thé

See also: the, thè, thế, thể, the-, and þe

French

Etymology

From Min Nan 茶 (tê).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /te/
  • audio(file)
  • Homophones: T, tes

Noun

thé m (plural thés)

  1. 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

Descendants
  • Haitian Creole: te
  • Louisiana Creole French: thé
  • → Greek: τέϊον (téïon) (with neuter suffix -ion)
  • → Italian: tè
  • → Norman: thée
  • → Occitan: tè
  • → Old Armenian: թէյ (tʿēy) (post-classical)
  • → Romansch: te, té, tè
  • → Tiri: tee
  • → Walloon: té

Further reading

Irish

Verb

thé

  1. Lenited form of té.

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
té thé dté
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /θʲeː/

Adjective

thé

  1. Lenited form of té.
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