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TeeEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Hokkien 鄭／郑 (Tīⁿ). Doublet of Chung.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗teeEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
* From Middle English, from Old English te, from Latin tē (the name of the letter T). * (computing): By analogy with a T-shaped pipe that sends fluids in two directions.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗teeEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
* From Middle English, from Old English te, from Latin tē (the name of the letter T). * (computing): By analogy with a T-shaped pipe that sends fluids in two directions.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗teeEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
First attested in the 17th century as teaz, back-formation from obsolete Scots teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗teeEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
First attested in the 17th century as teaz, back-formation from obsolete Scots teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗teeEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From Middle English teen, from Old English tēon (which was contracted from earlier tēohan, from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗teeEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
From Burmese ထီး (hti:, “umbrella”).
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Chambers (1908)
1908- TeeEnglish · e-38700-4530
Tee, tē, n. a mark for quoits, curling-stones, &c.: (golf) the raised sand from which the ball is played at the commencement of each hole.—v.t. to place the golf-ball on this before striking off.
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Tee, tē, n. a finial in the form of a conventionalised umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indo-Chinese countries.
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