tue

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/ˈtuə(h)/

proper noun

A barangay of Tadian, Mountain Province, Philippines.

Very commonScrabble 3

Meanings

tue1

nountue (plural tues)

plural tues

  1. archaicArchaic form of tui (species of honeyeater).

Tue2

nounTue (plural Tues)

plural Tues · alternative Tues. · alternative Tues · alternative Tue.

  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of Tuesday.

Tue3

proper noun
  1. alternativerareAlternative form of Tiu (the god Tyr).

    "If he can't mention Tue, Woden, Thor and Frig, how is he going to pronounce the days of the week?"

    2013, Kate Sedley, The Christmas Wassail (Severn House, Sutton, UK; →ISBN)
    2 more examples

    One feels that here the old pagan gods have come into their own again, the ones we acknowledge every day of the week without thinking — Tue, Woden, Thor and Freia; and certainly nature herself has reclaimed what was once a site cleared of vegetation.

    1995, Miles Jebb, Suffolk, page 193

    I remember this all took place on a Tuesday; the day of the great god 'Tue'. Honestly, that's who it's named after. If you don't believe me, go look it up. I have no idea what it was that Tue did exactly, but I'd say he or she was pretty lucky […]

    2008, Adam Corres, Raffles and the Match-Fixing Syndicate, Grosvenor House Publishing, first hardback edition, page 20

Tue4

TUE5

nounTUE (plural TUEs)

plural TUEs

  1. abbreviationinitialismhobbiesInitialism of therapeutic use exemption.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

Tue · proper noun

Anglicisation of Old English Tiw from analogy with English Tuesday.

Full word history & related roots →

Tue · proper noun

  1. KankanaeyTue
  2. KankanaeyTue
  3. EnglishTue

Borrowed from Kankanaey Tue.

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Translations

Catalan dt.
  • dt.abbreviation of Tuesday
Czech út
  • útabbreviation of Tuesday
Estonian T
  • Tabbreviation of Tuesday
Finnish ti
  • tiabbreviation of Tuesday
French mar.
  • mar.abbreviation of Tuesday
German Di., Die.
  • Di.abbreviation of Tuesday
  • Die.abbreviation of Tuesday
  • Dienst.abbreviation of Tuesday
Hindi मंगल
  • मंगल (maṅgal)abbreviation of Tuesday
Japanese 火, 火曜
  • 火 (ka, kā)abbreviation of Tuesday
  • 火曜 (kayō)abbreviation of Tuesday
Korean 화
  • 화 (hwa)abbreviation of Tuesday
Portuguese ter
  • terabbreviation of Tuesday
Russian вт
  • вт (vt)abbreviation of Tuesday
Scottish Gaelic Dim
  • Dimabbreviation of Tuesday
Spanish mar.
  • mar.abbreviation of Tuesday
Swahili Jnn
  • Jnnabbreviation of Tuesday
Tagalog Mar.
  • Mar.abbreviation of Tuesday
Vietnamese T3
  • T3abbreviation of Tuesday

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

tue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tue

MLA

“tue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tue. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tue,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tue.

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