Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

te

/tiː/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.07 in modern English

Syllables
te
IPA
/tiː/
2
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In solfège, the seventh note of a major scale (the note B in the fixed-do system): ti.

Obsolete

noun

In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.

noun

The name of the Cyrillic script letter Т / т.

name

The realm of the dead in Egyptian mythology.

name

Alternative form of De, a former prefecture of imperial China around Dezhou in northwestern Shandong.

noun

Initialism of transporter-erector.

noun

Initialism of transposable element.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ⲧⲏ, dwꜣt, -, ^德

Usage

Inflected Forms

tes (plural)

Synonyms

si ta B-flat li jumping gene transposon ti tellurium atomic number 52

Homonyms

T tea tee ti

Rhymes With

be he we me she see three free de tv key sea

Questions

How do you pronounce te?
The recorded pronunciation is /tiː/.
What does te mean?
In solfège, the seventh note of a major scale (the note B in the fixed-do system): ti.
Where does te come from?
It is traced to Coptic.

How to pronounce te

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