Etymology

te

T1E1

Today it means: In solfège, the seventh note of a major scale (the note B in the fixed-do system): ti. Full definition →

Coptic ⲧⲏ ← Egyptian d-wA-t:dwAt
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te · noun1

Sense 1: Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become te and later ti. Sense 2: The vowel of ti then changed to 'e' to signify a flattened note.

Te · proper noun2

  1. Egyptian · derived fromd-wA-t:dwAt“<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">dwꜣt</i>”
  2. Coptic · borrowed fromⲧⲏ
  3. English todayTe

From Coptic ⲧⲏ (tē), from Egyptian d-wA-t:dwAt (“dwꜣt”). Doublet of Duat.

Te · proper noun3

  1. Mandarin · derived from德“virtue, manliness”
  2. English todayTe

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Mandarin 德 (Dé, “virtue, manliness”).

Words from the same roots

Mandarin^德 all →

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