team

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tiːm/ Homophone: teem Rhymes: -iːm === Etymology 1 === From Middle English tem, teem, teme, from Old English tēam (“child-bearing, offspring, brood, set of draught animals”), from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz (“that which draws or pulls”), from Proto-Germanic *taugijaną, *tugōną, *teuhōną, *teuhaną (“to lead, bring, pull, draw”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Cognate with Scots team, teem (“a chain, harness”), Saterland Frisian Toom (“bridle; breeding”), West Frisian team (“bridle, team”), Dutch toom (“bridle, reins, flock of birds”), German Low German Toom (“bridle”), German Zaum (“bridle”), Norwegian tømme (“bridle, rein”), Swedish töm (“leash, rein”). More at teem, tie, tow. ==== Noun ==== team (plural teams) A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage. Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work. (obsolete) A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks. (UK, law, obsolete) A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto. A group of people who favor one side of a binary debate that is divided and lacks a well-established clear consensus. ===== Usage notes ===== In British English, team is construed as plural, emphasizing the members. In US English it is construed as singular, emphasizing the group. This conforms to the general practice in the two dialects for collective nouns. British English: American English: ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== team (third-person singular simple present teams, present participle teaming, simple past and past participle teamed) (intransitive) To form a group, as for sports or work. Synonym: team up (intransitive, by extension) To go together well; to harmonize. (transitive) To convey or haul with a team. 1857, Henry David Thoreau journal entry for Feb. 4 1857 the farmer has been all winter teaming wood along the river (transitive) To form together into a team. (transitive) To give work to a gang under a subcontractor. ===== Derived terms ===== double-team team up team up with ==== Interjection ==== team (video games, colloquial) Used to propose that another player team up with the speaker. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== team Misspelling of teem. === Anagrams === maté, META, meat, mate, Tame, meta, Meta, meta-, AEMT, Atem, -mate, tame, ATEM, Tema == Chinese == === Etymology === From English team. === Pronunciation === === Noun === team (Hong Kong Cantonese) a group of people working in cooperation and involved in the same activity (Classifier: 條／条 c) === Classifier === team (Hong Kong Cantonese) Classifier for teams of people. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English team, from Middle English teme, from Old English tēam (“child-bearing, offspring, brood, set of draught animals”), from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz (“that which draws or pulls”), from Proto-Germanic *taugijaną, *tugōną, *teuhōną, *teuhaną (“to lead, bring, pull, draw”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Doublet of toom. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tiːm/ === Noun === team n (plural teams, diminutive teampje n) team (group of people) Synonym: ploeg ==== Derived terms ==== == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English team. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtim/ Rhymes: -im === Noun === team m (invariable) team (group of people) Synonyms: squadra, gruppo === Anagrams === Meta, mate, matè, meta, meta-, metà, tema == Middle English == === Noun === team (Early Middle English) alternative form of tem (“group”) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From English team. === Noun === team n (definite singular teamet, indefinite plural team, definite plural teama or teamene) a team ==== Synonyms ==== lag ==== Derived terms ==== teamarbeid === References === “team” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From English team. === Noun === team n (definite singular teamet, indefinite plural team, definite plural teama) a team ==== Synonyms ==== lag ==== Derived terms ==== teamarbeid === References === “team” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz (“pull, draw”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tæ͜ɑːm/ === Noun === tēam m (nominative plural tēamas) childbirth family, offspring a team of draught animals an Anglo-Saxon legal procedure in a stolen goods suit ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Related terms ==== tīeman ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: tem, teem, teeme, teme, teome, them, theam, tæm, team (Early Middle English)English: team (see there for further descendants)Scots: team == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English team. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtim/ Rhymes: -im Syllabification: team === Noun === team m inan team (well-coordinated group of people working together) (sports) team Synonym: drużyna ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === team in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN team in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Romanian == === Etymology 1 === Unadapted borrowing from English team. ==== Noun ==== team n (uncountable) team (sports) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === Unawareness of the fact that it is a contraction, and thus is spelled together. ==== Contraction ==== team (eye dialect) misspelling of te-am == Swedish == === Etymology === From English team. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tiːm/ Rhymes: -iːm === Noun === team n a team (at a job, or more generally) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== lag ==== See also ==== arbetslag === References === team in Svensk ordbok (SO) team in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) team in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) === Anagrams === meta, tame, tema == Tyap == === Verb === team (plural team) == Vietnamese == === Etymology === From English team. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tim˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [tim˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [tim˧˧] Phonetic spelling: tim === Noun === team team (group of people) Synonym: đội == West Frisian == === Etymology 1 === From Old Frisian tām, from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz. ==== Noun ==== team c (plural teammen, diminutive teamke) bridle ===== Further reading ===== “team (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011 === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English team. ==== Noun ==== team n (plural teams, diminutive teamke) team Synonym: ploech ===== Derived terms ===== teamwurk