taie

Estonian
The painting "Itaalia maastik. Rooma" (Italian landscape. Rome) by Estonian painter Konrad Mägi.

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish taide (“art”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑi̯e/, [ˈtɑi̯e̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑie
  • Hyphenation: tai‧e

Noun

taie (genitive taide, partitive taiet)

  1. (rare) art (the conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.)
    Synonym: kunst
    galeriis eksponeeritakse taiet 1960. aastatest
    the gallery exhibits art from the 1960s

Declension
Declension of taie (ÕS type 6/mõte, d-ø gradation)
singular plural
nominative taie taided
accusative nom.
gen. taide
genitive taiete
partitive taiet taideid
illative taidesse taietesse
taideisse
inessive taides taietes
taideis
elative taidest taietest
taideist
allative taidele taietele
taideile
adessive taidel taietel
taideil
ablative taidelt taietelt
taideilt
translative taideks taieteks
taideiks
terminative taideni taieteni
essive taidena taietena
abessive taideta taieteta
comitative taidega taietega

References
  • taie in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “taie”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “taie”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French teie, inherited from Latin thēca, itself from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē). Doublet of thèque and -thèque.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɛ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophones: tais, tait

Noun

taie f (plural taies)

  1. pillowcase, pillowslip
    une taie d’oreiller ― a pillow case
  2. (ophthalmology) leucoma

Further reading

Romanian

Verb

taie

  1. inflection of tăia:
    1. third-person singular/plural present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative
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