"tea party" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tea parties [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tea party (plural tea parties)
  1. A semi-formal afternoon social gathering at which tea, sandwiches and cakes are served. Categories (topical): Meals Translations (semi-formal social gathering): 茶話會 (Chinese Mandarin), 茶话会 (cháhuàhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 茶會 (Chinese Mandarin), 茶会 (cháhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), teselskab [neuter] (Danish), teekutsut (Finnish), thé [masculine] (French), dînette [feminine] (French), Tee-Party [feminine] (German), uzsonna (Hungarian), ティーパーティー (tīpātī) (Japanese), 茶会 (chakai) (alt: ちゃかい) (Japanese), 茗醼 (meien) (alt: めいえん) (Japanese), 茗宴 (meien) (alt: めいえん) (Japanese), чајанка (čajanka) [feminine] (Macedonian), цайны ёслол (cajny joslol) (Mongolian), chá da tarde [masculine] (Portuguese), café da tarde [masculine] (Portuguese), чаепи́тие (čajepítije) [neuter] (Russian), чай (čaj) [masculine] (Russian), зва́ный чай (zványj čaj) [masculine] (Russian), ча́шка ча́я (čáška čája) [colloquial, feminine] (Russian), tebjudning [common-gender] (Swedish), teceremoni [common-gender] (Swedish), te [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tea_party-en-noun-~MS7zadp Disambiguation of Meals: 14 38 47 Disambiguation of 'semi-formal social gathering': 71 21 8
  2. A type of imaginative playing in which children gather with each other or their dolls to mimic having a real tea party or other formal meal, often without any food at all. Categories (topical): Meals Related terms: coffee morning, tea garden Translations (imaginary meal among children): teselskab [neuter] (Danish), leikkiruokailu (Finnish), dinette [feminine] (French), dînette [feminine] (French), chá de bonecas [masculine] (Portuguese), festa do chá [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-tea_party-en-noun-XWfEgl7k Disambiguation of Meals: 14 38 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 52 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 57 19 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 26 55 19 Disambiguation of 'imaginary meal among children': 12 78 9
  3. (figuratively) An interaction characterized by a high degree of courtesy, delicacy, deference, and avoidance of conflict. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Meals, Tea Synonyms: pink tea
    Sense id: en-tea_party-en-noun-ajeNBCqA Disambiguation of Meals: 14 38 47 Disambiguation of Tea: 23 28 49

Inflected forms

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      "word": "зва́ный чай"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čáška čája",
      "sense": "semi-formal social gathering",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ча́шка ча́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "semi-formal social gathering",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tebjudning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "semi-formal social gathering",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "teceremoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "semi-formal social gathering",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "te"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "imaginary meal among children",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "teselskab"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "imaginary meal among children",
      "word": "leikkiruokailu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "imaginary meal among children",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dinette"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "imaginary meal among children",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dînette"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "imaginary meal among children",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chá de bonecas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "imaginary meal among children",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "festa do chá"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Tea party (social_gathering)"
  ],
  "word": "tea party"
}

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