tea leaf

See also: tealeaf and tea-leaf

English

Alternative forms

tea-leaf, tealeaf

Noun

tea leaf (plural tea leaves)

(usually used in the plural) A dried fragment of a leaf of the tea plant used in making the drink tea.
(Cockney rhyming slang) A thief.

Derived terms

tea-leafing
tea-leaved
tea leaf paradox

Translations

leaf of the tea plant

Afrikaans: teeblaar
Arabic: وَرَقَةْ اَلشَّاي f (waraqat aš-šāy), أَوْرَاق اَلشَّاي f pl (ʔawrāq aš-šāy)
Bashkir: сәй япрағы (səy yaprağı)
Bulgarian: ча́ен лист m (čáen list), ча́ени листа́ m pl (čáeni listá)
Burmese: ရွက်ကြမ်း (rwakkram:), လက်ဖက်ရွက် (lakhpak-rwak)
Catalan: fulla de te f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 茶葉／茶叶 (caa⁴ jip⁶)

Hakka: 茶葉／茶叶 (chhà-ya̍p), 茶米 (chhà-mí)

Hokkien: 茶心 (zh-min-nan) (tê-sim), 茶箬 (tê-hio̍h), 茶米 (zh-min-nan) (tê-bí)

Mandarin: 茶葉／茶叶 (zh) (cháyè)
Czech: čajový lístek m
Dutch: theeblad (nl) n
Finnish: teelehti (fi), teenlehti
French: feuille de thé f
German: Teeblatt (de) n, Teeblätter (de) n pl
Hebrew: עלה תה m (a'leh téh)
Hungarian: tealevél (hu)
Irish: duilleog tae f, cnámhóga tae f pl (after steeping)
Italian: foglia di tè f
Japanese: 茶葉 (ja) (ちゃば, chaba, ちゃよう, chayō), お茶っ葉 (o-chappa)
Korean: 찻잎 (chadip), 차잎 (chaip), 다엽 (dayeop)
Lakota: wahpe kalyapi
Macedonian: чаен лист m (čaen list), чајни листови m pl (čajni listovi)
Norwegian: teblad n
Ojibwe: aniibiish, aniibiishan pl
Polish: liść herbaty m
Portuguese: folha de chá f
Rohingya: saáfata
Russian: ча́йный лист m (čájnyj list), ча́йные ли́стья m pl (čájnyje lístʹja)
Spanish: hoja de té f
Swedish: teblad (sv) n
Telugu: తేయాకు (te) (tēyāku)
Thai: ใบชา
Turkish: çay yaprağı
Vilamovian: tȳbłōt n
Welsh: deilen de f
Zhuang: mbawcaz

thief — see thief

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