Translingual
Te
- symbol for the element tellurium.
English
Noun
te
- (Music) The seventh note of a major scale.
- (Music) The note B in the fixed doh system.
Variant spelling
Pronunciation
/ti:/
Etymology
Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter.
Basque
Noun
te
- tea.
Dutch
/t@/
- preposition, located at, in
- preposition, (modifying an infinitive verb), to
- adverb, indicating excess: too
- definite article, archaic, in idiom; a form of de
Examples
- Te Amsterdam: in Amsterdam.
- Er is iets te eten: there is something to eat.
- Te veel is nooit goed: too much is never good; te gek!: far out!
- Te drommel: by Jove.
Estonian
Personal pronoun
te (short form of teie )
- you (plural and polite form).
Finnish
Personal pronoun
te (stem tei-)
- you (plural, polite form).
Variant forms
- (dialectal) tet
- (dialectal) työ
Declension
The stem is invariant and the suffixes regular except in the genitive where the form is teidän.
See also
French
/tə/
Pronoun
te
- you (used as an indirect object)
Examples
- Il te donne le livre.: He gives you the book.
Hungarian
Pronoun
të (plural ti)
- you (singular)
Italian
Pronoun
te
- (emphasised objective of tu) you
See also
Article
- the, the definite article.
Norwegian
Noun
te c
- tea.
Spanish
Pronoun
te
- you (familar objective case form)
- Te voy hacer tus calzones.... - I'm going to make you shoes (from the song La Cucaracha)
Swedish
Noun
te n (definite singular teet, indefinite plural teer, definite plural teerna)
- tea.