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tse

/si/

tse noun: the Cyrillic letter Ц, ц.

Noun (1)

tse (plural tses)

  1. The Cyrillic letter Ц, ц.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: TSE

TSE

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Tokyo Stock Exchange.
  2. (abbreviation, historical, initialism) Initialism of Toronto Stock Exchange (now TSX)
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Test of Spoken English.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Torque Shader Engine.

Noun (2) capitalized: TSE

TSE (countable and uncountable, plural TSEs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of testicular self-examination.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Tse

Tse (plural Tses)

  1. A surname.

Forms of tse

Noun
pluraltses
pluralTSEs
Proper noun
pluralTses

Plural of tse: tses

Origin of tse

Borrowed from Russian цэ (cɛ).

Borrowed from Cantonese 謝 /谢 (ze⁶).

Phrases with tse

Questions about tse

What does tse mean?
Tse means the Cyrillic letter Ц, ц.
What part of speech is tse?
Tse can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce tse?
Tse is pronounced /si/.
What is the plural of tse?
The plural of tse is tses.

Words near tse in the dictionary

  1. TSDBs
  2. tsDMARD
  3. tsDMARDs
  4. tsDNA
  5. tsDNAs
  6. tse
  7. Tse Keh Nay
  8. Tse'khene
  9. Tse-p'u
  10. tseajaiid
  11. tseajaiids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tse (page history and authors); TSE (page history and authors); Tse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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