Meaning

3 senses
  1. In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.

  2. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Т / т.

  3. (obsolete)In solfège, the seventh note of a major scale (the note B in the fixed-do system): ti.

    the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Hadi ama, böyle işte.

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  2. There was a fête every day.

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  3. To be good, pâte brisée should be light and flaky.

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  4. I have several times observed that he has taken pains to prevent them from being tête-à-tête.

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  5. The world's leading cacao producers are Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Indonesia.

    ruВедущие мировые производители какао — Кот-д’Ивуар, Гана и Индонезия.

    deWeltführer in der Kakaoproduktion sind die Elfenbeinküste, Ghana und Indonesien.

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Origin

Sense 1: Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical sc

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.

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Forms

plural: tes
Singularte
Pluraltes

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization:tisi
  • a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold:telluriumatomic number 52

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
te — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto