tea leaf

noun

A dried fragment of a leaf of the tea plant used in making the drink tea.

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Meanings

nountea leaf (plural tea leaves)

plural tea leaves · alternative tea-leaf · alternative tealeaf

  1. in pluralA dried fragment of a leaf of the tea plant used in making the drink tea.
  2. CockneyslangA thief.

Synonyms & antonyms

noundried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea

Similar
tea
Broader
herb
Also see
teathief

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans teeblaar
  • teeblaarleaf of the tea plant
Arabic وَرَقَةْ اَلشَّاي, أَوْرَاق اَلشَّاي
  • وَرَقَةْ اَلشَّاي (waraqat aš-šāy)leaf of the tea plant
  • أَوْرَاق اَلشَّاي (ʔawrāq aš-šāy)leaf of the tea plant
Bulgarian ча́ен лист, ча́ени листа́
  • ча́ен лист (čáen list)leaf of the tea plant
  • ча́ени листа́ (čáeni listá)leaf of the tea plant
Catalan fulla de te
  • fulla de teleaf of the tea plant
Chinese Cantonese 茶葉 /茶叶
  • 茶葉 /茶叶 (caa⁴ jip⁶)leaf of the tea plant
Chinese Mandarin 茶葉 /茶叶
  • 茶葉 /茶叶 (cháyè)leaf of the tea plant
Czech čajový lístek
  • čajový lístekleaf of the tea plant
Dutch theeblad
  • theebladleaf of the tea plant
Finnish teelehti, teenlehti
  • teelehtileaf of the tea plant
  • teenlehtileaf of the tea plant
French feuille de thé
  • feuille de théleaf of the tea plant
German Teeblatt, Teeblätter
  • Teeblattleaf of the tea plant
  • Teeblätterleaf of the tea plant
Hebrew עלה תה
  • עלה תה (a'leh téh)leaf of the tea plant
Hindi चायपत्ती
  • चायपत्ती (cāypattī)leaf of the tea plant
Hungarian tealevél
  • tealevélleaf of the tea plant
Irish duilleog tae, cnámhóga tae
  • duilleog taeleaf of the tea plant
  • cnámhóga taeleaf of the tea plant
Italian foglia di tè
  • foglia di tèleaf of the tea plant
Japanese 茶葉, お茶っ葉
  • 茶葉leaf of the tea plant
  • お茶っ葉 (o-chappa)leaf of the tea plant
Korean 찻잎, 차잎
  • 찻잎 (chadip)leaf of the tea plant
  • 차잎 (chaip)leaf of the tea plant
  • 다엽 (dayeop)leaf of the tea plant
Norwegian teblad
  • tebladleaf of the tea plant
Polish liść herbaty
  • liść herbatyleaf of the tea plant
Portuguese folha de chá
  • folha de cháleaf of the tea plant
Russian ча́йный лист, ча́йные ли́стья
  • ча́йный лист (čájnyj list)leaf of the tea plant
  • ча́йные ли́стья (čájnyje lístʹja)leaf of the tea plant
Spanish hoja de té
  • hoja de téleaf of the tea plant
Swedish teblad
  • tebladleaf of the tea plant
Thai ใบชา
  • ใบชา (bai-chaa)leaf of the tea plant
Turkish çay yaprağı
  • çay yaprağıleaf of the tea plant
Welsh dail te
  • dail teleaf of the tea plant
Cite this entry
APA

tea leaf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tea%20leaf

MLA

“tea leaf.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tea%20leaf. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tea leaf,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tea%20leaf.

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