Kilo Lingo

tea

/tiː/

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Translation

A hot drink made by pouring hot water onto dried leaves.

Word origin

From Dutch thee, from a Chinese word for the tea plant.

Origin
Dutch
Root
thee

Examples

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"Tea" is the hot drink made from leaves.

pot.

"Tea" has no plural, so we say "no tea", not "no teas".

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Here "tea" is the drink the sugar is added to.

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This word is part of lesson 11.