"te" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tiː/ Audio: en-us-te.ogg Forms: tes [plural]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become ti; the vowel was then changed to 'e' to signify a flattened note. Head templates: {{en-noun}} te (plural tes)
  1. (music) In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta. Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: ta, B-flat, li
    Sense id: en-te-en-noun-Lcu3CHm1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: tes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} te (plural tes)
  1. The name of the unspecified script letter Т / т. Categories (topical): Cyrillic letter names
    Sense id: en-te-en-noun-gr2bttcX Categories (other): English terms in nonstandard scripts
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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