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English
rank|case|fact|known|315|thee|hope|er|children
Etymology
From the Middle English and Anglo-Saxon term|the|lang=enm.
Pronunciation
enPR|th�
IPA|/ði�/
SAMPA|/Di:/
audio|en-us-thee.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�|-i�
Homophones
the (when stressed)
Pronoun
infl|en|second person pronoun|second person singular, objective case
- archaic|literary you (singular)
#* M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisisana (PG), p. 40
#*: When our Chiefs command us, we never require the reasons: I can say nothing else to thee.
Usage notes
term|thee|Thee is the objective case of term|thou, but it eventually came to be used by Quakers, Amish, and other Pennsylvania Dutch people in place of the nominative term|thou, along with the third person singular form of verbs.
Translations
trans-top|you (singular)
French: toi (informal and addressing one person; used after a preposition), te (informal and addressing one person; used before a verb), vous (formal or addressing more than one person; used after a preposition or before a verb)
Italian: te (informal and addressing one person; used after a preposition), ti (informal and addressing one person; used before a verb), voi (formal or addressing more than one person; used after a preposition), vi (formal or addressing more than one person; used before a verb)
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See also
thou
thy
you
Dutch
Noun
nl-noun|g=m|-|-
- tea
Anagrams
heet, hete
ar:thee
zh-min-nan:thee
el:thee
fa:thee
fr:thee
io:thee
id:thee
it:thee
sw:thee
hu:thee
nl:thee
pl:thee
pt:thee
fi:thee
te:thee
vi:thee
tr:thee
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