Translingual

Te

1. symbol for the element tellurium.

English

Noun

te

1. (Music) The seventh note of a major scale.
2. (Music) The note B in the fixed doh system.

Variant spelling

• ti in North America

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

1. tea.

Dutch

/t@/

1. preposition, located at, in
2. preposition, (modifying an infinitive verb), to
3. adverb, indicating excess: too
4. definite article, archaic, in idiom; a form of de

Examples

1. Te Amsterdam: in Amsterdam.
2. Er is iets te eten: there is something to eat.
3. Te veel is nooit goed: too much is never good; te gek!: far out!
4. Te drommel: by Jove.

Estonian

Personal pronoun

te (short form of teie )

1. you (plural and polite form).

Finnish

Personal pronoun

te (stem tei-)

1. 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

• hän
• he
• me
• minä
• sinä

French

/tə/

Pronoun

te

1. you (used as an indirect object)

Examples

1. Il te donne le livre.: He gives you the book.

Hungarian

Pronoun

të (plural ti)

1. you (singular)

Italian

Pronoun

te

1. (emphasised objective of tu) you

See also

• ti
• tè

Maori

Article

1. the, the definite article.

Norwegian

Noun

te c

1. tea.

Spanish

Pronoun

te

1. 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)

1. tea.