ties

See also: tíes and Ties

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪz

Noun

ties

1. plural of tie
2. (dated) Low shoes fastened with lacings.

Verb

ties

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tie

Anagrams

• EITs, ETSI, Esti, ITEs, SETI, TISE, site

Catalan

Noun

ties

1. plural of tia

Esperanto

Etymology

Esperanto ti- (demonstrative correlative prefix) + -es (correlative suffix of possession)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈties/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ies
• Hyphenation: ti‧es

Determiner

ties (plural ties, accusative singular ties, accusative plural ties)

1. Belonging to that [one/person] (demonstrative correlative of possession), its

   La sunsistemo estas la aro de planedoj, lunoj, asteroidoj, kaj kometoj, kiu ĉirkaŭas la Sunon pro ties gravita kampo.

   The solar system is the system of planets, moons, asteroids, and comets, which surround the Sun due to its gravitational field.

Usage notes

When combined with ĉi, the adverbial particle of proximity, ties ĉi means belonging to this [person].

See also

Esperanto correlatives

		interrogative	demonstrative	indefinite	universal	negative
		ki-	ti-	i-	ĉi-	neni-
kind of, sort of	-a	kia	tia	ia	ĉia	nenia
reason	-al	kial	tial	ial	ĉial	nenial
time	-am	kiam	tiam	iam	ĉiam	neniam
place	-e	kie	tie	ie	ĉie	nenie
motion	-en	kien	tien	ien	ĉien	nenien
manner	-el	kiel	tiel	iel	ĉiel	neniel
possessive	-es	kies	ties	ies	ĉies	nenies
demonstrative pronoun	-o	kio	tio	io	ĉio	nenio
amount	-om	kiom	tiom	iom	ĉiom	neniom
demonstrative determiner	-u	kiu	tiu	iu	ĉiu	neniu

Finnish

Etymology

A form of tietää (“to know”), possibly (a colloquial form of) the third-person singular past indicative (tiesi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtie̯s/, [ˈt̪ie̞̯s̠]
• Rhymes: -ies
• Syllabification^(key): ties
• Hyphenation^(key): ties

Adverb

ties

1. God knows, who knows

   Ties mitä otsikot sanovat presidentin tuoreiden kommenttien jälkeen.

   God knows (or Who knows) what the headlines will say after the president's recent comments.

Synonyms

• Luoja tietää

Derived terms

compounds

• kukaties

Further reading

• “ties”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• -itse, esti, etsi, itse, itse-, seit