IPA^(key): /te/

From English then.

te

1. when

te

1. until

Borrowed from Dutch thee.

te

1. tea

• the, thé

• IPA^(key): /teː/

• audio

  (file)

• Homophones: t, T
• Rhymes: -eː

te n

1. tea (the tree, its dried leaves and the drink made from them)

• → Finnish: tee

te

1. 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)

• bete
• förete

• te in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• te in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

te (plural sometimes te mau)

1. the (singular) (definite article)
2. the (plural) (definite article)
3. (conversationally) a, an (indefinite article)

• 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.

te

1. the (definite article)

te (definite accusative, plural teler)

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

• (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

te (definite accusative ?, plural ?)

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

te

1. the (definite article)

From Proto-Finnic *tee.

te

1. road, way

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “дорога, трасса”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

te

1. only, solely, merely
2. but

Borrowed from Min Nan 茶 (tê), probably via French thé or English tea.

• IPA^(key): /teː/