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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English þe, from Old English þ? (“thee”, originally dative, but later also accusative), from Proto-Germanic *þiz (“thee”), from Proto-Indo-European *te (“second-person singular pronoun”). Cognate with German Low German di (“thee”), German dir (“thee”, dative pron.), Icelandic þér (“thee”). More at thou.

Pronunciation

• enPR: th?, IPA^(key): /ði?/
• Rhymes: -i?
• Homophone: the (when stressed)

Pronoun

thee (second-person singular, objective case, nominative thou, reflexive thyself)

1. (now chiefly archaic, literary) Objective and reflexive case of thou. [from 8th c.]
2. (now chiefly archaic, dialect) Thou. [from 12th c.]

Derived terms

• get thee behind me

Translations

Verb

thee (third-person singular simple present thees, present participle theeing, simple past and past participle theed)

1. (transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun thee.

   Synonym: thou
2. (intransitive) To use the word thee.

   Synonym: thou

See also

Etymology 2

From Middle English theen (“to increase, prosper, flourish”), from Old English þ?on (“to thrive, prosper, flourish, grow”), from Proto-Germanic *þinhan? (“to thrive, succeed”), from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to succeed, turn out well”). Cognate with Dutch gedijen (“to flourish, thrive, prosper, succeed”), German gedeihen (“to thrive”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (gaþeihan, “to increase, thrive”).

Alternative forms

• the (Scotland)

Pronunciation

• enPR: th?, IPA^(key): /?i?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Verb

thee (third-person singular simple present thees, present participle theeing, simple past and past participle theed)

1. (intransitive, Britain, obsolete) To thrive; prosper.

Derived terms

• theedom

Etymology 3

From Pitman zee, which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents.

Noun

thee (plural thees)

1. The letter ?(?, which stands for the th sound /ð/ in Pitman shorthand.

Related terms

• ith
• eth, the name of the IPA letter for this sound

Anagrams

• ethe

Acehnese

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *th?w, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqu, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqu.

Verb

thee

1. to be informed

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowing from Malay teh, from Min Nan ? (tê). The "-h-" is a faux-Greek spelling (compare Greek ???? (tsái)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te?/
• Hyphenation: thee
• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

thee m (plural theeën, diminutive theetje n)

1. tea

Derived terms

• kamillethee
• kruidenthee
• muntthee
• rooibosthee
• theedoos
• theeglas
• theekop
• theekrans
• theelepel
• theeleut
• theemuts
• theepauze
• theepot
• theezakje

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tee
• ? West Frisian: tee
• ? Dutch Low Saxon: thee
• ? Danish: te
  • ? Faroese: te
• ? English: tea
  • Gullah: tea
  • Jamaican Creole: tea
  • ? Abenaki: ti
  • ? Chickasaw: tii'
  • ? Cocopa: ?i·
  • ? Cornish: té
  • ? Cree:

    Canadian syllabics: ?? (tiy)

    Latin: tiy

  • ? Inuktitut: ? (tii)
  • ? Irish: tae
  • ? Maori: t?
  • ? Malecite-Passamaquoddy: ti
  • ? Mikasuki: ti'g'tlo'q, ji'gitlo'q (“kettle”) (from "tea kettle")
  • ? Panamint: tii
  • ? Telugu: ?? (??)
  • ? Unami: ti
  • ? Welsh: te
• ? French: thé
  • Haitian Creole: te
  • Louisiana Creole French: thé
  • ? Armenian: ??? (t?ey)
  • ? Coeur d'Alene: liiti
  • ? Corsican: tè
  • ? Greek: ????? (téïon) (with neuter suffix -ion)
  • ? Italian: tè
    • ? Romansch: te, té, tè
  • ? Norman: thée
  • ? Occitan: tè
  • ? Romansch: te, té, tè
  • ? South Slavey: lidí
  • ? Tiri: tee
  • ? Walloon: té
• ? German: Tee
  • ? German Low German: Tee
    • Plautdietsch: Tee
  • ? Estonian: tee
  • ? Hunsrik: Tee
  • ? Lower Sorbian: tej
  • ? Romansch: te, té, tè
  • ? Saterland Frisian: Tee
  • ? Silesian: tyj
    • ? Slovene: te (dialectal)
  • ? Silesian German: Tee
  • ? Vilamovian: tyy
  • ? Zipser German: Tee
• ? Icelandic: te
• ? New Latin: thea
  • ? Latin: herba thea (“herb tea”)
    • ? Polish: herbata
      • ? Belarusian: ???????? (harbáta)
      • ? Kashubian: arbata, rabata, erbata, rebata
      • ? Lithuanian: arbata
      • ? Samogitian: erbeta
      • ? Ukrainian: ???????? (herbáta), ????????? (herbátka)
• ? Latvian: t?ja
• ? Norwegian: te
• ? Sranan Tongo: te
• ? Swedish: te, the, thé
  • ? Finnish: tee

Anagrams

• heet, hete

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

thee

1. Alternative form of þe (“thee”)

Etymology 2

Verb

thee

1. Alternative form of theen

Old Irish

Adjective

thee

1. Alternative spelling of thé: lenited form of tee (“hot”).

Scots

Etymology 1

From Old English þ?oh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuh?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i/

Noun

thee (plural thees)

1. thigh

Etymology 2

From Middle English theen, from Old English þ?on, from Proto-Germanic *þinhan?.

Verb

thee (third-person singular present thees, present participle theein, past theet, past participle theet)

1. (archaic, literary) To thrive, prosper

Etymology 3

From Middle English þe, from Old English þ? (“thee”, originally dative, but later also accusative), from Proto-Germanic *þiz (“thee”), from Proto-Indo-European *te (“second-person singular pronoun”).

Alternative forms

• dee

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ði/
• (Orkney, Shetland) IPA^(key): /di/

Pronoun

thee (subjective case thou, reflexive thysel, possessive determiner thy)

1. (archaic outside Orkney and Shetland) thee, you (2nd person singular object pronoun, informal)
2. (Orkney, Shetland) thou, you (2nd person singular subject pronoun, informal)

Usage notes

• Regularly used throughout Scotland up until the middle of the 1800s; now only used as an archaism outside Shetland and Orkney.

References

• “thou, pers. pron, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

English

Alternative forms

• coffée (rare)

Etymology

From Dutch koffie (“coffee”) [from 1582], from Ottoman Turkish ????? (kahve, “coffee”), from Arabic ???????? (qahwa, “coffee, a brew”). The Arabic word originally referred to wine, a drink which was traditionally mixed and served hot in a similar manner. In Arabic "to brew" utilizes the same triliteral root as wine and intoxicant; see ? ? ?? (?-m-r) to cover over, presumably with hot water. Other sources instead claim it traces back to the name of the Kaffa region of Ethiopia, which is an Omotic word. Doublet of café and caffè.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?.fi/
• (Conservative RP, dated) IPA^(key): /?k??.f?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?.fi/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /?k?.fi/
• Homophone: coughy
• Rhymes: -?fi, -??fi
• Hyphenation: cof?fee

Noun

coffee (countable and uncountable, plural coffees)

1. (uncountable) A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
   • "He was here," observed Drina composedly, "and father was angry with him." ¶ "What?" exclaimed Eileen. "When?" ¶ "This morning, before father went downtown." ¶ Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina's case.
2. (countable) A serving of this beverage.
   • 2008, Agnes Poirier, The Guardian, 12 April:

     As I sip a coffee at Brasserie Balzar, two well-known intellectuals, one publisher and a Sorbonne professor were discussing Sarkozy's future: "He won't finish his mandate" says one.

3. The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, misnamed ‘beans’ due to their shape.
4. The powder made by roasting and grinding the seeds.
5. A tropical plant of the genus Coffea.
6. A pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.

7. The end of a meal, when coffee is served.

Synonyms

• Thesaurus:coffee
• Thesaurus:color

Derived terms

Related terms

• caffeine
• kaffeeklatsch

Translations

See coffee/translations § Noun.

Adjective

coffee (not comparable)

1. Of a pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.
2. Of a table: a small, low table suitable for people in lounge seating to put coffee cups on.

Translations

See coffee/translations § Adjective.

Verb

coffee (third-person singular simple present coffees, present participle coffeeing, simple past and past participle coffeed)

1. (intransitive) To drink coffee.

Descendants

See also

Further reading

• The Origins of Coffe on Foodie’s Corner
• Podictionary article on “coffee” including its relationship with wine
• PBS documentary *Black Coffee, The Irresistible Bean. Discusses the origin of the word including the relationship with wine. Starts at 10:52