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    te
    noun
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    Te
    noun
    (in philosophical Taoism) the virtue or power inherent in a person or thing existing in harmony with the Tao.
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te

1 American  
[tey] / teɪ /

noun

Music.
  • tes
    plural
  1. ti.


Te 2 American  
[de] / dɛ /
Or Teh

noun

  1. (in philosophical Taoism) the virtue or power inherent in a person or thing existing in harmony with the Tao.


Te 3 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. tellurium.


Te 1 British  

symbol

  1. tellurium

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

te 2 British  
/ tiː /

noun

  1. music (in tonic sol-fa) the syllable used for the seventh note or subtonic of any scale

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of Te

< Chinese (Wade-Giles) te 2 , (pinyin)

Vocabulary lists containing te

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Andrea Bocelli’s “Con te partirò” blasts over the stadium loudspeaker after wins.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 13, 2026

"Our far-reaching theory encompasses all systems evidencing such transverse interactions. Conceivable applications range from colloid research to biology," declares co-author Dr. Michael te Vrugt, Assistant Professor at the University of Mainz.

From Science Daily Oct. 21, 2025

“No creía en el destino, hasta que te conocí,” Alejandro softly sings a Juan Gabriel classic.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 3, 2024

Ngā Wai hono i te pō is the youngest child of King Tuheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII, who died last Friday at the age of 69.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2024

Mumbled, “Yo te tengo a ti, yo te tengo.”

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

Scientists at the University's School of Environment and Te Ao Mārama -- Centre for Fundamental Inquiry are studying whether the metal can preserve traces of past microbial life as a chemical `fingerprint.'

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

But as Te Haumihiata Mason, a translator working in Māori, points out to Mr. Hahn, in New Zealand few plants bud in May, so an inelastic approach here risks puzzling the audience.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

The Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido singer spoke on stage saying she was proud despite the feat taking "27 years" to happen.

From BBC Apr. 13, 2026

“Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido, ” her Latin Grammy favorite, will be a block-party fixture for generations to come.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 13, 2026

“I miss you too. I miss you more than you can possibly imagine. Or measure. Te amo.”

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

Another annoying misappropriation is the noun "fashion" which, in French, becomes an adjective, as in "J'adore tes chaussures - tres fashion."

From BBC May 24, 2013

Plat tes commissioned Dr. Walter J. Breckenridge, director of Minnesota's Natural History Museum, to compile an illustrated nature book.

From Time Magazine Archive

Johnson called a National Security Council meeting for 10 p.m., then settled back to watch Rusk's televised tes timony, expecting the Secretary to make the announcement.

From Time Magazine Archive

The pieces entitled 'La Solitude,' 'Sur une Tempête,' and the stanzas beginning 'Quand tu me vois baiser tes bras,' have all the fervour and picturesqueness of the Pléiade without its occasional blemishes of pedantic expression.

From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury

Nea aple methodos tes Agglikes aney didaskalog; evdosis tetarte.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1975 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

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