tes
English
Noun
tes
- plural of te
Brokskat
Pronoun
tes
- they
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin tēnsus. Compare the borrowed doublet tens.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈtəs/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈtɛs/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈtes/
Adjective
tes (feminine tesa, masculine plural tesos, feminine plural teses)
- tight, taut (not loose)
Derived terms
- tesar
Related terms
- tendir
- tensió
Further reading
- “tes” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɛs]
- Hyphenation: tes
Noun
tes m inan
- beam, pale, batten
- Synonyms: tesa, lať, trám
- (literary) Alternative form of útes
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tes | tesy |
| genitive | tesu | tesů |
| dative | tesu | tesům |
| accusative | tes | tesy |
| vocative | tese | tesy |
| locative | tesu, tese | tesech |
| instrumental | tesem | tesy |
Further reading
- tes in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- tes in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- tes in Internetová jazyková příručka
Danish
Noun
tes c
- indefinite genitive singular of te
French
Etymology
From Old French tes, from Latin tuōs, tuī and tuas, tuae.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛ/, (in liaison) /tɛ.z‿/, (in liaison) /te.z‿/
- IPA(key): /te/, (in liaison) /te.z‿/
audio (file) - Homophones: té, tés, thé, thés, thée, thées
Determiner
tes pl (masculine ton, feminine ta)
- your (when referring to a plural noun)
- J'aime bien tes voisins.
- I like your neighbors.
Related terms
| Possessee | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||||
| Masculine | Feminine | |||||
| Possessor | Singular | First person | mon1 | ma | mes | |
| Second person | ton1 | ta | tes | |||
| Third person | son1 | sa | ses | |||
| Plural | First person | notre | nos | |||
| Second person | votre2 | vos2 | ||||
| Third person | leur | leurs | ||||
- 1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.
- 2 Also used as the polite singular form.
Further reading
- “tes”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- est, set, Ste.
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛs/
Noun
tes m pl
- plural of te
Verb
tes
- second-person singular present indicative of ter
- Pero xa tes a miña palabra que é coma un documento.
- But you already have my word which is like a document.
References
- “tes” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch test, from Old French test, teste (“an earthen vessel, especially a pot in which metals were tried”), from Latin testum (“the lid of an earthen vessel, an earthen vessel, an earthen pot”), from *terstus, past participle of the root *tersa (“dry land”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt̪ɛs]
- Hyphenation: tès
Noun
tes (plural tes-tes, first-person possessive tesku, second-person possessive tesmu, third-person possessive tesnya)
- test.
- Synonyms: pengetesan, pengujian, ujian
Affixed terms
- mengetes
- pengetes
- pengetesan
Further reading
- “tes” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Middle Dutch
Contraction
tes
- Contraction of te des.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin tuōs, tuī and tuas, tuae.
Pronoun
tes m pl or f pl
- your (second-person singular possessive pronoun)
Descendants
- French: tes
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtes/ [ˈt̪es]
- Rhymes: -es
- Syllabification: tes
- Homophones: tés, (Latin America) tez
Noun
tes f pl
- plural of te
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
tes
- indefinite genitive singular of te.
Etymology 2
From Latin thesis and Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis, “a proposition, a statement”), used in Swedish since 1664.
Noun
tes c
- a thesis, a statement, a hypothesis, a doctrine, an idea, a thought, a theory
- De 95 teserna om avlatens innebörd
- The Ninety-Five Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences
- tes och antites
- thesis and antithesis
- De 95 teserna om avlatens innebörd
Declension
| Declension of tes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | tes | tesen | teser | teserna |
| Genitive | tes | tesens | tesers | tesernas |
Related terms
- antites
- hypotes
- syntes
- testuggande
References
- tes in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tes in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
- Set, est, set
Ternate
Etymology
Borrowed from English test some time during the British occupation of Ternate (1810-1817).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtes]
Noun
tes
- a test
- an examination (for school, etc.)
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh tes, from Proto-Brythonic *tes, from Proto-Celtic *texstus, from Proto-Indo-European *tep-. Cognate with Irish teas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teːs/
- Rhymes: -eːs
Noun
tes m (plural tesoedd)
- heat
- Synonym: gwres
- a period of warm weather
- sunshine
- Synonym: heulwen
Derived terms
- cynnes
- tes Mihangel (“St Martin's summer”)
- tesog (“hot [from the sun]; sunny”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| tes | des | nhes | thes |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tes”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies