English Online Dictionary. What means thee? What does thee mean?
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English þe, from Old English þē (“thee”, originally dative, but later also accusative), from Proto-Germanic *þiz (“thee”), from Proto-Indo-European *te (“second-person singular pronoun”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian die (“thee”), West Frisian dy (“thee”), German Low German di (“thee”), German dir (“thee”, dative pron.), Icelandic þér (“thee”). More at thou.
Pronunciation
- enPR: thē, IPA(key): /ðiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Homophone: the (when stressed)
Pronoun
thee (second-person singular, objective case, nominative thou, reflexive thyself)
- (now chiefly archaic, literary) Objective and reflexive case of thou. [from 8th c.]
- (now chiefly archaic, dialect) Thou. [from 12th c.]
Alternative forms
- Thee
- the (obsolete)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
thee (third-person singular simple present thees, present participle theeing, simple past and past participle theed)
- (transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun thee.
- Synonym: thou
- (intransitive) To use the word thee.
- Synonym: thou
See also
Etymology 2
From Middle English theen (“to increase, prosper, flourish”), from Old English þēon (“to thrive, prosper, flourish, grow”), from Proto-Germanic *þinhaną (“to thrive, succeed”), from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to succeed, turn out well”). Cognate with Dutch gedijen (“to flourish, thrive, prosper, succeed”), German gedeihen (“to thrive”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (gaþeihan, “to increase, thrive”).
Alternative forms
- the (Scotland)
Pronunciation
- enPR: thē, IPA(key): /θiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
Verb
thee (third-person singular simple present thees, present participle theeing, simple past and past participle theed)
- (intransitive, UK, obsolete) To thrive; prosper.
Derived terms
- theedom
Etymology 3
From Pitman zee, which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents.
Noun
thee (plural thees)
- The letter ⟨(⟩, which stands for the th sound /ð/ in Pitman shorthand.
Related terms
- ith
- eth, the name of the IPA letter for this sound
Etymology 4
Respelling of the popularized by Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth.
Article
thee
- (very rare, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of the
Anagrams
- ethe
Dutch
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) tee
Etymology
From Hokkien 茶 (tê). The "-h-" is a faux-Greek spelling (compare Greek τσάι (tsái)); the more basal spelling tee was previously common, especially in the early modern period, but is now obsolete.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teː/
- Hyphenation: thee
- Rhymes: -eː
Noun
thee m (plural theeën, diminutive theetje n)
- tea
Derived terms
Descendants
Anagrams
- heet, hete
Green Hmong
Etymology
From Thai ถ่าน (tàan) ("charcoal") or Lao ຖ່ານ (thān) ("charcoal"), ultimately from Middle Chinese 炭 (tʰɑnH) ("charcoal").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰẽ˧/
Noun
thee
- charcoal, coal
Middle English
Etymology 1
Pronoun
thee
- Alternative form of þe (“thee”)
Etymology 2
Verb
thee
- Alternative form of theen
Old Irish
Adjective
thee
- Alternative spelling of thé: lenited form of tee (“hot”).
Scots
Etymology 1
From Old English þēoh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θi/
Noun
thee (plural thees)
- thigh
Etymology 2
From Middle English theen, from Old English þēon, from Proto-Germanic *þinhaną.
Verb
thee (third-person singular simple present thees, present participle theein, simple past theet, past participle theet)
- (archaic, literary) To thrive, prosper
Etymology 3
From Middle English þe, from Old English þē (“thee”, originally dative, but later also accusative), from Proto-Germanic *þiz (“thee”), from Proto-Indo-European *te (“second-person singular pronoun”).
Alternative forms
- dee
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ði/
- (Orkney, Shetland) IPA(key): /di/
Pronoun
thee (subjective case thou, reflexive thysel, possessive determiner thy)
- (archaic outside Orkney and Shetland) thee, you (2nd person singular object pronoun, informal)
- (Orkney, Shetland) thou, you (2nd person singular subject pronoun, informal)
Usage notes
- Regularly used throughout Scotland up until the middle of the 1800s; now only used as an archaism outside Shetland and Orkney.
References
- “thou, pers. pron, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
White Hmong
Etymology
From Thai ถ่าน (tàan) ("charcoal") or Lao ຖ່ານ (thān) ("charcoal"), ultimately from Middle Chinese 炭 (tʰɑnH) ("charcoal").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰẽ˧/
Noun
thee
- charcoal, coal
Yola
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ðiː/
- Homophones: tha, thaaye
Etymology 1
From Middle English þe, from Old English þē.
Pronoun
thee
- thee
Etymology 2
From Middle English þi, apocopated variant of þin, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn.
Alternative forms
- th'
Determiner
thee
- thy, your
Derived terms
- o'thie
Etymology 3
Pronoun
thee
- thou
Derived terms
- yarthe