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Te

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Translingual

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Symbol

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Te

  1. (chemistry) Chemical symbol for tellurium.

English

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Etymology 1

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From Coptic ⲧⲏ (), from Egyptian
dwAt
dwAt
(dwꜣt). Doublet of Duat.

Proper noun

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Te

  1. (Egyptology, Egyptian mythology) The realm of the dead in Egyptian mythology.

Etymology 2

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From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Mandarin (, virtue, manliness).

Proper noun

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Te

  1. (historical) Alternative form of De, a former prefecture of imperial China around Dezhou in northwestern Shandong.
    • 1960, “Translation (Chiu Tʻang-shu 200A.1a-5b)”, in Howard S. Levy, transl., Biography of An Lu-shan[1], Berkley; Los Angeles: University of California Press, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, page 45:
      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].

Finnish

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Etymology

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Capitalized te.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈte/, [ˈt̪e̞]
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification(key): Te
  • Hyphenation(key): Te

Pronoun

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Te

  1. (address) You (very formal, honorific or respectful 2nd person address both in singular and in plural) (alternative letter-case form of te)

Usage notes

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See Appendix:Finnish polite forms.

Declension

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See also

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Finnish personal pronouns
first second third
familiar polite
singular minä sinä Te hän
plural me te he

Anagrams

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Indonesian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien ().

Proper noun

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Te

  1. a Chinese Indonesian surname from Hokkien.

Portuguese

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Pronoun

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Te

  1. Honorific alternative letter-case form of te, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien ().

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Te (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ)

  1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

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