English
Etymology
From Dutch thee (through the Dutch East India Company ) < Chinese Min Nan dialect 茶 , which is pronounced TE /te/ in Min Nan. Many Western languages have this pronunciation at the root of their words for tea. This same character is pronounced "cha" in Mandarin and other dialects, giving rise to words for tea in many Eastern languages, hence "chai" in Indo-Iranian languages, Russian and Arabic.
Pronunciation
- AHD : tē
- IPA : /tiː/
- SAMPA : /ti:/
Homophones
Noun
tea (countable and uncountable)
- (uncountable) The dried leaves or buds of the tea plant , Camellia sinensis .
- Go to the supermarket and buy some tea.
- (uncountable) The drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water, often served with milk or cream and sugar added.
- Would you like some tea?
- (countable) A cup of this drink.
- I'd like two teas, please.
- (uncountable) By extension, any drink made by infusing parts of various other plants.
- camomile tea
- (countable) A cup of any one of these drinks.
- (especially in Britain; uncountable) A light meal eaten mid-afternoon, typically with tea.
- Kids, your tea's on the table!
- (British; uncountable) The main evening meal, irrespective of whether tea is drunk with it.
- The family were sitting round the table, having their tea.
- The break in play between the second and third sessions.
- Australia were 490 for 7 at tea on the second day.
Synonyms
- (dried leaves of tea plant): tea leaves
- (drink made by infusing parts of various other plants): herb tea , herbal tea , infusion , tisane
Translations
dried leaves of tea plant
- Finnish: tee
- thé m
- German: Teeblatt n, Teeblätter pl
- tè m
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- Japanese: 茶 (ちゃ, cha)
- Korean: 차 (cha)
- Latvian: tēja f
- Ojibwe: aniibiish , aniibiishan pl
- Persian: چاى (čāi)
- Portuguese: folha de chá f
- herbata f
- Russian: чай (čaj) m, чаи (čaí) pl
- čaj m
- Spanish: hoja de té f
- Thai: ชา (chaa), ใบชา (bai chaa)
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drink made from leaves of tea plant
- Arabic: شَاي (šæːy) m
- Basque: te
- Bulgarian: чай (čaj) m
- Chinese: 茶 (chá)
- Croatian: čaj m
- Czech: čaj m
- Danish: te c
- Dutch: thee m
- Esperanto: teo
- Estonian: tee
- Finnish: tee
- French: thé m
- German: Tee m, Tees pl
- Greek: τσάϊ (čáï) n
- Hebrew: תה (té) m
- Hungarian: tea
- Italian: tè m
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- Japanese: お茶 (おちゃ, o-chá)
- Korean: 차 (cha)
- Latvian: tēja f
- Norwegian: te c
- Ojibwe: aniibiishaaboo
- Persian: چاى (čāy)
- Polish: herbata f
- Portuguese: chá m
- Romanian: ceai m
- Russian: чай (čaj) m, чаи (čaí) pl
- Serbian: чај (čaj) m
- Sinhala: තේ (tee), තෝ (too)
- Slovak: čaj m
- Slovene: čaj m
- Spanish: té m
- Swahili: chai (noun 9)
- Swedish: te n
- Thai: ชา (chaa)
- ཇ་ (za)
- Turkish: çay
- Ukrainian: чай (čaj) m
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cup of this drink
- Arabic: فِنْجَان شَاي (findžáːn šæːy) m, فَنَاجِينُ شَاي (fanadžíːnu šæːy) pl
- Bulgarian: чаша чай (čáša čaj) f
- Finnish: tee, kuppi teetä
- French: tasse de thé f
- German: Tasse Tee f
- Hebrew: ספל תה (séfel té) m
- Hungarian: csésze tea
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- Japanese: お茶一杯 (おちゃいっぱい , o-cha íppai)
- Latvian: tēja f
- Polish: szklanka herbaty f
- Portuguese: xícara de chá f
- Romanian: ceaşcă de ceai f
- Russian: чашка чая (čáška čája) f, чашка чаю (čáška čáju) f
- Slovak: čaj m
- Spanish: taza de té f
- Thai: ชาถ้วยหนึ่ง (chaa thuày nèùng), ชาหนึ่งถ้วย (chaa nèùng thuày)
- Turkish: bardak çay
- Ukrainian: чашка чаю (čáška čáju) f
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drink made from other plants
- Finnish: tee, haude
- French: tisane f
- Polish: herbata f
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- Italian: tisana f
- Latvian: tēja f
- Slovak: čaj m
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cup of drink made from other plants
light afternoon meal
- Finnish: välipala , kahvit pl
- French: goûter m
- Latvian: tēja f
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dinner
See dinner
Translations to be checked
The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. Note that the numbering is unreliable.
- Dutch: thee m
- Esperanto: teo
- Hebrew: תה (té) m
- 茶 (ちゃ, cha), お茶 (おちゃ, o-chá, with the honorific prefix); 緑茶 (りょくちゃ, ryokuchá, green tea); 紅茶 (こうちゃ, kōcha, black tea)
- Malay: ca, teh
- Slovene: čaj m
- Tibetan : ཇ་ (za)
- Turkish: çay
Derived terms
See also
Hungarian
Noun
tea
- tea
