tè

See also: Appendix:Variations of "te"

Corsican

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ/
• Hyphenation: tè

Etymology 1

From Latin te. Cognates include Italian te and French toi.

Pronoun

tè

1. thee, you (disjunctive)

See also

Corsican personal pronouns

			nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
singular	1st person		eiu	mi		mè
	2nd person		tù	ti		tè
	3rd person	m	ellu	li	u, l'	ellu
		f	ella		a, l'	ella
plural	1st person		noi	ci		noi
	2nd person		voi	vi		voi
	3rd person	m	elli	li	i, l'	elli
		f	elle		e, l'	elle

Pronoun

tè

1. Alternative form of tù

Etymology 2

Tè (2.1).

U tè (2.2).

Borrowed from French thé, from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Hokkien 茶 (tê). Cognates include Italian tè and Occitan tè.

Noun

tè m (uncountable)

1. tea
2. tea plant (Camellia sinensis)

Etymology 3

Interjection

tè

1. oh well

References

• “tè (prunome persunale)” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
• “tù, tè, tecu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
• “tè (n. m.)” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
• “tè (interghjezzione)” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Emilian

Etymology

From Latin tē (accusative of tū), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ or *tū. Cognates include French toi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ/
• Hyphenation: tè

Pronoun

tè (personal, disjunctive case)

1. you (singular, emphatic form)

Related terms

Number	Person	Gender	Disjunctive (tonic)	Nominative (subject)	Accusative (direct complement)	Dative (indirect complement)	Reflexive (-self)	Comitative (with)
Singular	First	—	mè	a	me			mêg
	Second	—	tè	et	te			têg
	Third	Masculine	ló	al		ge	se	sêg
		Feminine	lê	la
Plural	First	Masculine	nuēter	a	se			nōsk
		Feminine	nuētri
	Second	Masculine	vuēter	a	ve			vōsk
		Feminine	vuētri
	Third	Masculine	lôr	i		ge	se	sêg
		Feminine		el	li

Emilian personal pronouns (strong forms)

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tē (accusative).

Pronoun

tè (prevocalic t') (ORB, broad)

1. you (second-person singular accusative, dative, or tonic)

See also

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.

Franco-Provençal personal pronouns

References

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

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French terre (“earth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ/

Noun

tè

1. Earth
2. ground

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of tè – see 塊 (“piece; chunk; lump; part; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 塊).

Italian

Alternative forms

• té (misspelling)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: tè

Noun

tè m (invariable)

1. tea

Derived terms

• tè freddo
• tè verde
• teicoltore
• teicoltura
• teiera
• teina

Descendants

• → Romansch: te, té, tè

Anagrams

• et

Louisiana Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Particle

tè

1. Alternative form of té (past tense marker)

Mandarin

Romanization

tè (te⁴, Zhuyin ㄊㄜˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 忑
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 忒
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 慝
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 棏
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 特
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 犅 / 𰠫
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 職 / 职
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 脡
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蚮
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 螟
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蟘 / 𫋌
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 貣 / 𰷞
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 貰 / 贳
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鋱 / 铽
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鴏

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Noun

tè m (invariable)

1. tea

Romansch

Alternative forms

• té (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
• te (Sursilvan)

Noun

tè m

1. (Puter, Vallader) tea

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• té

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): (stressed) /ˈtʲʰeː/, (unstressed) /ˈtʲʰe/^[1]
• (Uist, Barra) IPA^(key): (stressed) /ˈt͡ʃʰeː/, (unstressed) /ˈt͡ʃʰe/^[2]

Pronoun

tè f (genitive tè)

1. somebody, something, one

Usage notes

• Used when referring to a singular feminine subject.

  Tha a' mhàla-dhroma dhubh nas motha, ach tha an tè dhearg nas saoire. ― The black rucksack is larger, but the red one is cheaper.

  Tha a' ghlainne agadsa an-seo, ach càit a bheil an tè agamsa? ― Your glass is here, but where is mine?

  Ghabh e corra sgrìob, ach bha gach tè dhiubh na bu mhiosa na an tè roimhpe. ― He made a few trips, but each one was worse than the one before.

• For masculine subjects fear is used. Alternatively, neach can be used for either gender.
• In the plural feadhainn is used for both genders.

Derived terms

• tè-eigin
• tèile
• tè mu seach

References

1. Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
2. Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tɛ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tɛ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tɛ˨˩]

Verb

tè • (𪷗)

1. (childish) to go number one; to take a peepee

   Synonym: đi tè