# té
## Asturian
### Noun

té m (plural tés)
* tea

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈte]
* Homophone: te
* Rhymes: -e

### Verb

té
* inflection of tenir:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative
* inflection of tindre:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtɛː]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

té n (indeclinable)
* The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
* (archaic) tea

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

té
* singular feminine genitive/dative/locative of ten

### Further reading

* “té”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “té”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /te/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: thé, tes

### Noun

té m (plural tés)
* The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛ/ [ˈt̪ɛ]
* Rhymes: -ɛ
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: té

### Noun

té m (plural tés)
* tea
    Tomar o té é un costume moi inglés que os británicos trouxeron dende a India.(please add an English translation of this usage example)
* the shrub Camellia sinsensis

#### Related terms

* te

## Ghomala'
### Pronunciation

Rhymes: -e

### Verb

té alternate of nté
* to remove

### References

* Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)
* Gabriel Mba, Les extensions verbales en Ghomala' - Journal of West African Languages XXVI.1 (1996-97)

## Gokana
### Noun

té
* tree
* handle

### References

* R. Blench, Comparative Ogonic

## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of té – see 貯 (“to put (food) in a container; to ladle out”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 貯).

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈteː]
* Hyphenation: té
* Rhymes: -teː

### Noun

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

#### Declension
### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) betű; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / elly / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ő, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ű, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)

### Further reading

* té 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

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʰjɛː/
    Rhymes: -ɛː

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

té n (genitive singular té or tés, nominative plural té)
* The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

* Per Gerhard Köbler, possibly from Proto-Germanic *tehwō (“order, array”); compare Middle High German zeche.
* Per Íslensk orðsifjabók, more likely from a putative Proto-Germanic *tī̆ha-, from Proto-Germanic *tīhaną (“to show, to point out”).

#### Noun

té n (genitive singular té or tés, no plural)
* supply, provision; now used only in set phrases

##### Derived terms

* láta í té

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from English tee.

#### Noun

té n (genitive singular tés, nominative plural té)
* (golf) tee

##### Declension
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʲeː/

### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Alternative forms

* téighe (superseded)

#### Verb

té
* present subjunctive analytic of téigh

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish intí; synchronically analyzable as t- (marker of t-prothesis) + é (“him”).

#### Pronoun

té
* Only used in an té

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

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

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
* Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

### Mutation

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) “té”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “té”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “té”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Italian
### Noun

té
* Misspelling of tè.

## Louisiana Creole
### Alternative forms

* tè

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably inherited from French "étais".”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /te/
* Rhymes: -e
* Homophone: tê

### Particle

té
* anterior past tense marker
    To té paʼlé gra. / To te pale gra. ― You spoke with an accent. (literally, “You had spoken thick.”)
    Si mo té koné ça.... ― If I had known that....
* (with stative verbs) simple past tense marker
    No té gin in nòt fiy. ― We had another girl.
* (copulative, past tense) was
    Li té brav. ― He was brave.

#### Usage notes

* Followed by the long form of two-stem verbs.

#### Derived terms

* (prevocalic) t'

## Muong
### Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *tɛh; cognate with Vietnamese đẻ.

### Verb

té
* (Mường Bi) to give birth to
* (Mường Bi) to birth

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tʲeː]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *teɸents, from the present participle of Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“to be warm”) (compare Latin tepēns).

#### Alternative forms

* tee

#### Adjective

té
* hot, warm (of temperature)
    Synonym: brothach
* lustful, wanton
* warm, comfortable, sheltered (of places)
* warm, fervent (of emotions)
* fierce, keen (of fights, weapons)

##### Declension

This adjective and éola (“wise, knowledgeable”) are the only two irregularly inflecting adjectives in the entire language, when irregular comparatives and superlatives are discounted. té seems to have a unique nt-stem declension, with only two forms attested that fit such a paradigm.
* Nominative plural: téït
* Dative plural: tétib

##### Related terms

* tesbach
* tess

##### Descendants

* Irish: te
* Manx: çheh
* Scottish Gaelic: teth

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

·té
* third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of téit

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “té, te”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Piedmontese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /te/

### Noun

té m
* tea

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɛ/

### Preposition

té
* (Brazil) Nonstandard form of até.

### Adverb

té (not comparable)
* (Brazil) Nonstandard form of até.

### Interjection

té
* (Brazil) Nonstandard form of até.

## Romagnol
### Noun

té m or f (invariable)
* The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) lètra; a, bé, cé, dé, e, ëffe, ge, àcca / àca, i, i lóng, càpa, ëlle, èmme, ènne, o, pé, cu, ërre, ësse, té, u, vé, dópi vé / dópi vu / vu dópi, ics, i gréc / ìpsilon, zéta

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* te (Sursilvan)
* tè (Puter, Vallader)

### Noun

té m
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) tea

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronoun

té f
* Superseded spelling of tè.

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Hokkien 茶 (tê). Doublet of cha. Compare Dutch thee.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈte/ [ˈt̪e]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -e
* Syllabification: té
* Homophone: te

### Noun

té m (plural tés)
* tea
    Synonym: cha (Philippines)

#### Derived terms

* tecito (diminutive)
* bolsita de té
* cucharada de té
* hoja de té
* pasta de té
* rosa de té
* salón de té
* saquito de té
* té de Aragón
* té de boba
* té de burbujas
* té de burro
* té de Java
* té de la sierra
* té de limón
* té helado
* té negro
* té verde

#### Descendants

* → Asturian: té
* → Basque: te
* → Catalan: te
* → Galician: té
* → Navajo: dééh
* → Occitan: tè

### See also

* infusión

### Further reading

* “té”, 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

## Tetum
### Noun

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

## Tlingit
### Noun

té
* stone; rock

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [tɛ˧˦]
* (Huế) IPA: [tɛ˨˩˦]
* (Saigon) IPA: [tɛ˦˥]
* Audio (Saigon):(file)

### Verb

té
* (chiefly Southern Vietnam, intransitive) to trip
* (chiefly Southern Vietnam, intransitive) to fall, to fall over
* to sprinkle
    té nước ― to sprinkle water

#### See also

* bổ
* lọt
* ngã
* rơi
* rớt
* xuống
* té đái
* té ngã
* té re

### Anagrams

* ét

## Walloon
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /te/

### Noun

té m (plural tés)
* tea

## Wolof
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /te/

### Conjunction

té
* and (used between adjectives)

#### See also

* ak
* di