tee

Kom ons gaan drink tee.

From Dutch thee (in the past commonly spelled tee).


tee

nl-noun

tee m (plural teeën, diminutive teetje n)

teeën (plural)
teetje (diminutive neuter)


tee

The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.

1773 October, The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged:

They have writing samples and examine the back loops of pees and the crosses of tees.

ETA [is spoken] as "ee-tee-ay" instead of "I SPELL Echo Tango Alfa".

2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), p. 3-5

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

angles and tees

Alternative form: T

Brendan pulled a black pocket tee over his head.

(computing) The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations.

* From Middle English [Term?], from Old English te, from Latin te (the name of the letter T).
* (computing): By analogy with a T-shaped pipe that sends fluids in two directions.


tee

[…] teeing via multiple redirects (ls > file1 > file2) […]

1997, Robin Burk, David B. Horvath, UNIX Unleashed, page 615:

(computing) To redirect output to multiple destinations.

en-verb

tee (third-person singular simple present tees, present participle teeing, simple past and past participle teed)

tees (present singular third-person)
teeing (participle present)
teed (participle past)
teed (past)


tee

(golf) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.

Pollard, who went into the semifinals with an unsatisfactory 63% return from the kicking tee, turned it around splendidly against Wales and he continued that form despite missing his first attempt in the final.

2019 November 3, Liam de Carme, “Boks, you beauties”, in Sunday Times:

(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.

First attested in the 17th century as teaz, back-formation from obsolete Scots teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural.


tee

If at any hole a competitor play his first stroke from outside the limits of the teeing-ground, he shall count that stroke, tee a ball, and play his second stroke from within these limits.


tee

A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.


tee

tee (genitive)
teed (partitive)
tee (nominative singular)
teed (nominative plural)
tee (accusative nominative singular)
teed (accusative nominative plural)
tee (accusative genitive singular)
teed (accusative genitive plural)
tee (genitive singular)
teede (genitive plural)
teed (partitive singular)
teid (partitive plural)
teesid (partitive plural)
teesse (illative singular)
teedesse (illative plural)
teisse (illative plural)
tees (inessive singular)
teedes (inessive plural)
teis (inessive plural)
teest (elative singular)
teedest (elative plural)
teist (elative plural)
teele (allative singular)
teedele (allative plural)
teile (allative plural)
teel (adessive singular)
teedel (adessive plural)
teil (adessive plural)
teelt (ablative singular)
teedelt (ablative plural)
teilt (ablative plural)
teeks (singular translative)
teedeks (plural translative)
teiks (plural translative)
teeni (singular terminative)
teedeni (plural terminative)
teena (essive singular)
teedena (essive plural)
teeta (abessive singular)
teedeta (abessive plural)
teega (comitative singular)
teedega (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *tee. Cognate with Finnish tie.


tee

From German Tee, ultimately from Hokkien 茶 (tê).


tee

head

tee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])


tee

Second-person singular imperative form of tegema.


tee

Mene kauppaan ja osta teetä.

Camellia sinensis
Camellia sinensis#Translingual

(uncountable) tea (dried leaves or buds of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis)

, tsaikka, tsaikku, tsaju, tsaiju (dialectal)

Haluaisitko teetä?’’

(uncountable) tea (drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water)

Darjeeling on intialainen tee.

(countable) tea (variety of the tea plant)

yrttitee

kamomillatee

minttutee

(uncountable, by extension) tea (any drink made by infusing parts of various other plants)

(countable) tea, cup of tea (cup of any one of these drinks)

tee (nominative singular)
teet (nominative plural)
tee (accusative nominative singular)
teet (accusative nominative plural)
teen (accusative genitive singular)
teet (accusative genitive plural)
teen (genitive singular)
teiden (genitive plural)
teitten (genitive plural)
teetä (partitive singular)
teitä (partitive plural)
teessä (inessive singular)
teissä (inessive plural)
teestä (elative singular)
teistä (elative plural)
teehen (illative singular)
teihin (illative plural)
teellä (adessive singular)
teillä (adessive plural)
teeltä (ablative singular)
teiltä (ablative plural)
teelle (allative singular)
teille (allative plural)
teenä (essive singular)
teinä (essive plural)
teeksi (singular translative)
teiksi (plural translative)
teettä (abessive singular)
teittä (abessive plural)
tein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
teeni (nominative singular)
teeni (nominative plural)
teeni (accusative nominative singular)
teeni (accusative nominative plural)
teeni (accusative genitive singular)
teeni (accusative genitive plural)
teeni (genitive singular)
teideni (genitive plural)
teitteni (genitive plural)
teetäni (partitive singular)
teitäni (partitive plural)
teessäni (inessive singular)
teissäni (inessive plural)
teestäni (elative singular)
teistäni (elative plural)
teeheni (illative singular)
teihini (illative plural)
teelläni (adessive singular)
teilläni (adessive plural)
teeltäni (ablative singular)
teiltäni (ablative plural)
teelleni (allative singular)
teilleni (allative plural)
teenäni (essive singular)
teinäni (essive plural)
teekseni (singular translative)
teikseni (plural translative)
teettäni (abessive singular)
teittäni (abessive plural)
teineni (comitative plural)
teesi (nominative singular)
teesi (nominative plural)
teesi (accusative nominative singular)
teesi (accusative nominative plural)
teesi (accusative genitive singular)
teesi (accusative genitive plural)
teesi (genitive singular)
teidesi (genitive plural)
teittesi (genitive plural)
teetäsi (partitive singular)
teitäsi (partitive plural)
teessäsi (inessive singular)
teissäsi (inessive plural)
teestäsi (elative singular)
teistäsi (elative plural)
teehesi (illative singular)
teihisi (illative plural)
teelläsi (adessive singular)
teilläsi (adessive plural)
teeltäsi (ablative singular)
teiltäsi (ablative plural)
teellesi (allative singular)
teillesi (allative plural)
teenäsi (essive singular)
teinäsi (essive plural)
teeksesi (singular translative)
teiksesi (plural translative)
teettäsi (abessive singular)
teittäsi (abessive plural)
teinesi (comitative plural)
teemme (nominative singular)
teemme (nominative plural)
teemme (accusative nominative singular)
teemme (accusative nominative plural)
teemme (accusative genitive singular)
teemme (accusative genitive plural)
teemme (genitive singular)
teidemme (genitive plural)
teittemme (genitive plural)
teetämme (partitive singular)
teitämme (partitive plural)
teessämme (inessive singular)
teissämme (inessive plural)
teestämme (elative singular)
teistämme (elative plural)
teehemme (illative singular)
teihimme (illative plural)
teellämme (adessive singular)
teillämme (adessive plural)
teeltämme (ablative singular)
teiltämme (ablative plural)
teellemme (allative singular)
teillemme (allative plural)
teenämme (essive singular)
teinämme (essive plural)
teeksemme (singular translative)
teiksemme (plural translative)
teettämme (abessive singular)
teittämme (abessive plural)
teinemme (comitative plural)
teenne (nominative singular)
teenne (nominative plural)
teenne (accusative nominative singular)
teenne (accusative nominative plural)
teenne (accusative genitive singular)
teenne (accusative genitive plural)
teenne (genitive singular)
teidenne (genitive plural)
teittenne (genitive plural)
teetänne (partitive singular)
teitänne (partitive plural)
teessänne (inessive singular)
teissänne (inessive plural)
teestänne (elative singular)
teistänne (elative plural)
teehenne (illative singular)
teihinne (illative plural)
teellänne (adessive singular)
teillänne (adessive plural)
teeltänne (ablative singular)
teiltänne (ablative plural)
teellenne (allative singular)
teillenne (allative plural)
teenänne (essive singular)
teinänne (essive plural)
teeksenne (singular translative)
teiksenne (plural translative)
teettänne (abessive singular)
teittänne (abessive plural)
teinenne (comitative plural)
teensä (nominative singular)
teensä (nominative plural)
teensä (accusative nominative singular)
teensä (accusative nominative plural)
teensä (accusative genitive singular)
teensä (accusative genitive plural)
teensä (genitive singular)
teidensä (genitive plural)
teittensä (genitive plural)
teetään (partitive singular)
teetänsä (partitive singular)
teitään (partitive plural)
teitänsä (partitive plural)
teessään (inessive singular)
teessänsä (inessive singular)
teissään (inessive plural)
teissänsä (inessive plural)
teestään (elative singular)
teestänsä (elative singular)
teistään (elative plural)
teistänsä (elative plural)
teehensä (illative singular)
teihinsä (illative plural)
teellään (adessive singular)
teellänsä (adessive singular)
teillään (adessive plural)
teillänsä (adessive plural)
teeltään (ablative singular)
teeltänsä (ablative singular)
teiltään (ablative plural)
teiltänsä (ablative plural)
teelleen (allative singular)
teellensä (allative singular)
teilleen (allative plural)
teillensä (allative plural)
teenään (essive singular)
teenänsä (essive singular)
teinään (essive plural)
teinänsä (essive plural)
teekseen (singular translative)
teeksensä (singular translative)
teikseen (plural translative)
teiksensä (plural translative)
teettään (abessive singular)
teettänsä (abessive singular)
teittään (abessive plural)
teittänsä (abessive plural)
teineen (comitative plural)
teinensä (comitative plural)

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”).


tee

inflection of tehdä:
present indicative connegative

second-person singular present imperative connegative


tee

Harkkaisin teen päälle, jää puuttui jalan alle.

1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

I stepped onto the street, ice got under my feet.

Tiijussimma teen ja läksimmä.

1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:

tee (nominative singular)
teet (nominative plural)
teen (genitive singular)
teijen (genitive plural)
teetä (partitive singular)
teitä (partitive plural)
teehe (illative singular)
teihe (illative plural)
tees (inessive singular)
teis (inessive plural)
teest (elative singular)
teist (elative plural)
teelle (allative singular)
teille (allative plural)
teel (adessive singular)
teil (adessive plural)
teelt (ablative singular)
teilt (ablative plural)
teeks (singular translative)
teiks (plural translative)
teennä (essive singular)
teen (essive singular)
teinnä (essive plural)
tein (essive plural)
teent (exessive singular)
teint (exessive plural)

From Proto-Finnic *tee, from Proto-Finno-Permic *teje. Cognates include Finnish tie and Estonian tee.


tee

inflection of tehä:
present indicative connegative

inflection of tehä:
second-person singular imperative

second-person singular imperative connegative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


tee

Dutch: teen (plural reanalysed as singular)

Limburgish: tieën (plural reanalysed as singular)

From Old Dutch *tēa, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā.


tee

nb-noun-irreg

tee m (definite singular tee-en, indefinite plural tee-er, definite plural tee-ene)

tee-en (definite singular)
tee-er (indefinite plural)
tee-ene (definite plural)


tee

nn-noun-irreg

tee m (definite singular tee-en, indefinite plural tee-ar, definite plural tee-ane)

tee-en (definite singular)
tee-ar (indefinite plural)
tee-ane (definite plural)


tee

tee (nominative singular)
teet (nominative plural)
teen (accusative singular)
teet (accusative plural)
teen (genitive singular)
teeden (genitive plural)
teiden (genitive plural)
teetä (partitive singular)
teitä (partitive plural)
teessä (inessive singular)
teehnä (inessive singular)
teissä (inessive plural)
teihnä (inessive plural)
teestä (elative singular)
teistä (elative plural)
teesen (illative singular)
teisen (illative plural)
teellä (adessive singular)
teillä (adessive plural)
teeltä (ablative singular)
teiltä (ablative plural)
teelen (allative singular)
teelek (allative singular)
teilen (allative plural)
teilek (allative plural)
teenä (essive singular)
teinä (essive plural)
teeksi (singular translative)
teiksi (plural translative)
teen (instructive singular)
tein (instructive plural)
teenek (comitative singular)
teinek (comitative plural)
teettä (abessive singular)
teittä (abessive plural)

Estonian: tee

Finnish: tie

Ingrian: tee

Karelian: tie

Livvi: tie

Ludian: tie

Veps: te

Võro: tii

Votic: tee

From Proto-Finno-Permic *teje (compare Komi-Zyrian туй (tuj)).


tee

(golf) tee, teeing ground (area from which the first shot on a hole is hit)

(curling) tee (center of a curling target)


tee

Likely from Malay teh, from Hokkien 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect)


tee

tee (nominative singular)
teed (nominative plural)
tee (genitive singular)
teije (genitive plural)
teete (partitive singular)
teite (partitive plural)
tehhe (illative singular)
tehese (illative singular)
teise (illative plural)
teez (inessive singular)
teiz (inessive plural)
teesse (elative singular)
teisse (elative plural)
teele (allative singular)
teile (allative plural)
teelle (adessive singular)
teille (adessive plural)
teelte (ablative singular)
teilte (ablative plural)
teessi (singular translative)
teissi (plural translative)


tee

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


tee

Borrowing from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Hokkien 茶 (tê).