teo

See also: Teo, Tèo, teo-, tẹo, and tèo

Esperanto

Taso da teo

Etymology

From English tea, French thé, German Tee, Yiddish טיי (tey), Italian tè, all ultimately from Hokkien 茶 (tê).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteo/

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• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: te‧o

Noun

teo (accusative singular teon, plural teoj, accusative plural teojn)

1. tea
   • 2025 September 18, Myrtis Smith, “Teo: la plej amata trinkaĵo de la mondo”, in uea.facila‎^[2], archived from the original on 19 November 2025:

     Ĉu vi faris tason da teo hodiaŭ?

     Did you make a cup of tea today?

Derived terms

• buterteo (“butter tea”)
• teacoj (“Theaceae”)
• tearbo (“tea bush”)
• teejo (“teahouse”)
• teino (“theine”)
• teismo (“theism (morbid condition from drinking too much tea)”)
• temaŝino (“samovar”)
• teujo (“tea caddy; teapot”)

References

“teo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN

Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteo̯̯/

Noun

teo

1. genitive singular of tigu
2. genitive singular of tegu

Galician

Alternative forms

• teio

Etymology

Attested since circa 1750. From Latin taedium. Doublet of tedio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈteʊ]

Noun

teo m (plural teos)

1. (veterinary medicine, pathology) scrapie

   Synonyms: lolo, rebullón, tortón

2. (veterinary medicine, pathology) coenurosis

   Synonym: cenurose

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “teo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “teyo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “teo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “teo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto teo, Italian tè, Spanish té, French thé, German Tee and English tea, which ultimately from Hokkien 茶 (tê, “tea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.o/

Noun

teo (plural tei)

1. tea (drink)

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /tʲoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /tʲɔː/

Adjective

teo

1. inflection of te (“hot, warm”):
   1. nominative/vocative/dative plural
   2. strong genitive plural
   3. comparative degree

Alternative forms

• (comparative): teocha (Cois Fharraige)

Noun

teo f (genitive singular teo)

1. synonym of teocht (“warmth, heat; temperature”)

Declension

Declension of teo (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative teo vocative a theo genitive teo dative teo forms with the definite article singular nominative an teo genitive na teo dative leis an teo don teo

Mutation

Mutated forms of teo

radical	lenition	eclipsis
teo	theo	dteo

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “teo”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “teo”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “teo”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te͜oː/
• Rhymes: -e͜oː

Verb

tēo

1. inflection of tēon:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive
   3. singular imperative

Swahili

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ɔ/
• (Kimvita) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ʰɛ.ɔ/

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

teo

1. plural of uteo

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈte.o]

Noun

teo

1. seawater

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Vietnamese

Etymology

Derived from Old Chinese 消 (OC *[s]ew) (B-S) (SV: tiêu).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tɛw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tɛw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tɛw˧˧]

Verb

teo • (消)

1. to shrink, to shrivel

Derived terms

• teo tóp
• tẻo teo
• tí teo