Te

Te

1. (chemistry) Chemical symbol for tellurium.

Te

1. (Egyptology, Egyptian mythology) The realm of the dead in Egyptian mythology.

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Mandarin 德 (Dé, “virtue, manliness”).

Te

1. (historical) Alternative form of De, a former prefecture of imperial China around Dezhou in northwestern Shandong.
   • 1960, “Translation (Chiu Tʻang-shu 200A.1a-5b)”, in Howard S. Levy, transl., Biography of An Lu-shan‎^[1], Berkley; Los Angeles: University of California Press, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, page 45:

     The next year the reign style was changed to Chʻien-yüan 乾元 (February 13, 758-February 2, 759). Wang Chien 王暕,¹⁷⁸ the bogus Prefect of Te Prefecture 德州, Yü-wen Kʻuan 宇文寛, the bogus Prefect of Pei Prefecture 貝州,¹⁷⁹ and others all renewed their allegiance [to the Tʻang court].

Capitalized te.

• IPA^(key): /ˈte/, [ˈt̪e̞]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification^(key): Te
• Hyphenation^(key): Te

Te

1. (address) You (very formal, honorific or respectful 2nd person address both in singular and in plural) (alternative letter-case form of te)

See Appendix:Finnish polite forms.

• et

• Tee, Thee

Borrowed from Hokkien 戴 (Tè).

Te

1. a Chinese Indonesian surname from Hokkien.

Borrowed from Hokkien 戴 (Tè).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈte/ [ˈt̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: Te
• Homophone: te

Te (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

• Tee
• Ty