thé
See also: the, thè, thę́, thế, thể, the-, and þe
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch thee, from Min Nan 茶 (tê).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te/
audio (file) - Homophones: T, tes
Noun
thé m (plural thés)
- tea (especially made from leaves of the tea plant)
Usage notes
In the strict sense thé only applies to tea made from leaves of the tea plant such as green tea or black tea; for any other type of herbal tea tisane or infusion are more commonly used.
Derived terms
- boule à thé
- cérémonie du thé
- cuillère à thé
- pause thé
- salon de thé
- tasse à thé
- tasse de thé
- thé à la menthe
- thé au lait
- thé dansant
- théière
- thé noir
- thé vert
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: te
- Louisiana Creole French: thé
- → Armenian: թեյ (tʿey)
- → Coeur d'Alene: liiti
- → Corsican: tè
- → Greek: τέϊον (téïon) (with neuter suffix -ion)
- → Italian: tè, té
- → Romansch: te, té, tè
- → Norman: thée
- → Occitan: tè
- → Romansch: te, té, tè
- → South Slavey: lidí
- → Tiri: tee
- → Walloon: té
Further reading
thé on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr- “thé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Irish
Verb
thé
- Lenited form of té.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θʲeː/
Adjective
thé
- Lenited form of té.