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tee.

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

3 characters1 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈteː/[ˈt̪e̞ː]
  1. tea (dried leaves or buds of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis)

    uncountable
    Mene kauppaan ja osta teetä.
  2. tea (drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water)

    uncountable
    Haluaisitko teetä?
  3. tea (variety of the tea plant)

    countable
    Darjeeling on intialainen tee.
  4. tea (any drink made by infusing parts of various other plants)

    broadly · uncountable
    yrttitee
    kamomillatee
  5. tea, cup of tea (cup of any one of these drinks)

    countable
Where this word comes from

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”).

noun/ˈteː/[ˈt̪e̞ː]
  1. The name of the Latin script letter T/t.

Where this word comes from

From Latin tē.

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