tee
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈtiː/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iː
- Homophones: T, te, tea, ti
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
edittee (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
editTranslations
edit
|
Verb
edittee (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
editFirst 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
edittee (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
editTranslations
edit- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Verb
edittee (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
editReferences
edit- ^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Tee”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IX, Part 2 (Su–Th), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 139, column 1.
Etymology 3
editFrom Burmese ထီး (hti:, “umbrella”).
Noun
edittee (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
editAnagrams
editAfrikaans
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch thee (in the past commonly spelled tee).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittee (uncountable)
- tea
- Kom ons gaan drink tee.
- Let's go drink some tea.
Derived terms
editDutch
editNoun
edittee m (plural teeën, diminutive teetje n)
Estonian
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Finnic *tee. Cognate with Finnish tie.
Noun
edittee (genitive tee, partitive teed)
Declension
editDeclension of tee (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
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
editEtymology 2
editFrom German Tee, ultimately from Hokkien 茶 (tê).
Noun
edittee (genitive tee, partitive teed)
Declension
editDeclension of tee (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
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
editEtymology 3
editNoun
edittee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
Etymology 4
editVerb
edittee
Finnish
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed 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
editNoun
edittee
- (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
editAs 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
editInflection of tee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
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. |
Possessive forms of tee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittee
- The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
Declension
editInflection of tee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
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
editPronunciation
editVerb
edittee
- inflection of tehdä:
Anagrams
editFrench
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
edittee m (plural tees)
Further reading
edit- “tee”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ingrian
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
edittee
- 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
editDeclension of tee (type 8/maa, no gradation) | ||
---|---|---|
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
editDerived terms
editEtymology 2
editSee 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
edittee
- 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
editEtymology
editFrom Old Dutch *tēa, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ.
Noun
edittêe f
Inflection
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “tee”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “tee”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Nafaanra
editNoun
edittee
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittee m (definite singular tee-en, indefinite plural tee-er, definite plural tee-ene)
References
edit- “tee” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittee m (definite singular tee-en, indefinite plural tee-ar, definite plural tee-ane)
References
edit- “tee” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
editOld Irish
editAdjective
editteë
- Alternative spelling of té
Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
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
editEtymology
editNoun
edittee 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
editUninflected.
See also
editReferences
editTermanu
editEtymology
editAkin to Tetum to'o.
Verb
edittee
Ternate
editEtymology
editLikely from Malay teh, from Hokkien 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect)
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittee
References
edit- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Tetum
editEtymology
editSee the Tetum noun teen.
Verb
edittee
Tîrî
editNoun
edittee
References
edit- Midori Osumi, Tinrin Grammar
Võro
editNoun
edittee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
Inflection
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
Votic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *tee.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittee
Inflection
editDeclension of tee (type I/maa, no gradation) | ||
---|---|---|
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
editEtymology
editBorrowing from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Hokkien 茶 (tê).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittee c (no plural)
Further reading
edit- “tee”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/iː
- Rhymes:English/iː/1 syllable
- English terms with homophones
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Latin letter names
- English terms with quotations
- English terms with usage examples
- en:Clothing
- en:Computing
- English verbs
- en:Golf
- en:Sports
- en:Curling
- English terms borrowed from Burmese
- English terms derived from Burmese
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dewk-
- English terms derived from the shape of letters
- English three-letter words
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms with IPA pronunciation
- Afrikaans terms with audio links
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans nouns
- Afrikaans uncountable nouns
- af:Tea
- Afrikaans terms with usage examples
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch obsolete forms
- Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- Estonian idee-type nominals
- Estonian terms borrowed from German
- Estonian terms derived from German
- Estonian terms derived from Hokkien
- et:Latin letter names
- Estonian non-lemma forms
- Estonian verb forms
- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Dutch
- Finnish terms derived from Hokkien
- Finnish terms derived from Old Chinese
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Finnish 1-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/eː
- Rhymes:Finnish/eː/1 syllable
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- Finnish countable nouns
- Finnish maa-type nominals
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- fi:Latin letter names
- Finnish non-lemma forms
- Finnish verb forms
- fi:Beverages
- fi:Tea
- Finnish three-letter words
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Sports
- Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic
- Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Finno-Permic
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/eː
- Rhymes:Ingrian/eː/1 syllable
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian nouns
- Ingrian terms with quotations
- Ingrian non-lemma forms
- Ingrian verb forms
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch lemmas
- Middle Dutch nouns
- Middle Dutch feminine nouns
- dum:Body
- Nafaanra lemmas
- Nafaanra nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from English
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from English
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/iː
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with homophones
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Golf
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from English
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from English
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Norwegian Nynorsk/iː
- Rhymes:Norwegian Nynorsk/iː/1 syllable
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with homophones
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Golf
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish adjectives
- Swedish terms borrowed from English
- Swedish terms derived from English
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- Swedish nouns with multiple genders
- sv:Golf
- sv:Curling
- Termanu lemmas
- Termanu verbs
- Ternate terms derived from Malay
- Ternate terms derived from Hokkien
- Ternate terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ternate lemmas
- Ternate nouns
- Tetum lemmas
- Tetum verbs
- Tîrî lemmas
- Tîrî nouns
- Võro lemmas
- Võro nouns
- vro:Latin letter names
- Votic terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Votic terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Votic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Votic/eː
- Rhymes:Votic/eː/1 syllable
- Votic lemmas
- Votic nouns
- Votic maa-type nominals
- vot:Transport
- West Frisian terms borrowed from Dutch
- West Frisian terms derived from Dutch
- West Frisian terms derived from Malay
- West Frisian terms derived from Hokkien
- West Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation
- West Frisian lemmas
- West Frisian nouns
- West Frisian common-gender nouns
- fy:Beverages