English Explanatory Dictionary

te

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In solfège, the seventh note of a major scale (the note B in the fixed-do system): ti.
  2. In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.
noun
  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Т / т.
name
  1. The realm of the dead in Egyptian mythology.
name
  1. Alternative form of De, a former prefecture of imperial China around Dezhou in northwestern Shandong.
noun
  1. Initialism of transporter-erector.
  2. Initialism of transposable element.

Pronunciation

/tiː/ en-us-te.ogg /teɪ/

Word forms

te tes

Etymology

Sense 1: Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become te and later ti. Sense 2: The vowel of ti then changed to 'e' to signify a flattened note.

Synonyms

si ta B-flat li jumping gene transposon
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