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Etymology
Originally from the Chinese Min Nan dialect (wikipedia:POJ|POJ: tê, Chinese: è�¶, bitmap: Image:Tea.bmp|20px), the word was brought to the west by the wikipedia:Dutch East India Company|Dutch East India Company with the spelling thee#Dutch|thee. Many Western languages have this pronunciation at the root of their words for tea. The word for tea in other Chinese dialects such as Mandarin (Pinyin: chá) and Cantonese (Yale: cha⁴) was also exported as â��chaiâ�� to many of the Indo-Iranian languages, Russian and Arabic.

Homophones
T, te, tee, ti

Noun
en-noun<br>
countable and uncountable

1. uncountable The dried leaves or buds of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis.

#: Go to the supermarket and buy some tea.

1. uncountable The drink made by infuse|infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water, often served with milk or cream and sugar added.

#: Would you like some tea?

1. countable A cup of this drink.

#: I�d like two teas, please.

1. uncountable By extension, any drink made by infusing parts of various other plants.

#: camomile tea

1. countable A cup of any one of these drinks.
2. UK uncountable A light meal eaten mid-afternoon, typically with tea.

#: Kids, your tea�s on the table!

1. UK uncountable The main evening meal, irrespective of whether tea is drunk with it.

#: The family were sitting round the table, having their tea.

1. Cricket The break in play between the second session|second and third session|third sessions.

#: Australia were 490 for 7 at tea on the second day.

1. slang dated marijuana|Marijuana, especially as brewed with water into a drink.

Usage notes
Strictly speaking, "tea" has been reserved for infusions made from leaves of Camellia sinensis. Infusions made from other herbs such as rooibos, mint, and chamomile are called tisanes. Latterly, the word "tea" has been extended to include herbal infusions.

Synonyms
italbrac-colon|dried leaves of tea plant tea leaves
italbrac-colon|drink made by infusing parts of various other plants herb tea, herbal tea, infusion, tisane

Slovak: �aj#Slovak|�aj m
Slovene: �aj m
Spanish: hoja de té f
Thai: THchar|�า (chaa), THchar|���า (bai chaa)
Welsh: (dail) te
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Shona: tii
Sinhala: ත� (tee), ත� (too)
Slovak: �aj#Slovak|�aj m
Slovene: �aj#Slovene|�aj m
Spanish: té m
Swahili: chai#Swahili|chai (noun 9)
Swedish: te#Swedish|te n
Tagalog: tsaá
Tetum: xá
Thai: THchar|�า (chaa)
Tibetan: �� (za)
Turkish: çay
Ukrainian: �ай (�aĭ) m
Vietnamese: chà (North), trà (South)
Walloon: té m
Welsh: te m
Yiddish: (tey) m
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trans-top|cup of this drink
Arabic: ARchar|��جا� شا�|����ج�ا� ش�ا� unicode|(finjá�n šæ�y) m, ARchar|��اج�� شا�|����اج���� ش�ا� unicode|(fanají�nu šæ�y) p
Bulgarian: �а�а �ай#Bulgarian|�ай (�áša �aj) f
Czech: �aj#Czech|�aj m, šálek �aj#Czech|�aje m
Faroese: temunnur m, tedussur m, temuður m
Finnish: tee#Finnish|tee, kuppi tee#Finnish|teetä
French: tasse#French|tasse de thé f
German: Tasse#German|Tasse Tee#German|Tee f
Hebrew: ספ� ת� (séfel té) m
Hungarian: csésze tea#Hungarian|tea
Japanese: ���� (�������, o-cha íppai)
Kurdish: KUchar|پ�اڵ�����ک� �ا�
Latvian: t�ja f
Polish: szklanka#Polish|szklanka herbata#Polish|herbaty f
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Portuguese: xícara de chá f
Romanian: cea�c� de ceai f
Russian: �а�ка �ай|�а� (�áška �ája) f, �а�ка �ай|�а� (�áška �áju) f
Slovak: �aj#Slovak|�aj m
Spanish: taza de té f
Thai: THchar|�า��วยห�ึ�� (chaa thuày nèùng), THchar|�าห�ึ����วย (chaa nèùng thuày)
Turkish: bardak çay
Ukrainian: �а�ка#Ukrainian|�а�ка �ай#Ukrainian|�а� (�áška �áju) f
Welsh: paned, dysgled
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trans-top|drink made from other plants
Arabic: ARchar|شا�|ش�ا� unicode|(šæ�y) m
Czech: �aj#Czech|�aj m
Faroese: te#Faroese|te n
Finnish: tee#Finnish|tee, haude#Finnish|haude
French: tisane f
Hebrew: ת� צ���� (té tsmahim) m
Italian: tisana f
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Japanese: � (cha)
Kurdish: KUchar|�ا�, KUchar|�ا
Latvian: t�ja f
Polish: herbata#Polish|herbata f
Russian: �ай (�aĭ) m
Slovak: �aj#Slovak|�aj m
Slovene: �aj m
Welsh: trwyth
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trans-top|cup of drink made from other plants
Arabic: ARchar|��جا� شا�|����ج�ا� ش�ا� unicode|(finjá�n šæ�y) m
Czech: �aj#Czech|�aj m, šálek �aj#Czech|�aje m
Hebrew: ספ� ת� צ���� (séfel té tsmahim) m
Latvian: t�ja f
Japanese: � (cha)
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Polish: herbata#Polish|herbata f
Russian: �а�ка �ай|�а� (�áška �ája) f, �а�ка �ай|�а� (�áška �áju) f
Slovak: �aj#Slovak|�aj m
Slovene: �aj m
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trans-top|light afternoon meal
Finnish: välipala, kahvi#Finnish|kahvit p
French: goûter m
Latvian: t�ja f
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Japanese: ��� (oyatsu), �� (o-cha)
Polish: podwieczorek m
Russian: полдник (póldnik) m
Slovak: olovrant m
Welsh: te
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dinner<br>
See dinner

Translations to be checked

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ttbc|Esperanto: teo
ttbc|Maori: hapa (one or both of the meal senses)
ttbc|Tibetan: �� (za)

Derived terms
top3
black tea
camomile tea
cream tea
cup of tea
fruit tea
green tea
herb tea, herbal tea
herbal tea
high tea
iced tea
mint tea
Long Island iced tea
red tea
rooibos tea
sugar honey ice tea
teabag
mid3
teaberry
tea break
tea caddy
teacake
tea cart
tea ceremony
tea cloth
tea cosy
teacup
teahouse, tea house
teakettle
(Cockney rhyming slang) tea leaf<!--= "thief"-->
tea leaves
tea party
mid3
tea plant
teapot
tea room
tea service
Teasmade&reg;
teaspoon
tea strainer
teatime
tea towel
tea tray
tea trolley
tea urn
tea wagon
white tea

Anagrams
ate
eat

Category:Meals

Hungarian

Noun
tea IPAchar|/'t�j�/

1. tea

Category:Hungarian nouns

Maori

Adjective
tea

1. white

Category:Chinese derivations
Category:Food and Drink
Category:Maori language

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