tee

== Translingual == === Symbol === tee (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Huehuetla Tepehua. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Huehuetla Tepehua terms == English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtiː/ Rhymes: -iː Homophones: T, te, tea, ti === Etymology 1 === From Middle English [Term?], from Old English te, from Latin tē (the name of the letter T). (computing): By analogy with a T-shaped pipe that sends fluids in two directions. ==== Noun ==== tee (plural tees) The name of the Latin script letter T/t. 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 (clothing, informal) Ellipsis of tee-shirt. Alternative form: T (computing) The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== tee (third-person singular simple present tees, present participle teeing, simple past and past participle teed) (computing) To redirect output to multiple destinations. ==== See also ==== (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 === First attested in the 17th century as teaz, back-formation from obsolete Scots teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. ==== Noun ==== tee (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. (curling) The target area of a curling rink. The mark at which players aim in quoits. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== tee (third-person singular simple present tees, present participle teeing, simple past and past participle teed) (golf) To place a ball on a tee ===== Synonyms ===== tee up ==== References ==== === Etymology 3 === From Middle English teen, from Old English tēon (which was contracted from earlier tēohan, from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan. ==== Verb ==== tee (obsolete) To teach, educate, train, bring up. === Etymology 4 === From Burmese ထီး (hti:, “umbrella”). ==== Noun ==== tee (plural tees) A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries. ===== References ===== Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “tee”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […]. ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === EET == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch thee (in the past commonly spelled tee). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɪə̯/ === Noun === tee (uncountable) tea ==== Derived terms ==== rooibostee teekoppie == Antigua and Barbuda Creole English == === Noun === tee (plural tee dem, quantified tee) tea == Dutch == === Noun === tee m (plural teeën, diminutive teetje n) obsolete spelling of thee == Estonian == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Finnic *tee. Cognate with Finnish tie. ==== Noun ==== tee (genitive tee, partitive teed) road, way ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== kiirtee maantee raudtee umbtee kruusatee === Etymology 2 === From German Tee, ultimately from Hokkien 茶 (tê). ==== Noun ==== tee (genitive tee, partitive teed) tea ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== liivatee === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== tee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide]) The name of the Latin script letter T/t. === Etymology 4 === ==== Verb ==== tee Second-person singular imperative form of tegema. Present connegative form of tegema. == Finnish == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed 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 ==== IPA(key): /ˈteː/, [ˈt̪e̞ː] Rhymes: -eː Syllabification(key): tee Hyphenation(key): tee ==== Noun ==== tee (uncountable) tea (dried leaves or buds of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis) (uncountable) tea (drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water) Synonyms: (dialectal) saikka, tsaikka, tsaikku, tsaiju, tsaju, tsaikka, tsaikku, tsaju, tsaiju (dialectal) (countable) tea (variety of the tea plant) Synonym: teelaatu (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 ===== Declension ===== The plural forms of tee (other than the nominative) are identical to those of e.g. tie, so for clarity, a more precise synonym for the word tee may be used instead in these cases. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “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 1 July 2023 tee on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia fi === Etymology 2 === From Latin tē. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈteː/, [ˈt̪e̞ː] Rhymes: -eː Syllabification(key): tee Hyphenation(key): tee ==== Noun ==== tee The name of the Latin script letter T/t. ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈteːˣ/, [ˈt̪e̞ː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -eː Syllabification(key): tee Hyphenation(key): tee ==== Verb ==== tee inflection of tehdä: present indicative connegative second-person singular present imperative second-person singular present imperative connegative === Anagrams === eet == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === tee m (plural tees) (sports) tee === Further reading === “tee”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Hunsrik == === Article === tee Wiesemann spelling of där == Ingrian == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Finnic *tee, from Proto-Finno-Permic *teje. Cognates include Finnish tie and Estonian tee. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈteː/, [ˈteː] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈteː/, [ˈte̝ː] Rhymes: -eː Hyphenation: tee ==== Noun ==== tee street way, path ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== (street): uulitsa, katu ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈteː/, [ˈteː] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈteː/, [ˈte̝ː] Rhymes: -eː Hyphenation: tee ==== Verb ==== tee inflection of tehä: present indicative connegative second-person singular imperative second-person singular imperative connegative === References === 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 == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *tēa, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā. === Noun === têe f toe ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: teen (plural reanalysed as singular) Limburgish: tieën (plural reanalysed as singular) === Further reading === “tee”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “tee”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Nafaanra == === Noun === tee termite mound == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From English tee. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tiː/ Rhymes: -iː Homophone: ti === Noun === tee m (definite singular tee-en, indefinite plural tee-er, definite plural tee-ene) (golf) tee (golf) peg === References === “tee” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From English tee. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tiː/ Rhymes: -iː Homophone: ti === Noun === tee m (definite singular tee-en, indefinite plural tee-ar, definite plural tee-ane) (golf) tee (golf) peg === References === “tee” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. === Anagrams === ete == Old Irish == === Adjective === teë alternative spelling of té === Mutation === == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tee. === Noun === tee c or n (indeclinable) (golf) tee, teeing ground (area from which the first shot on a hole is hit) Synonym: utslagsplats (curling) tee (center of a curling target) ==== See also ==== peg slå ut (“tee off”) utslag (“tee shot”) === References === tee in Svensk ordbok (SO) tee in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) tee in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) == Termanu == === Etymology === Akin to Tetum to'o. === Verb === tee to come, to arrive == Ternate == === Etymology === Likely from Malay teh, from Hokkien 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [teː] === Noun === tee tea === References === Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh == Tetum == === Etymology === See the Tetum noun teen. === Verb === tee to defecate, to excrete == Tinrin == === Noun === tee tea === References === Midori Osumi, Tinrin Grammar == Võro == === Noun === tee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide]) The name of the Latin script letter T/t. ==== Inflection ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. == Votic == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *tee. === Pronunciation === (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈteː/, [ˈtʲeː] (Jõgõperä) IPA(key): /ˈteː/, [ˈteː] Rhymes: -eː Hyphenation: tee === Noun === tee way, road ==== Inflection ==== === References === Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “tee”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn == West Frisian == === Etymology === Borrowing from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Hokkien 茶 (tê). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /teː/ === Noun === tee c (no plural) tea ==== Further reading ==== “tee”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011