tee
Pronunciation: /ˈteː/
“tee” is a Finnish word. Its 6 meanings in English:
noun
- tea (dried leaves or buds of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis)
- tea (drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water)
- tea (variety of the tea plant)
- tea (any drink made by infusing parts of various other plants)
- tea, cup of tea (cup of any one of these drinks)
- The name of the Latin script letter T/t.
Etymology
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”).
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