Tee

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tee"

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Tee

  1. An Ogoni language spoken in Nigeria.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Tee terms

Etymology 2

From Hokkien (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.

Etymology 3

Noun

Tee (plural Tees)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of tee.

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Noun

Tee m (diminutive Teeli)

  1. alternative spelling of Thee

German

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Hokkien (), probably through Dutch thee. Attested since the 17th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teː/
  • Rhymes: -eː
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Noun

Tee m (strong, genitive Tees, plural (sorts of tea) Tees or (servings of tea) Tee)

  1. tea (drink made by infusing parts of a plant, especially leaves or buds of Camellia sinensis, in water)
Declension
Alternative forms
  • Thee (until early 20th c.)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Estonian: tee
  • Hunsrik: Tee
  • Lower Sorbian: tej
  • Romansch: te, ,
  • Silesian: tyj
  • Silesian East Central German: Tee
  • Vilamovian: tyy
  • Zipser German: Tee

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tee.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiː/
  • 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

Etymology

From German Tee, from Hokkien ().

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

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien ().

Proper noun

Tee

  1. a Chinese Indonesian surname from Hokkien.

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From German Tee, from Hokkien ().

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 (Tīⁿ) and (). Doublet of Ty.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tee (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ)

  1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

See also

Zipser German

Etymology

From Hokkien ().

Noun

Tee

  1. tea (drink)

References

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