te
noun
ti.
te
1 American
[tay]
/ teɪ /
noun
Music.
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tes
plural
Te
2
American
[de]
/ dɛ /
Or
Teh
noun
Te
3
American
Symbol, Chemistry.
Te
1
British
symbol
te
2
British
/ tiː /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Te
< Chinese (Wade-Giles) te 2 , (pinyin) dé
Vocabulary lists containing te
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Hinojosa, who is bilingual, flexes her Spanglish easily on the stump, telling voters that the most important lesson she ever got came from her mother was the scolding, “No te dejes.”
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
They were guilty of what economists refer to as te money illusion — confusing nominal dollar amounts with real, or inflation-adjusted, levels.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
She can also be heard in the 2022 animated film “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,” singing a swooning ballad titled “Por Que te Vas.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
Mr. Brownlee’s tenor proved rock-solid in Arturo’s demanding music, from his exquisitely relaxed, almost languid opening aria, “A te, o cara,” to some punishing high Fs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
Then I heard Roberto holler from the back of the bleachers, “No te rajes, Panchito!”
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
Mexican singer-actor Ximena Sariñana, whose early composition appeared on the soundtrack of the 2002 teen film “Amar Te Duele,” received the Music Award as well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Agricultural scientist professor Grant Edwards, who is is the vice-chancellor of Te Whare Wanaka o Aoraki Lincoln University, a specialist institution in New Zealand, is also receiving a fellowship.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Lead author Alan Tennyson of Te Papa said many bird species have reached New Zealand over millions of years, but the ancestors of some of the country's best known large birds arrived surprisingly recently.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
Te Arikinui was crowned in 2024 after the death of her father - becoming only the second Māori queen, the first being her grandmother, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
“Mami, I’ll never forget how you took care of me. Te quiero, Mami. I love you.”
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
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
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
Plat tes commissioned Dr. Walter J. Breckenridge, director of Minnesota's Natural History Museum, to compile an illustrated nature book.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Keep boath yer eyes oppen, Maaster Roger, or the curse'll be upon 'ee, for as sure as ould Debrah spaikes tes comin'."
From Roger Trewinion by Gunning King
Herefore, Isocrates dooeth pronounce worthelie, the roote of learning and vertue to be bitter, and the fru- tes pleasaunte.
From A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde by Richard Rainolde
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