teatime

The traditional time, in the late afternoon, for serving tea (the meal).

Etymology

From tea + time. Compare Saterland Frisian Teetied (“teatime”), West Frisian teetiid (“teatime”), Dutch theetijd (“teatime”), German Teezeit (“teatime”), Danish tetid (“teatime”), Swedish tetid (“teatime”), Icelandic tetími (“teatime”).

Synonyms

afternoon tea

tea

🫖

afternoon

evening

🌆

post meridian

Translations

l’heure du thé

berenar

Abendessen

heure

thé

🫖

heure du thé

herbata

vespertin

vespralh

fajf

five o’clock

merenda

hora del té

Vesper