# te
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

## English
### Etymology 1

Sense 1: Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become te and later ti.
Sense 2: The vowel of ti then changed to 'e' to signify a flattened note.

#### Pronunciation

* Sense 1:
** IPA: /tiː/
** Audio (US):(file)
** Rhymes: -iː
** Homophones: T, tea, tee, ti
* Sense 2:
** IPA: /teɪ/
** Rhymes: -eɪ

#### Noun

te (plural tes)
* (music, obsolete) In solfège, the seventh note of a major scale (the note B in the fixed-do system): ti.
    Synonym: si
* (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)
* The name of the Cyrillic script letter Т / т.

### Anagrams

* -et, ET, Et, et

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch te.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tə/
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

te
* indicating excess: too

### Preposition

te
* modifying an infinitive verb: to
* located at, in

## Äiwoo
### Verb

te
* 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
* to understand, perceive
* to hear

### References

* ↑ Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
* Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881) A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)‎, 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)
* at
    Unë jam te pijetorja.I'm at the bar.
* to
* (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
* Second-person singular dative, accusative and prepositional pronoun; you

#### Usage notes

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

#### See also

| | | | | nominative | disjunctive | dative | accusative |
| first person | singular | singular | singular | yo | me, m'$^2$ | me, m'$^2$ | me, m'$^2$ |
| first person | plural | masculine | masculine | nusatros$^{1.1}$ | nusatros$^{1.1}$ | nos$^{1.6}$ | nos$^{1.6}$ |
| first person | plural | feminine | feminine | nusatras$^{1.1}$ | nusatras$^{1.1}$ | | nos$^{1.6}$ | nos$^{1.6}$ |
| second person | singular | familiar | familiar | tú | te, t'$^2$ | te, t'$^2$ | te, t'$^2$ |
| second person | singular | formal | formal | vusté,$^{1.2}$ vos | | | |
| second person | plural | familiar | masculine | vusatros$^{1.3}$ | vusatros$^{1.3}$ | vos, tos$^3$ | vos, tos$^3$ |
| second person | plural | familiar | feminine | vusatras$^{1.3}$ | vusatras$^{1.3}$ | | vos, tos$^3$ | vos, tos$^3$ |
| second person | plural | formal | formal | vustés,$^{1.2}$ vos | | |
| third person | singular | masculine | masculine | él$^{1.4}$ | él$^{1.4}$ | le$^{1.7}$ | lo,$^{1.8}$ l'$^2$ |
| third person | singular | feminine | feminine | ella$^{1.5}$ | ella$^{1.5}$ | le$^{1.7}$ | la |
| third person | plural | masculine | masculine | els, ellos$^{1.4}$ | els, ellos$^{1.4}$ | les$^{1.7}$ | los$^{1.9}$ |
| third person | plural | feminine | feminine | ellas$^{1.5}$ | ellas$^{1.5}$ | les$^{1.7}$ | las |
| third person | reflexive | reflexive | reflexive | — | — | se, s'$^2$ | se, s'$^2$ |
* The forms shown in the table are the most widespread ones. Some varieties use different forms:
** nusotros/as (Ansotano, Cheso, Somontanos) and nusaltros/as (Benasquese and Belsetán).
** usté(s) (Benasquese), ustet(z) (Ansotano), vustet(z) (Tensino, Somontanos)
** vusotros/as (Ansotano, Cheso, Somontanos) and vusaltros/as (Benasquese and Belsetán).
** ell(s) (Benasquese) and er(s) (Belsetán).
** era(s) (Belsetán).
** mos (Ribagorçan). Before third-person pronouns and the adverbial pronoun en the contracted form mo' is used.
** li(s) (Cheso, Tensino).
** 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”).
** es, els (Ribagorçan). These forms are contracted to 's and 'ls after pronouns ending in vowels and no (“no, not”).
* The contracted forms are used before verbs beginning with vowel sounds.
* 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
* you (second-person singular direct pronoun)
* you (second-person singular indirect pronoun)

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /te/, [t̪e̞]

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

te inan
* tea

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

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

##### 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
* 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
* you (singular)

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

te f (plural tes)
* The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.

### Etymology 2

From Latin tē (accusative of tū).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [te]

#### Pronoun

te (enclitic, contracted 't, proclitic et, contracted proclitic t')
* you, thee (direct or indirect object)
* 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

$^1$ 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: (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɛ]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈte]
* Rhymes: -ɛ

#### Noun

te m (plural tes)
* a tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
* tea; the product made from the leaves of the tea plant
* 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, 2025
* “te” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Classical Nahuatl
### Pronoun

te
* Alternative spelling of teh

## Coatepec Nahuatl
### Noun

te
* stone

## Cornish
### Pronunciation

* (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA: /tɛː/
* Audio (Revived Middle Cornish):(file)

### 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
* you (informal second person singular pronoun), thou, thee

### Etymology 2

From English tea from Dutch thee

#### Noun

te m (plural teow)
* tea

##### Derived terms

* chek te (“tea kettle”)
* hanaf te (“teacup”)
* lo de (“teaspoon”)
* loyas te (“teaspoonful”)
* pott te (“teapot”)
* prys te (“tea time”)

### Mutation
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtɛ]
* Rhymes: -ɛ

### Verb

te
* (informal) Combined form of to +‎ je

#### See also

* totě

## Dalmatian
### Etymology

From Latin tū.

### Pronoun

te
* (second-person singular pronoun) you, thou

#### Related terms

* toi

#### See also

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

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* tea (plant) (Camellia sinensis)
* tea (the dried leaves from the tea plant, also parts from other plants)
* (uncountable) tea (a beverage made from tea leaves, also similar beverages made from other plants)

##### 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)
* (reflexive) behave

##### Conjugation

activepassive
present
ter
past
teede
infinitive
te
imperative
te
participle
present
teende
past
teet (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: /tʰe/

### Noun

te
* 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: /tə/
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

te
* 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
* (modifying an infinitive verb) to
    Er is iets te etenthere is something to eat
    Het is te doenit is doable, it can be done
* located at, in, on
    Te Amsterdamin Amsterdam.
    En zo rijden we te paardand 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
* (archaic) in idiom; a form of the definite article de
    Te drommelby 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)
* you (plural and polite form)

#### See also
## Ewe
### Noun

te
* paternal aunt
* yam

### Preposition

te
* under

### Verb

te
* to compact
* to compress
* to sting
* to swell

## Fala
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese te, from Latin tē.

### Pronoun

te
* Second person singular dative and accusative pronoun; you

#### Usage notes

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

#### See also

Dialects:  $^L$ Lagarteiru   $^M$ Mañegu   $^V$ Valverdeñu

### References

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

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʰeː/
* Rhymes: -eː
* Homophone: teg

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

te n (genitive singular tes, plural te)
* The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.

##### 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)
* tea

##### 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: /ˈte/, [ˈt̪e̞]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -e
* Hyphenation: te

### Pronoun

te
* (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
### Further reading

* “te”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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)
* you (second-person singular nominative)

#### See also

| singular | nominative | accusative | dative | tonic$^1$ | possessive$^2$ |
| 1st person | jo | mè | mè | mè | min |
| 2nd person | te | tè | tè | tè | tin |
| 3rd person masculine | il | lo / le | lui | lui | sin |
| 3rd person feminine | el | la | lyé | lyé | | sin |
| 3rd person neuter | o | o | y | — | sin |
| 3rd person reflexive | — | sè | sè | sè | | | sin |
| plural | nominative | accusative | dative | tonic$^1$ | possessive$^2$ |
| 1st person | nos | nos | nos | nos | noutro |
| 2nd person | vos | vos | vos | vos | voutro |
| 3rd person masculine | ils | los / les | lor | lor | lor |
| 3rd person feminine | els | les | lor / lyés | lor / lyés | | lor |
| 3rd person reflexive | — | sè | sè | sè | | | lor |
| $^1$ Disjunctive or object of a preposition. | $^1$ Disjunctive or object of a preposition. | $^2$ Generally preceded by a definite article. | $^2$ Generally preceded by a definite article. | $^2$ Generally preceded by a definite article. | $^2$ 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: /tə/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ə

### Pronoun

te
* (direct object) you
    Il te cite souvent. ― He often quotes you.
* (indirect object) you
    Il te donne le livre. ― He gives you the book.
* (reflexive pronoun) yourself
    Tu te souviens d’elle. ― You remember her. (literally, “You remind yourself of her.”)

#### Related terms

$^1$ On can also function as a first person plural (although agreeing with third person singular verb forms). $^2$ Vous is also used as the polite singular form. $^3$ Ils and eux are also used when a group has a mixture of masculine and feminine members. $^4$ These forms are 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)
* The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronoun

te
* inflection of ti:
** accusative
** reflexive

##### Related terms

* té

## Haitian Creole
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /te/

### Etymology 1

From French été (“been”).

#### Adverb

te
* Indicates the past or pluperfect tense.

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

te
* tea

## Hawaiian
### Article

te
* 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: [ˈtɛ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -tɛ

### Pronoun

te
* (personal) you (second-person singular, nominative, informal form)

#### 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)

### References

* ↑ http://uralonet.nytud.hu/eintrag.cgi?locale=en_GB&id_eintrag=1083

### 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)
* Alternative spelling of de

## Icelandic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʰɛː/
* Rhymes: -ɛː

### Noun

te n (genitive singular tes, no plural)
* tea

#### Derived terms

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

## Ido
### Etymology

From t +‎ -e.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /te/, /tɛ/

### Noun

te (plural te-i)
* The name of the Latin script letter T/t.

#### See also

* Latin script letter names: literi: 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

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch tee.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛ/, [ˈt̪ɛ]

### Noun

tè (plural te-te)
* 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: /tʲɛ(h)/

### Adjective

te (genitive singular masculine te, genitive singular feminine te, plural teo, comparative teo or teocha)
* hot, warm
* pungent
* ardent, hot-tempered; vehement, hotfoot
* affectionate
* comfortable (of circumstances)

#### Declension

$^1$ 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

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “té, te”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 108, page 59
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 388, page 129

### 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: /te/
** Hyphenation: te
* (disjunctive) IPA: /ˈte/$^*$
** Rhymes: -e
** Hyphenation: té

### Pronoun

te
* (disjunctive, emphatic) you

### Pronoun

te
* (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

| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Combined | Disjunctive | Locative | Partitive |
| Singular | first | — | io | mi, m', -mi | mi, m', -mi | mi, m', -mi | me | me | — | — |
| Singular | second | — | tu | ti, t', -ti | ti, t', -ti | ti, t', -ti | te | te | — | — |
| Singular | third | m | lui | si$^2$, s', -si | lo, l', -lo | gli, -gli | glie, se$^2$ | lui, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' |
| Singular | third | f | lei, Lei$^1$ | si$^2$, s', -si | la, La$^1$, l', L'$^1$, -la, -La$^1$ | le$^3$, Le$^1$, -le$^3$, -Le$^1$ | glie, se$^2$ | lei, Lei$^1$, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' |
| Plural | first | — | noi | ci, c', -ci | ci, c', -ci | ci, c', -ci | ce | noi | — | — |
| Plural | second | — | voi, Voi$^4$ | vi, Vi$^4$, v', V'$^4$, -vi, -Vi$^4$ | vi, Vi$^4$, v', V'$^4$, -vi, -Vi$^4$ | vi, Vi$^4$, v', V'$^4$, -vi, -Vi$^4$ | ve | voi, Voi$^4$ | — | — |
| Plural | third | m | loro, Loro$^1$ | si, s', -si | li, Li$^1$, -li, -Li$^1$ | gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro$^1$ | glie, se | loro, Loro$^1$, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' |
| Plural | third | f | loro, Loro$^1$ | si, s', -si | le, Le$^1$, -le, -Le$^1$ | gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro$^1$ | glie, se | loro, Loro$^1$, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' |
| $^1$ | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. |
| $^3$ | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | 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). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | 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
* 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
* they, them (absent from speaker) (3rd-person plural personal pronoun)

#### Coordinate terms

* éli

#### See also
## Kholosi
### Etymology

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

### Postposition

te
* to

### References

* Rezaei, Tahereh (2020) First notes on the syntax of Kholosi as a heritage language in the south of Iran‎, 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: /tɛ/

### Verb

te (infinitive gũte)
* to throw away
    tũteaga ― we (usually) throw away

#### See also

* gũikia

### References

* ↑ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 60–61. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
* Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

## Ladin
### Preposition

te
* in, into

#### Derived terms

* tl
* tla
* ti
* tles

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈteː/, [ˈt̪eː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈte/, [ˈt̪ɛː]

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

tē f (indeclinable)
* 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
* accusative/ablative singular of tū

##### Alternative forms

* tētē (emphatic, rare)

##### 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
### Pronunciation

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### Adverb

te
* here

### Conjunction

te
* 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: /tʲɛ/

### Particle

tè
* (with third person) may, let (used to indicate the optative mood)
    Šì naktìs tè niẽkad nesibaĩgia. - May this night never end.

### Interjection

tè
* (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

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
* ↑ Albert J. van Windekens (1979) Le tokharien confronté avec les autres langues indoeuropéennes. Vol. I. La phonétique et le vocabulaire. Louvain, page 249

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tɛ]

### Determiner

te
* nominative/accusative plural of ten

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tè.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɛː/

### Noun

te m (plural tejiet)
* tea

## Manchu
### Romanization

te
* Romanization of ᡨᡝ

## Mandarin
### Romanization

te (te$^5$ / te$^0$, Zhuyin ˙ㄊㄜ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 脦

### Romanization

te
* Nonstandard spelling of tē.
* Nonstandard spelling of tè.
* 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”). False cognate of English the, but might have been reinforced by it.

### Article

te sg (plural ngā)
* 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)
* 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.
* Mr, mister, sir (capitalised)
    Kei Te Wharehuia, tēnei te mihi atu mō tō āwhina mai.Wharehuia sir, thank you most sincerely for your help.
* Used in front of another verb following a stative.
    Kua oti i a au tāku pukapuka te tuhi.I have finished writing my book.
* Used in front of another verb following taea.
    Ka taea e ia tēnei waiata te whakamāori.She will be able to interpret this song.
* Used before the names for the days of the week.
    Ā te Rātapu mātou haere ai ki Poihākena.We go to Sydney on Saturday.
* Sometimes used before numbers with a following noun.
    I tāwāhi a Pita mō te rima tau.Peter was overseas for five years.
* 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
* mouth
* door

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tə/

### Preposition

te
* at, in (a place)
* to, towards
* at, during (a time)
* for (the purpose of)
* in accordance with
* with, from (a means, such as language)
* (with gerund) to, for

#### Alternative forms

* toe (eastern)

#### Descendants

* Dutch: te
* Limburgish: te, tö

### Adverb

te
* very, particularly
* 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
* Alternative form of þe (“thee”)

## Middle French
### Alternative forms

* t' (before a vowel)

### Etymology

From Old French te.

### Pronoun

te
* you, second-person singular object pronoun
* 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
* used with iah to negate a sentence

## Neapolitan
### Etymology

From Latin tē.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /te/
* Rhymes: -e

### Pronoun

te
* you (singular familiar, accusative or dative or reflexive or prepositional)

#### Coordinate terms
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /teː/
* Rhymes: -eː

### Etymology 1

From Dutch thee.

#### Noun

te m (definite singular teen)
* 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)
* (reflexive) to behave

### References

* “te” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /teː/
* Rhymes: -eː

### Etymology 1

From Dutch thee.

#### Noun

te m (definite singular teen)
* 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)
* (reflexive) to behave

### Etymology 3

From Old Norse til.

#### Preposition

te
* (dialectal, Trøndelag dialect, Østlandet) Alternative form of til

### References

* “te” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

te f (plural tes)
* tee (the letter t, T)

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ta (“to”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /te/

### Preposition

te
* 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
* you (second-person singular direct object pronoun)
* to you (second-person singular indirect object pronoun)
* yourself (second-person singular direct object reflexive pronoun)
* to yourself (second-person singular indirect object reflexive pronoun)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

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

### Pronoun

te
* nominative/accusative plural of ta (“they”)
* instrumental/dative/genitive singular of tvaṃ (“you”)

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese até.

### Adjective

te
* 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
* just, only, however

### Relative

-té
* naked

#### Inflection
## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛ
* Syllabification: te
* Homophone: tę

### Pronoun

te m
* nonvirile nominative/accusative plural of ten

### Pronoun

te f
* nominative/accusative plural of ta

### Pronoun

te n
* 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: /t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɨ/
* Hyphenation: te

### Pronoun

te
* (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.
* 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
## Rapa Nui
### Article

te (pl te mau)
* the (the definite article)

## Romani
### Conjunction

te
* if

## Romanian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /te/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -e

### Pronoun

te (unstressed accusative and reflexive form of tu)
* (direct object) you
    Știi cât de mult te iubește?'Do you know how much he loves you?
* (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
* (Sursilvan) tea

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronoun

te (Cyrillic spelling те)
* of you (clitic genitive singular of tȋ (“you”))
* you (clitic accusative singular of tȋ (“you”))
* feminine nominative plural of taj: those (= one)
    Tko su te žene? ― Who are those women?

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

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

#### Conjunction

te (Cyrillic spelling те)
* and (following a cause; lit. and thereby, and thus)
    Poskliznuo sam se te pao.I slipped and fell.
* 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.
* (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: /tɛ/ (Standard)
* Hyphenation: te

### Noun

te m
* tea

#### Derived terms

* tiera
* tiina

#### See also

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

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

te f (plural tes)
* 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
* dative of tú: to you, for you
    Te voy a hacer tus calzones...."La Cucaracha"I’m going to make your britches
* accusative of tú: you
* (reflexive pronoun) yourself

##### See also

| | | | | nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive |
| first person | singular | singular | singular | yo | me | me | mí$^1$ |
| first person | plural | masculine$^2$ | masculine$^2$ | nosotros | nos | nos | nosotros |
| first person | plural | feminine | feminine | nosotras | nos | nos | nosotras |
| second person | singular | tuteo | tuteo | tú | te | te | ti$^1$ |
| second person | singular | voseo | voseo | vos | te | te | vos |
| second person | singular | formal$^3$ | formal$^3$ | usted | le, se$^4$ | lo/la$^5$ | usted |
| second person | plural | familiar$^6$ | masculine$^2$ | vosotros | os | os | vosotros |
| second person | plural | familiar$^6$ | feminine | vosotras | os | os | vosotras |
| second person | plural | formal/general$^3$ | formal/general$^3$ | ustedes | les, se$^4$ | los/las$^5$ | ustedes |
| third person | singular | masculine$^2$ | masculine$^2$ | él | le, se$^4$ | lo | él |
| third person | singular | feminine | feminine | ella | le, se$^4$ | la | ella |
| third person | singular | neuter | neuter | ello$^7$ | le, se$^4$ | lo | ello |
| third person | plural | masculine$^2$ | masculine$^2$ | ellos | les, se$^4$ | los | ellos |
| third person | plural | feminine | feminine | ellas | les, se$^4$ | las | ellas |
| third person | reflexive | reflexive | reflexive | — | se | se | sí$^1$ |
* Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
* 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.
* Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
* 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)
* Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
* Used primarily in Spain
* 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: /te/

### Etymology 1

From English then.

#### Conjunction

te
* 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 matukuIf 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
* until

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Dutch thee.

#### Noun

te
* tea

##### Descendants

* → Aukan: te
* → Saramaccan: té

## Sumerian
### Romanization

te
* Romanization of 𒋼

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* the, thé

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /teː/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: t, T
* Rhymes: -eː

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

te n
* tea (the tree, its dried leaves and the drink made from them)
    dricka en kopp tedrink a cup of tea
    brygga tebrew tea
    Låt teet dra i fyra minuterLet the tea steep for four minutes

##### 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)
* (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

$^1$ 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
* 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: /ˈte/ [ˈt̪ɛ]
* Rhymes: -e
* Syllabification: te
* Homophone: Te

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

te (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ) (colloquial)
* Clipping of ate.

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

te (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ) (historical)
* 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)
* the (singular) (definite article)
* the (plural) (definite article)
* (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: [te]
* Hyphenation: te

### Article

te
* Singular definite article; the

#### Derived terms

* a te
* ia te

#### See also
### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 379

## Tongan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /te/

### Article

te
* the (definite article)

## Turkish
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

te
* 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
* Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ت

### Etymology 3
#### Adverb

te
* Alternative form of ta

## Turkmen
### Noun

te (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])
* The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.

## Tuvaluan
### Article

te
* the (definite article)

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tee.

### Noun

te
* road, way

#### 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]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

## Volapük
### Adverb

te
* only, solely, merely
* but

## Welsh
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /teː/
* Rhymes: -eː

### Noun

te m (uncountable)
* (uncountable) tea (drink made with infusion of Camellia sinensis or other leaves)
* 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”)
* tebot (“teapot”)
* troli te (“tea trolley”)
* tun te (“tea tin”)
* tŷ te (“teahouse”)
* wrn te (“tea urn”)
* ystafell de (“tearoom”)

### Mutation

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: /t̪e/

#### Noun

te
* tea

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t̪e/

#### Conjunction

te
* so; so that
    Synonym: supaya

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

## White Hmong
### Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *tæwᶜ (“frost”).
* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Doesn't really resemble any other "frost" word in the area. There is a similarity to Hungarian dér (“frost”), which is generally cited by Magyarologists as being of unknown origin. It is worth noting that, in addition to frost being uncommon or even nonexistent in the regions where Hmong-Mien is spoken, the Hmongic term does not seem to exist in Mienic, and that Hmongic populations are distinguished from Mienics by a noticeable presence of a paternal lineage strongly associated with ancient northeastern Chinese and Uralic populations, the latter which Hungarian belongs to. Perhaps these two terms are linked, though the hypothetical timescale of the relationship makes this virtually impossible to verify.”

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /te˧/

### Noun

te (classifier: cov)
* frost

### References

* Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 312.
* ↑ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 283.

## Zia
### Noun

te
* foot