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tea

/ˈti/TEE
/ˈti/TEE

Meaningthe tea plant and its drink (Chinese)

Common meaning: a drink made by soaking dried leaves in hot water

Journey through time

  1. Early English spellingteesource
  2. Early English spellingtaysource
  3. Englishtea‘a drink made by soaking dried leaves in hot water’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Early English spelling tee ‘the tea plant and its drink (Chinese)’.

Roots

  • tee Early English spelling “the tea plant and its drink (Chinese)”

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