ceai

See also: ce-ai

Galician

Verb

ceai

1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural imperative of cear

Portuguese

Verb

ceai

1. second-person plural imperative of cear

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چای (possibly through Russian чай (čaj)), from Persian چای, from Chinese 茶 (chá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe̯aj/

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Noun

ceai m or n (uncountable)

1. tea bush

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ceai	ceaiul
genitive-dative	ceai	ceaiului
vocative	ceaiule

Noun

ceai n (plural ceaiuri)

1. tea
2. tea time

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ceai	ceaiul		ceaiuri	ceaiurile
genitive-dative	ceai	ceaiului		ceaiuri	ceaiurilor
vocative	ceaiule			ceaiurilor

Related terms

• ceainic

References

• “ceai”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025