Phrase guide

herbal tea

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A beverage made by infusing mainly the leaves (and sometimes the flowers, roots, or stems) of various herbs or other plants, generally not including true tea (Camellia sinensis).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: herb tea, tisane

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tea

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noun

Meaning 2

tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: herb tea, herbal

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tea

Narrower terms: tisane

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: билков чай (bilkov čaj) — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Catalan: tisana — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Catalan: infusió — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Chinese Cantonese: 涼茶 /凉茶 (loeng4 caa4) — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 草本茶 (cǎoběnchá) — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 花草茶 (huācǎochá) — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 涼茶 /凉茶 (liángchá) — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 藥茶 /药茶 (yàochá) — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 草藥茶 /草药茶 (cǎoyàochá) — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 青草茶 (qīngcǎochá) — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Min Nan Chinese: 草藥茶 /草药茶 (tsháu-io̍h-tê) — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Czech: bylinný čaj — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Czech: bylinkový čaj — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Dutch: kruidenthee — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Esperanto: tizano — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Finnish: yrttitee — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • French: tisane — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • French: infusion — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • German: Kräutertee — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Icelandic: jurtate — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Italian: tisana — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Japanese: ハーブティー (hābu tī) — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Korean: 허브티 (heobeuti) — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Māori: tī amiami — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: urtete — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: urtete — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Persian: دمنوش (damnuš) — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Polish: herbata ziołowa — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Polish: napar — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Portuguese: tisana — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Portuguese: infusão — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Russian: травяно́й чай (travjanój čaj) — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Russian: цвето́чный чай (cvetóčnyj čaj) — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Russian: фиточа́й (fitočáj) — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Russian: отва́р из трав (otvár iz trav) — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Spanish: tisana — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Spanish: infusión — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Swedish: örtte — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Thai: ชาสมุนไพร — beverage made by infusion of herbs
  • Turkish: bitki çayı — beverage made by infusion of herbs