Phrase guide

pink tea

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /pɪŋk ˈtiː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /pɪŋk ˈti/
  • rhymes with -iː

1

noun

Meaning 1

A fashionable formal tea party or other social gathering; specifically, one organized and attended chiefly by women to discuss matters of suffrage, raise funds for charity, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable, historical, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any exclusive social gathering.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, broadly, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Something (as an event or policy) excessively polite and refined; specifically, one regarded as ineffective and weak.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, also, attributive, countable, figuratively, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tea party

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A hot drink from the Indian subcontinent with a pink colour, made with gunpowder tea, baking soda, and milk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: India, Pakistan, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Kashmiri tea, noon chai

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From pink (“pale red; (rare) fashionable, smart”) + tea (“drink made by infusing dried leaves or buds of the tea plant in hot water; light midafternoon meal”).

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: teekutsut — fashionable formal tea party or other gathering; specifically, one organized and attended chiefly by women
  • Macedonian: ча́јанка (čájanka) — fashionable formal tea party or other gathering; specifically, one organized and attended chiefly by women
  • Finnish: kutsut — exclusive social gathering
  • Finnish: hienosteleva — something excessively polite and refined; specifically, one regarded as ineffective and weak
  • Armenian: վարդագույն թեյ (vardaguyn tʻey) — hot drink from the Indian subcontinent with a pink colour made with gunpowder tea, baking soda, and milk
  • Armenian: քաշմիրի թեյ (kʻašmiri tʻey) — hot drink from the Indian subcontinent with a pink colour made with gunpowder tea, baking soda, and milk
  • Belarusian: Кашмірскі чай (Kašmirski čaj) — hot drink from the Indian subcontinent with a pink colour made with gunpowder tea, baking soda, and milk
  • Bengali: নুন চা (nun ca) — hot drink from the Indian subcontinent with a pink colour made with gunpowder tea, baking soda, and milk
  • Bengali: শির চা (śir ca) — hot drink from the Indian subcontinent with a pink colour made with gunpowder tea, baking soda, and milk
  • Finnish: kašmirilainen tee — hot drink from the Indian subcontinent with a pink colour made with gunpowder tea, baking soda, and milk
  • Hindi: नून चाय (nūn cāy) — hot drink from the Indian subcontinent with a pink colour made with gunpowder tea, baking soda, and milk
  • Kashmiri: نوٗنہٕ چاے (nūnhụ cāy) — hot drink from the Indian subcontinent with a pink colour made with gunpowder tea, baking soda, and milk
  • Macedonian: ро́зов чај (rózov čaj) — hot drink from the Indian subcontinent with a pink colour made with gunpowder tea, baking soda, and milk
  • Macedonian: ка́шмирски чај (kášmirski čaj) — hot drink from the Indian subcontinent with a pink colour made with gunpowder tea, baking soda, and milk
  • Malayalam: കാശ്മീരി ചായ (kāśmīri cāya) — hot drink from the Indian subcontinent with a pink colour made with gunpowder tea, baking soda, and milk
  • Persian: نون چای — hot drink from the Indian subcontinent with a pink colour made with gunpowder tea, baking soda, and milk
  • Russian: розовый чай (rozovyj čaj) — hot drink from the Indian subcontinent with a pink colour made with gunpowder tea, baking soda, and milk
  • Russian: Кашмирский чай (Kašmirskij čaj) — hot drink from the Indian subcontinent with a pink colour made with gunpowder tea, baking soda, and milk
  • Ukrainian: рожевий чай (roževyj čaj) — hot drink from the Indian subcontinent with a pink colour made with gunpowder tea, baking soda, and milk
  • Ukrainian: Кашмірський чай (Kašmirsʹkyj čaj) — hot drink from the Indian subcontinent with a pink colour made with gunpowder tea, baking soda, and milk
  • Urdu: نون چائے (non cāe) — hot drink from the Indian subcontinent with a pink colour made with gunpowder tea, baking soda, and milk