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Translingual

Symbol

te

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Telugu.

English

Etymology 1

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

• IPA^(key): /tiː/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophones: T, tea, tee, ti

Noun

te (plural tes)

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

Synonyms

• ta
• B-flat
• li

Etymology 2

Noun

te (plural tes)

1. The name of the unspecified script letter Т / т.

Anagrams

• -et, ET, Et, et

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch te.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə/

• Audio:

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Adverb

te

1. indicating excess: too

Preposition

te

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

Äiwoo

Verb

te

1. to see

References

• Ross, M., & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 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

Alternative forms

• tse (Fante)

Pronunciation

• Tone: L

Verb

te

1. to understand, perceive
2. to hear

References

• Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881) A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)‎^[1], Basel, page 476

Albanian

Etymology

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

te (+ nominative)

1. at

   Unë jam te pijetorja.

   I'm at the bar.

2. to

   të duash ndokënd.

   to love someone.

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

   Jemi te unë.

   We're at my place.

Synonyms

• tek

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin te. Akin to Spanish te and French te.

Pronoun

te

1. Second-person singular dative, accusative and prepositional pronoun; you

Usage notes

• Takes the form t' before verbs beginning with vowel sounds.

See also

Aragonese personal pronouns

				nominative	disjunctive	dative	accusative
first person	singular			yo	me, m'2
	plural	masculine		nusatros1.1		nos1.6
		feminine		nusatras1.1
second person	singular	familiar		tú	te, t'2
		formal		vusté,1.2 vos
	plural	familiar	masculine	vusatros1.3		vos, tos3
			feminine	vusatras1.3
		formal		vustés,1.2 vos
third person	singular	masculine		él1.4		le1.7	lo,1.8 l'2
		feminine		ella1.5			la
	plural	masculine		els, ellos1.4		les1.7	los1.9
		feminine		ellas1.5			las
	reflexive			—		se, s'2

1. The forms shown in the table are the most widespread ones. Some varieties use different forms:
   1. nusotros/as (Ansotano, Cheso, Somontanos) and nusaltros/as (Benasquese and Belsetán).
   2. usté(s) (Benasquese), ustet(z) (Ansotano), vustet(z) (Tensino, Somontanos)
   3. vusotros/as (Ansotano, Cheso, Somontanos) and vusaltros/as (Benasquese and Belsetán).
   4. ell(s) (Benasquese) and er(s) (Belsetán).
   5. era(s) (Belsetán).
   6. mos (Ribagorçan). Before third-person pronouns and the adverbial pronoun en the contracted form mo' is used.
   7. li(s) (Cheso, Tensino).
   8. el (Ribagorçan). The contracted form l' is used before verbs beginning with vowel sounds and 'l after pronouns ending in vowels and no (“no, not”).
   9. es, els (Ribagorçan). These forms are contracted to 's and 'ls after pronouns ending in vowels and no (“no, not”).
2. The contracted forms are used before verbs beginning with vowel sounds.
3. In Ribagorçan the contracted form to' is used before third-person pronouns and the adverbial pronoun en.

References

• “te”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin tē, from tū.

Pronoun

te

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

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/, [t̪e̞]

Etymology 1

Noun

te inan

1. tea

Etymology 2

Noun

te inan

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

Declension

Declension of te (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	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

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

Blagar

Noun

te

1. wood, tree

References

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

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ti, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognate to Welsh ti.

Pronoun

te

1. you (singular)

Catalan

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈte]

• Audio (Valencia):

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• Homophone: té
• Rhymes: -e

Noun

te f (plural tes)

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

Etymology 2

From Latin tē (accusative of tū).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [te]

Pronoun

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

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

Usage notes

• -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

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi3	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic1	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal1	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person very formal2	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l’4	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal2	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n’	-ne, ’n
locative		hi	-hi
1) Behaves grammatically as plural. 2) Behaves grammatically as third person.			3) Only as object of a preposition. 4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Related terms

• et
• tu

Etymology 3

Originally from Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɛ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈte]
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Noun

te m (plural tes)

1. a 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

Derived terms

• joc de te
• planta del te
• tetera

Further reading

• “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, 2024
• “te” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Classical Nahuatl

Pronoun

te

1. Alternative spelling of teh

Coatepec Nahuatl

Noun

te

1. stone

Cornish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *ti, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Alternative forms

• ty (Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form)

Pronoun

te

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

Etymology 2

From English tea from Dutch thee

Noun

te m (plural teow)

1. tea

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Verb

te

1. (informal) Combined form of to +‎ je

See also

• totě

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin tū.

Pronoun

te

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

Related terms

• toi

See also

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

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteːˀ/, [ˈtˢe̝ːˀ], [ˈtsʰe̝ˀ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê, “tea”), compare English tea, German Tee, French thé.

Alternative forms

• the (unofficial since 1872, but still common)

Noun

te c (singular definite teen, plural indefinite teer)

1. tea (plant) (Camellia sinensis)
2. tea (the dried leaves from the tea plant, also parts from other plants)
3. (uncountable) tea (a beverage made from tea leaves, also similar beverages made from other plants)

Declension

Declension of te

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	te	teen	teer	teerne
genitive	tes	teens	teers	teernes

Derived terms

• citronte
• hybente
• kamillete
• myntete
• teblad
• tebrev
• tedåse
• tehandel
• tekande
• tekop
• tekrus
• teplantage
• teplante
• teplukker
• tepotte
• tesalon
• teselskab
• tesi
• tesort
• tevand
• urtete

 

Descendants

• → Faroese: te

References

• “te,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Te,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

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

te (present tense ter, past tense teede, past participle teet)

1. (reflexive) behave

Conjugation

Inflection of te

	present	past
simple	ter	teede
perfect	har teet	havde teet
passive	—	—
participle	teende	teet
imperative	te	—
infinitive	te	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	teen	—

Derived terms

• bete

References

• “te,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “te,3” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Deg Xinag

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰe/

Noun

te

1. water

References

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

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə/

• Audio:

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Adverb

te

1. too (indicating excess)

   Te veel is nooit goed! ― Too much is never good!

   Te gek! ― Far out! (literally, “Too crazy!”)

Derived terms

• tekort
• teveel

 

Descendants

• Negerhollands: tu, tee
• Petjo: te

Preposition

te

1. (modifying an infinitive verb) to

   Er is iets te eten

   there is something to eat

   Het is te doen

   it is doable, it can be done

2. located at, in, on

   Te Amsterdam

   in Amsterdam.

   En zo rijden we te paard

   and so we ride on horseback.

Derived terms

• te over
• te pas en te onpas
• te voet
• te weten
• te zijner tijd
• temeer
• ten
• ter
• terecht

 

Descendants

• Jersey Dutch: te
• Negerhollands: toe

Article

te

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

   Te drommel

   by Jove.

Usage notes

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.)

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tek.

Pronoun

te (short form of teie)

1. you (plural and polite form)

Declension

Declension of te
2nd person	singular		plural
	long	short	long	short
nominative	sina	sa	teie	te
genitive	sinu	su	teie	te
partitive	sind		teid
illative	sinusse	susse		teisse
inessive	sinus	sus		teis
elative	sinust	sust		teist
allative	sinule	sulle		teile
adessive	sinul	sul		teil
ablative	sinult	sult		teilt
translative	sinuks	–	teieks	teiks
terminative	sinuni	–	teieni	–
essive	sinuna	–	teiena	–
abessive	sinuta	–	teieta	–
comitative	sinuga	suga	teiega	–

See also

Estonian personal pronouns
		singular		plural
		long	short	long	short
1st person		mina	ma	meie	me
2nd person	familiar	sina	sa	teie	te
	polite	Teie	Te
3rd person	animate	tema	ta	nemad	nad
	inanimate	see		need

Ewe

Noun

te

1. paternal aunt
2. yam

Preposition

te

1. under

Verb

te

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

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese te, from Latin tē.

Pronoun

te

1. Second person singular dative and accusative pronoun; you

Usage notes

• Takes the form -ti when suffixed to an impersonal verb form.

See also

Fala personal pronouns

			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

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[2], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Faroese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Noun

te n (genitive singular tes, plural te)

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

Declension

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

• (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

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

Noun

te n (genitive singular tes, uncountable)

1. tea

Declension

n4s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	te	teið
accusative	te	teið
dative	te, tei	tenum
genitive	tes	tesins

Derived terms

• grønt te
• hvítt te
• reytt te
• svart te
• teblað
• tebræv
• tekanna
• tekoppur
• temuður

 

Anagrams

• et

Finnish

Alternative forms

• Te (when used politely)

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈte/, [ˈt̪e̞]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation^(key): te

Pronoun

te

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

Usage notes

• 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 (even politely), 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. (negative past indicative) ― You were not here at that time.
  • Te olette ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative present perfect indicative) ― You have been here at that time.
  • Te ette ole ollut täällä silloin. (negative present perfect indicative) ― You have not been here at that time.
  • Te olisitte ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative present perfect conditional) ― You would have been here at that time.
  • Te ette olisi ollut täällä silloin. (negative present perfect conditional) ― You would have not been here at that time.
  • Te lienette ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative present perfect potential) ― You have probably been here at that time.
  • Te ette liene ollut täällä silloin. (negative present perfect potential) ― You haven't probably been here at that time.
  • Te olitte ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative past perfect indicative) ― You had been here at that time.
  • Te ette ollut ollut täällä silloin. (negative past perfect indicative; note the duplicate ollut) ― You had not been here at that time.

Declension

• 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.
• See this appendix for information on the dialectal variants of te.

Declension of te noun case singular plural nominative sinä te genitive sinun teidän partitive sinua teitä accusative sinut teidät inessive sinussa teissä elative sinusta teistä illative sinuun teihin adessive sinulla teillä ablative sinulta teiltä allative sinulle teille essive sinuna teinä translative sinuksi teiksi abessive sinutta teittä instructive – – comitative – –

Synonyms

• tet (dialectal)
• työ (dialectal)

Derived terms

• teidänlainen
• teidänlaisenne
• teikäläinen
• teititellä (verb)

 

Descendants

• Kven: tet

See also

Finnish personal pronouns

	first	second		third
		familiar	polite
singular	minä	sinä	Te	hän
plural	me	te		he

Further reading

• “te”, 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 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• et

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tū.

Pronoun

te (prevocalic t', postpositive -tu) (ORB, broad)

1. you (second-person singular nominative)

See also

Franco-Provençal personal pronouns

singular	nominative	accusative	dative	tonic1	possessive2
1st person	jo	mè			min
2nd person	te	tè			tin
3rd person masculine	il	lo / le	lui		sin
3rd person feminine	el	la	lyé
3rd person neuter	o		y	—
3rd person reflexive	—	sè
plural	nominative	accusative	dative	tonic1	possessive2
1st person	nos				noutro
2nd person	vos				voutro
3rd person masculine	ils	los / les	lor		lor
3rd person feminine	els	les	lor / lyés
3rd person reflexive	—	sè
1 Disjunctive or object of a preposition.		2 Generally preceded by a definite article.

References

• tu in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• te in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /tə/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ə

Pronoun

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 pronoun) yourself

   Tu te souviens d’elle. ― You remember her. (literally, “You remind yourself of her.”)

Related terms

French personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative (subject)	Accusative (direct complement)	Dative (indirect complement)	Locative (at)	Genitive (of)	Disjunctive (tonic)
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

• “te”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• et

Galician

Etymology 1

Noun

te f (plural tes)

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

te

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

Related terms

• té

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/

Etymology 1

From French été (“been”).

Adverb

te

1. Indicates the past or pluperfect tense.

Etymology 2

From French thé (“tea”), from Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Noun

te

1. tea

Hawaiian

Article

te

1. Niʻihau form of ke (“the”)

   Te kula.

   The school.

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -tɛ

Pronoun

te

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

Declension

declension of te nominative te accusative téged dative neked instrumental veled causal-final érted inessive benned superessive rajtad adessive nálad illative beléd sublative rád allative hozzád elative belőled delative rólad ablative tőled

Derived terms

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

• maga (formal)
• ön (official)

Further reading

• ([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

Hunsrik

Article

te (Wiesemann spelling)

1. Alternative spelling of de

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː

Noun

te n (genitive singular tes, no plural)

1. tea

Declension

Declension of te (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	te	teið
accusative	te	teið
dative	tei	teinu
genitive	tes	tesins

Derived terms

• grænt te
• tebolli
• tehetta
• teketill
• tepottur
• tesía
• teskeið

 

Ido

Etymology

From t +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/, /tɛ/

Noun

te (plural te-i)

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

See also

• (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)}

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch tee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ/, [ˈt̪ɛ]

Noun

tè

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

Synonyms

• ti (Standard Malay)

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) huruf; a, be, ce, de, e, ef, ge, ha, i, je, ka, el, em, en, o, pe, ki, er, es, te, u, ve, we, eks, ye, zet

Further reading

• “te” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish té (“hot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲɛ(h)/

Adjective

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

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

Declension

Declension of te

	singular		plural (m/f)
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

• alathe
• bogthe
• buidéal te

Related terms

• teas

Mutation

Mutated forms of te

radical	lenition	eclipsis
te	the	dte

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “te”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tē, from tū.

Pronunciation

• (clitic) IPA^(key): /te/
  • Hyphenation: te
• (disjunctive) IPA^(key): /ˈte/^*
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Hyphenation: té

Pronoun

te

1. (disjunctive, emphatic) you

Pronoun

te

1. (clitic) Alternative form of ti

Usage notes

• Used when followed by a third-person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).

See also

Italian personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Reflexive	Accusative	Dative	Combined	Disjunctive	Locative	Partitive
Singular	first	—	io	mi, m', -mi			me	me	—
	second	—	tu	ti, t', -ti			te	te
	third	m	lui	si2, s', -si	lo, l', -lo	gli, -gli	glie, se2	lui, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
		f	lei, Lei1		la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1	le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1		lei, Lei1, sé
Plural	first	—	noi	ci, c', -ci			ce	noi	—
	second	—	voi, Voi4	vi, Vi4, v', V'4, -vi, -Vi4			ve	voi, Voi4
	third	m	loro, Loro1	si, s', -si	li, Li1, -li, -Li1	gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro1	glie, se	loro, Loro1, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
		f			le, Le1, -le, -Le1
1	Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead.
2	Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
3	Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language.
4	Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous).

Further reading

• te in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

• et

Japanese

Romanization

te

1. The hiragana syllable て (te) or the katakana syllable テ (te) in Hepburn romanization.

Kalasha

Etymology

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

Pronoun

te

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

Coordinate terms

• éli

See also

Kalasha personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		a / آ	ábi / آبی
2nd person		tu / تُو	ábi / آبی
3rd person (near)		ía / اِیا	émi / ایمی
3rd person (far)		ása / آسا	éḷi / ایࣇی
3rd person (absent)		se / سے	te / تے

Kholosi

Etymology

Cognate with Sindhi تي (te), Punjabi 'ਤੇ ('te).

Postposition

te

1. to

References

• Rezaei, Tahereh (2020) First notes on the syntax of Kholosi as a heritage language in the south of Iran‎^[4], Hormozgan Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts & Tourism Organization

Kikuyu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ/

Verb

te (infinitive gũte)

1. to throw away

   tũteaga ― we (usually) throw away

See also

• gũikia

References

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

Ladin

Preposition

te

1. in, into

Derived terms

• tl
• tla
• ti
• tles

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /teː/, [t̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te/, [t̪ɛː]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tē f (indeclinable)

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

Coordinate terms

• (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

• 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

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

Pronoun

tē

1. accusative/ablative singular of tū

Descendants

• Aromanian: ti
• Asturian: te
• Catalan: te
• Franco-Provençal: tè
• French: te, toi
• Friulian: ti
• Galician: te, che
• Istriot: tèi, te
• Italian: te, ti
• Mozarabic: ت (t), תי (ty)
• Portuguese: te
• Romanian: te
• Sicilian: ti
• Spanish: te

Latvian

Adverb

te

1. here

Conjunction

te

1. now..., now...

   te šur, te tur ― now here, now there

Lithuanian

Etymology

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. Compare Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴 (biþē, “while”), 𐌳𐌿𐌸𐌴 (duþē, “therefore”), Tocharian A ca-, Tocharian B ce (“demonstrative pronoun”) < *tē, and possibly Old Armenian թէ (tʻē, “that”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʲɛ/

Particle

tè

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

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

Interjection

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.

Synonyms

• še

Derived terms

• see te-
• bet
• net

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɛ]

Determiner

te

1. nominative/accusative plural of ten

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tè.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛː/

Noun

te m (plural tejiet)

1. tea

Manchu

Romanization

te

1. Romanization of ᡨᡝ

Mandarin

Romanization

te (te⁵ / te⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄊㄜ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 脦

Romanization

te

1. Nonstandard spelling of tē.
2. Nonstandard spelling of tè.
3. Nonstandard spelling of tê̄.

Usage notes

• 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

Etymology

(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

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

Determiner

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.

See also

• he (for "a/an" and "some")

References

• “te” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Meriam

Noun

te

1. mouth
2. door

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə/

Preposition

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

Alternative forms

• toe (eastern)

Descendants

• Dutch: te
• Limburgish: te, tö

Adverb

te

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

Alternative forms

• toe (eastern)

Descendants

• Dutch: te

Further reading

• “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

Pronoun

te

1. Alternative form of þe (“thee”)

Middle French

Alternative forms

• t' (before a vowel)

Etymology

From Old French te.

Pronoun

te

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

Synonyms

• (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

• French: te

Mohawk

Particle

te

1. used with iah to negate a sentence

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin tē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/
• Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

te

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

Coordinate terms

Number	Person	Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Reflexive	Possessive	Prepositional
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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teː/
• Rhymes: -eː

Etymology 1

From Dutch thee.

Noun

te m (definite singular teen)

1. tea

Derived terms

• iste
• tefat
• tekanne
• tekjele
• tekopp
• telys
• tepose
• teskje, teskei
• urtete

 

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tjá.

Verb

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

1. (reflexive) to behave

References

• “te” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teː/
• Rhymes: -eː

Etymology 1

From Dutch thee.

Noun

te m (definite singular teen)

1. tea

Derived terms

• iste
• tefat
• tekanne
• tekjele
• tekopp
• telys
• tepose
• teskei
• urtete

 

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tjá.

Verb

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

1. (reflexive) to behave

Etymology 3

From Old Norse til.

Preposition

te

1. (dialectal, Trøndelag, Østlandet) Alternative form of til

References

• “te” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

te f (plural tes)

1. tee (the letter t, T)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ta (“to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/

Preposition

te

1. 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

• te-

Old French

Etymology

From Latin tē.

Pronoun

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)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• ते (Devanagari script)
• তে (Bengali script)
• තෙ (Sinhalese script)
• တေ (Burmese script)
• เต (Thai script)
• ᨲᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຕ (Lao script)
• តេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄬 (Chakma script)

Adjective

te

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

Pronoun

te

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

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese até.

Adjective

te

1. until, till, up to, up until

Phuthi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction

té

1. just, only, however

Relative

-té

1. naked

Inflection

Relative concord, tone H
	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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Syllabification: te
• Homophone: tę

Pronoun

te m

1. nonvirile nominative/accusative plural of ten

Pronoun

te f

1. nominative/accusative plural of ta

Pronoun

te n

1. nominative/accusative plural of to

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨ/

• Hyphenation: te

Pronoun

te

1. (object pronoun) you (singular)

   Vem comigo; levar-te-ei a casa. (formal)
   Vem comigo, vou te levar pra casa. (informal)

   Come with me; I will take you home.

3. particle of spontaneity, when it indicates that there was spontaneity in the action by its agent.

   Vais-te muito cedo.

   You are leaving too soon.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:te.

See also

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
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

Article

te (pl te mau)

1. the (the definite article)

Romani

Conjunction

te

1. if

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

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 pronoun) yourself

Derived terms

• te rog

Related terms

• tine
• tu

See also

• mă
• se
• ne
• vă

Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Noun

te m

1. (Sursilvan) tea

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronoun

te (Cyrillic spelling те)

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

   Tko su te žene? ― Who are those women?

Declension

Declension of te

	singular	plural
nominative	tȋ	vȋ
genitive	tȅbe, te	vȃs
dative	tȅbi, ti	vȁma, vam
accusative	tȅbe, te	vȃs
vocative	ti	vȋ
locative	tȅbi	vȁma
instrumental	tȍbōm	vȁma

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *ta. Compare Ukrainian та (ta).

Conjunction

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!

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• tè, té, the (misspelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from French thé, from Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ/ (Standard)
• Hyphenation: te

Noun

te m

1. tea

Derived terms

• tiera
• tiina

 

See also

• bustina
• cafè
• caudiari
• caudu
• cìcara
• latti
• nfusu
• nfusuri
• spezzi
• spizziali
• tisana
• vùgghiri
• vùḍḍiri

 

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/ [t̪e]

• Audio:

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• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: te
• Homophone: té

Etymology 1

Noun

te f (plural tes)

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronoun

te

1. dative of tú: to you, for you

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

   I’m going to make your britches

2. accusative of tú: you
3. (reflexive pronoun) yourself

See also

Spanish personal pronouns

				nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
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

1. Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
2. 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.
3. Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
4. 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)
5. Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
6. Used primarily in Spain
7. Used only in rare circumstances

Further reading

• “te”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/

Etymology 1

From English then.

Conjunction

te

1. 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

From English till or Dutch te.

Preposition

te

1. until

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Dutch thee.

Noun

te

1. tea

Descendants

• → Aukan: te
• → Saramaccan: té

Sumerian

Romanization

te

1. Romanization of 𒋼

Swedish

en kopp te [a cup of tea]

Alternative forms

• the, thé

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teː/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: t, T
• Rhymes: -eː

Etymology 1

From either French thé or German Tee, ultimately from Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Noun

te n

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

   dricka en kopp te

   drink a cup of tea

   brygga te

   brew tea

   Låt teet dra i fyra minuter

   Let the tea steep for four minutes

Declension

Declension of te

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	te	tes
	definite	teet	teets
plural	indefinite	teer	teers
	definite	teerna	teernas

Derived terms

• fläderte
• löste
• silverte
• tebjudning
• teblad
• teblask
• tebord
• tebricka
• tebröd
• tebuske
• teceremoni
• tedags
• tedrickare
• tefat
• tegelte
• teglas
• tehus
• tehuva
• tekaka
• tekanna
• tekittel
• tekokare
• tekopp
• tekula
• tekök
• teodling
• teplantage
• tepåse
• teros
• teservis
• tesil
• tesked
• teskörd
• tesort
• tesupé
• tevagn
• tevatten
• teveronika

 

Descendants

• → Finnish: tee

See also

• kaffe (“coffee”)

Etymology 2

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

te (present ter, preterite tedde, supine tett, imperative te)

1. (reflexive) 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

Conjugation of te (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	te		—
Supine	tett		—
Imperative	te		—
Imper. plural1	ten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	ter	tedde	—	—
Ind. plural1	te	tedde	—	—
Subjunctive2	te	tedde	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	teende
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• bete
• förete

Etymology 3

Eye dialect spelling of till, for some dialects.

Preposition

te

1. Synonym of till

Usage notes

Rarely in written form unless imitating speech.

References

• te in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• te in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• te in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• -et

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈte/ [ˈt̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: te
• Homophone: Te

Etymology 1

Noun

te (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ) (colloquial)

1. Clipping of ate.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish te, the Spanish name of the letter T/t.

Noun

te (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ) (historical)

1. the name of the Latin-script letter T/t, in the Abecedario

   Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) ti, (in the Abakada alphabet) ta

Further reading

• “te”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tahitian

Article

te (plural sometimes te mau)

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

References

• 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

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *te. Cognates include Hawaiian ke and Samoan le.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [te]
• Hyphenation: te

Article

te

1. Singular definite article; the

Derived terms

• a te
• ia te

 

See also

Tokelauan articles

	Impersonal
	singular	plural
Definite	te	nā
Indefinite	he	ni
	Personal
	Nominal	Pronominal
Simple	ia
After i/ki	a	a te
After mai	ia te

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[5], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 379

Tongan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/

Article

te

1. the (definite article)

Turkish

Etymology 1

Noun

te

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

See also

• (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

Noun

te

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ت

Etymology 3

Adverb

te

1. Alternative form of ta

Turkmen

Noun

te (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

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

Tuvaluan

Article

te

1. the (definite article)

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tee.

Noun

te

1. road, way

Inflection

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

• ajandte
• päavtote
• pämante
• päte
• raudte
• ristte
• šossete
• tedote
• telikundankodvii
• telämoi
• tenkatkaidai
• tenpäluz
• tesar'
• tever'
• ujundte
• ülituzte

 

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “дорога, трасса”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[6], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Volapük

Adverb

te

1. only, solely, merely
2. but

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English tea, from Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê), probably via French thé or English tea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teː/
• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

te m (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) tea (drink made with infusion of Camellia sinensis or other leaves)
2. tea (main evening meal)

   Synonym: swper

Derived terms

• 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

Mutated forms of te

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
te	de	nhe	the

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• 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

Etymology 1

From Malay teh, possibly through Ternate tee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪e/

Noun

te

1. tea

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪e/

Conjunction

te

1. so; so that

   Synonym: supaya

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[7], Pacific linguistics

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *tæwᶜ (“frost”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te˧/

Noun

te (classifier: cov)

1. frost

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[8], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 312.

Zia

Noun

te

1. foot