Tee

See also: TEE, tee, teè, and têe

English

Proper noun

Tee

  1. An Ogoni language spoken in Nigeria.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Tee terms

Etymology 2

From Hokkien 鄭/郑 (Tīⁿ). Doublet of Chung.

Proper noun

Tee

  1. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
Usage notes

It can also be an English surname or stage / professional surname.

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Noun

Tee m (diminutive Teeli)

  1. Alternative spelling of Thee

German

Etymology 1

Derived from Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teː/, [tʰeː]
  • Rhymes: -eː
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Noun

Tee m (strong, genitive Tees, plural Tees)

  1. tea (drink made by infusing parts of a plant, especially leaves or buds of Camellia sinensis, in water)
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → German Low German: Tee
    • Plautdietsch: Tee
  • → Estonian: tee
  • → Hunsrik: Tee
  • → Lower Sorbian: tej
  • → Romansch: te, té, tè
  • → Saterland Frisian: Tee
  • → Silesian: tyj
    • → Slovene: (dialectal) te
  • → Silesian East Central German: Tee
  • → Vilamovian: tyy
  • → Zipser German: Tee

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tee.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiː/, [tʰiː]
  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Tee n (strong, genitive Tees, plural Tees)

  1. (golf) tee
Declension

Further reading

  • “Tee” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Tee” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Tee” in Duden online
  • Tee on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik

Tee

Etymology

From German Tee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰeː/

Noun

Tee m (plural Tee)

  1. maté (hot drink made from the Ilex paraguarensis plant)
    Synonym: Matt
    Vaam-mer en Tee drinke?
    Let's drink some maté?

Further reading

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From German Tee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Noun

Tee m

  1. tea

Plautdietsch

Noun

Tee f (plural Teeen)

  1. toe

Noun

Tee m

  1. tea

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Tee, from Hokkien 鄭/郑 (Tīⁿ) and 戴 (Tì). Doublet of Ty.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tee (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ)

  1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

Zipser German

Etymology

From Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Noun

Tee

  1. tea (drink)

References

  • Anton-Joseph Ilk, Zipser Volksgut aus dem Wassertal (1990), page 141
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