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tee en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtiː/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

* From Middle English, from Old English te, from Latin tē (the name of the letter T). * (computing): By analogy with a T-shaped pipe that sends fluids in two directions.

Meanings

  1. The name of the Latin script letter T/t.
    • They have writing samples and examine the back loops of pees and the crosses of tees. 1985, Stephen King, Paranoid: A Chant:
    • The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch. 1773 October, The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged:
    • ETA [is spoken] as "ee-tee-ay" instead of "I SPELL Echo Tango Alfa". 2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), p. 3-5
  2. Something shaped like the letter T.
    • angles and tees
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal) Ellipsis of tee-shirt.
    alt of tee-shirt
    • Brendan pulled a black tee over his head.
  4. The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tees Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

technical tee · graphic tee · run tee · tee line · tees and blues · teepee · band tee · teevee · teetotal · union tee · bulb tee · pocket tee · tee-shaped · branch tee · to a tee · tee bend · baby tee · tee-section · seetee · teeshirt · bee tee dubs · tee junction · tee joint · guinea tee

Descendants

tìika

Relateds

T

Translations (39)

gl te (name of the letter T, t) · cy ti (name of the letter T, t) · ast te (name of the letter T, t) · es te (name of the letter T, t) · tl ta (Abakada) (name of the letter T, t) · hi टी (name of the letter T, t) · fr(name of the letter T, t) · ar تِي (name of the letter T, t) · is(name of the letter T, t) · tr te (name of the letter T, t) · ko(name of the letter T, t) · ga(name of the letter T, t) · bg те (name of the letter T, t) · haw(name of the letter T, t) · ms ti (name of the letter T, t) · ca te (name of the letter T, t) · la(name of the letter T, t) · vi tờ (name of the letter T, t) · eo to (name of the letter T, t) · akz tìika (name of the letter T, t) · ga tinne (name of the letter T, t) · bn টি (name of the letter T, t) · ga teithne (name of the letter T, t) · cs(name of the letter T, t) · mr टी (name of the letter T, t) · ru ти (name of the letter T, t) · ja ティー (name of the letter T, t) · ru тэ (name of the letter T, t) · id te (name of the letter T, t) · pt(name of the letter T, t) · my တီ (name of the letter T, t) · io te (name of the letter T, t) · vi(name of the letter T, t) · tl ti (name of the letter T, t) · oc te (name of the letter T, t) · th ที (name of the letter T, t) · sv te (name of the letter T, t) · fi tee (name of the letter T, t) · el τι (name of the letter T, t)

Source: en.wiktionary, “tee” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

tee en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtiː/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

* From Middle English, from Old English te, from Latin tē (the name of the letter T). * (computing): By analogy with a T-shaped pipe that sends fluids in two directions.

Meanings

  1. To redirect output to multiple destinations.
    • […] teeing via multiple redirects (ls > file1 > file2) […] 1997, Robin Burk, David B. Horvath, UNIX Unleashed, page 615:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
teed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
teed Tense=Past lexicographic
teeing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tees Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “tee” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

tee en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtiː/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

First attested in the 17th century as teaz, back-formation from obsolete Scots teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural.

Meanings

  1. A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
  2. A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit.
    • Pollard, who went into the semifinals with an unsatisfactory 63% return from the kicking tee, turned it around splendidly against Wales and he continued that form despite missing his first attempt in the final. 2019 November 3, Liam de Carme, “Boks, you beauties”, in Sunday Times:
  3. The target area of a curling rink.
  4. The mark at which players aim in quoits.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tees Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

retee · tee on · tee time · tee off · tee up · teebox · tee ball

Descendants

tee

Translations (19)

tl puntod (golf: ground for hitting first shots) · is teigur (golf: ground for hitting first shots) · ru мише́нь (curling: target area) · ru ме́тка (golf: ground for hitting first shots) · is(golf: peg) · nl afslagplaats (golf: ground for hitting first shots) · sv peg (golf: peg) · mi(golf: peg) · nl tee (golf: ground for hitting first shots) · de Tee (golf: peg) · sv golfpeg (golf: peg) · sv utslagsplats (golf: ground for hitting first shots) · fi tee (curling: target area) · sv tee (golf: ground for hitting first shots) · sv tee (curling: target area) · ru ко́лышек (golf: peg) · fi tii (golf: peg) · de Abschlag (golf: ground for hitting first shots) · fi tiiauspaikka (golf: ground for hitting first shots)

Source: en.wiktionary, “tee” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

tee en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtiː/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

First attested in the 17th century as teaz, back-formation from obsolete Scots teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural.

Meanings

  1. To place a ball on a tee
    • If at any hole a competitor play his first stroke from outside the limits of the teeing-ground, he shall count that stroke, tee a ball, and play his second stroke from within these limits. 1909, Walter J. Travis, Practical Golf:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
teed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
teed Tense=Past lexicographic
tees Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
teeing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

tee up

Source: en.wiktionary, “tee” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

tee en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtiː/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English teen, from Old English tēon (which was contracted from earlier tēohan, from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) To teach, educate, train, bring up.
Source: en.wiktionary, “tee” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

tee en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtiː/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Burmese ထီး (hti:, “umbrella”).

Meanings

  1. A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tees Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

tee hee · tee-tee · tee hee hee