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te¹
- /tiː/
- /teɪ/
Sounds like T, tea, tee, ti · Rhymes with -iː, -eɪ
Where it comes from
Sense 1: Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become te and later ti.
Sense 2: The vowel of ti then changed to 'e' to signify a flattened note.
te²
noun tes
- The name of the Cyrillic script letter Т / т.
Te³
Where it comes from
From Coptic ⲧⲏ (tē), from Egyptian d-wA-t:dwAt (“dwꜣt”). Doublet of Duat.
proper noun
- The realm of the dead in Egyptian mythology.
Te⁴
Where it comes from
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Mandarin 德 (Dé, “virtue, manliness”).
proper noun
- Alternative form of De, a former prefecture of imperial China around Dezhou in northwestern Shandong. The next year the reign style was changed to Chʻien-yüan 乾元 (February 13, 758-February 2, 759). Wang Chien 王暕,¹⁷⁸ the bogus Prefect of Te Prefecture 德州, Yü-wen Kʻuan 宇文寛, the bogus Prefect of Pei Prefecture 貝州,¹⁷⁹ and others all renewed their allegiance [to the Tʻang court].
TE⁵
noun TEs
- Initialism of transporter-erector
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Initialism of transposable element
Similar: jumping gene, transposon
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: ti, si, tellurium, ching, ospf, rsvp, eet, chen, shang, iru, tahn, awa, rangiora, moak, hai, huai
Talk about this word "te." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/te. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. te. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/te "te." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/te.Cite this
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