Feminine

tea

Meaning

  1. (feminine) torch (a stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source)
  2. (colloquial, feminine) intoxication, drunkenness

Frequency

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Hyphenated as
te‧a
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtea/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Latin tēda, early monophthongized variant of Latin taeda (“torch”).

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