tease

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• tēz
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• /tiːz/
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• homophone: teas
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• homophone: tees
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• rhymes with -iːz
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• CMU ARPABET: T IY1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English tesen, from Old English tǣsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan (“to separate, tug, shred”).

186 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Danish: drillepind — one who teases
• German: Scherzbold — one who teases
• Irish: clipire — one who teases
• Irish: griogaire — one who teases
• Irish: ciapaire — one who teases
• Irish: cráiteoir — one who teases
• Spanish: camelador — one who teases
• Swedish: retsticka — one who teases
• Spanish: camelo — a single act of teasing
• Spanish: encandilamiento — a single act of teasing
• Bulgarian: разчепквам (razčepkvam) — to separate the fibers
• Bulgarian: разнищвам (razništvam) — to separate the fibers
• Finnish: karstata — to separate the fibers
• Finnish: avata — to separate the fibers
• French: carder — to separate the fibers
• German: usenanderchnüüble — to separate the fibers
• Greek: ξεφτίζω (xeftízo) — to separate the fibers
• Greek: ξεμπλέκω (xempléko) — to separate the fibers
• Irish: spíon — to separate the fibers
• Italian: cardare — to separate the fibers
• Portuguese: cardar — to separate the fibers
• Russian: чеса́ть (česátʹ) — to separate the fibers
• Spanish: cardar — to separate the fibers
• Spanish: peinar — to separate the fibers
• Swedish: karda — to separate the fibers
• Swedish: kamma — to separate the fibers
• Bulgarian: кардирам (kardiram) — to comb
• Catalan: pentinar — to comb
• Finnish: kammata — to comb
• French: carder — to comb
• German: kämmen — to comb
• German: hecheln — to comb
• Irish: spíon — to comb
• Irish: cíor — to comb
• Italian: pettinare — to comb
• Middle English: tesen — to comb
• Middle English: tosen — to comb
• Portuguese: pentear — to comb
• Russian: начёсывать (načósyvatʹ) — to comb
• Spanish: peinar — to comb
• Swedish: karda — to comb
• Swedish: kamma — to comb
• Assamese: জোঁকা (zü̃ka) — to poke fun at
• Early Assamese: জঙ্কা (joṅka) — to poke fun at
• Bulgarian: закачам се (zakačam se) — to poke fun at
• Catalan: mofar — to poke fun at
• Cherokee: ᎦᏪᏟᎭ (gawetliha) — to poke fun at
• Chinese: 創治 /创治 (zh-min-nan) — to poke fun at
• Chinese: 創景 /创景 (zh-min-nan) — to poke fun at
• Chinese Mandarin: 逗弄 (dòunong) — to poke fun at
• Chinese Mandarin: 戲弄 /戏弄 (xìnòng) — to poke fun at
• Czech: škádlit — to poke fun at
• Danish: drille — to poke fun at
• Dutch: plagen — to poke fun at
• Esperanto: moketi — to poke fun at
• Finnish: kiusoitella — to poke fun at
• Finnish: härnätä — to poke fun at
• French: taquiner — to poke fun at
• German: necken — to poke fun at
• German: hänseln — to poke fun at
• German: aufziehen — to poke fun at
• German: verarschen — to poke fun at
• German: auf den Arm nehmen — to poke fun at
• Greek: πειράζω (peirázo) — to poke fun at
• Hindi: छेड़ना (cheṛnā) — to poke fun at
• Hindi: शरारत (śarārat) — to poke fun at
• Hindi: मजे लेना (maje lenā) — to poke fun at
• Hungarian: ugrat — to poke fun at
• Icelandic: stríða — to poke fun at
• Ingrian: narria — to poke fun at
• Ingrian: kiusata — to poke fun at
• Ingrian: ärvärtää — to poke fun at
• Irish: gabh do — to poke fun at
• Irish: spoch as — to poke fun at
• Irish: ciap — to poke fun at
• Irish: clip — to poke fun at
• Irish: saighid faoi (unkindly) — to poke fun at
• Italian: burlarsi di — to poke fun at
• Italian: burlare — to poke fun at
• Japanese: からかう (karakau) — to poke fun at
• Korean: 놀리다 (nollida) — to poke fun at
• Latin: vexō — to poke fun at
• Macedonian: за́дева (zádeva) — to poke fun at
• Macedonian: за́кача (zákača) — to poke fun at
• Māori: hangatītī — to poke fun at
• Māori: pāengaenga — to poke fun at
• Norwegian Bokmål: erte — to poke fun at
• Norwegian Nynorsk: erta — to poke fun at
• Polish: drażnić — to poke fun at
• Polish: dokuczać — to poke fun at
• Portuguese: caçoar — to poke fun at
• Portuguese: tirar sarro — to poke fun at
• Portuguese: zombar — to poke fun at
• Rapa Nui: geu — to poke fun at
• Russian: дразни́ть (draznítʹ) — to poke fun at
• Russian: поддра́знивать (poddráznivatʹ) — to poke fun at
• Scottish Gaelic: tarraing à — to poke fun at
• Serbo-Croatian: задирки́вати — to poke fun at
• Serbo-Croatian: изази́вати — to poke fun at
• Serbo-Croatian: провоци́рати — to poke fun at
• Serbo-Croatian: zadirkívati — to poke fun at
• Serbo-Croatian: izazívati — to poke fun at
• Serbo-Croatian: provocírati — to poke fun at
• Spanish: burlarse de — to poke fun at
• Spanish: molestar — to poke fun at
• Spanish: tomar el pelo — to poke fun at
• Spanish: embromar — to poke fun at
• Spanish: mofar — to poke fun at
• Spanish: mofarse — to poke fun at
• Spanish: pitorrearse — to poke fun at
• Spanish: recochinearse — to poke fun at
• Spanish: vacilar — to poke fun at
• Spanish: lornear — to poke fun at
• Swedish: reta — to poke fun at
• Tamil: சீண்டு (cīṇṭu) — to poke fun at
• Thai: ล้อ (lɔ́ɔ) — to poke fun at
• Thai: แซ็ว (sɛo) — to poke fun at
• Vietnamese: chọc — to poke fun at
• Vietnamese: chọc ghẹo — to poke fun at
• Vietnamese: ghẹo — to poke fun at
• Yiddish: חוזק מאַכן (khoyzek makhn) — to poke fun at
• Bulgarian: дразня (draznja) — to provoke or disturb
• Bulgarian: ядосвам (jadosvam) — to provoke or disturb
• Chinese Mandarin: 挑逗 (tiǎodòu) — to provoke or disturb
• Esperanto: inciteti — to provoke or disturb
• Finnish: ärsyttää — to provoke or disturb
• Finnish: kiusata — to provoke or disturb
• Finnish: härnätä — to provoke or disturb
• German: aufziehen — to provoke or disturb
• German: provozieren — to provoke or disturb
• German: zöiklä — to provoke or disturb
• Hungarian: bosszant — to provoke or disturb
• Hungarian: ingerel — to provoke or disturb
• Irish: griog — to provoke or disturb
• Irish: gabh de — to provoke or disturb
• Irish: saighid — to provoke or disturb
• Italian: provocare — to provoke or disturb
• Italian: stuzzicare — to provoke or disturb
• Japanese: ちょっかいを出す (chokkai o dasu) — to provoke or disturb
• Macedonian: за́дева (zádeva) — to provoke or disturb
• Macedonian: за́кача (zákača) — to provoke or disturb
• Portuguese: provocar — to provoke or disturb
• Portuguese: irritar — to provoke or disturb
• Portuguese: aborrecer — to provoke or disturb
• Portuguese: implicar — to provoke or disturb
• Russian: провоци́ровать (provocírovatʹ) — to provoke or disturb
• Russian: надоеда́ть (nadojedátʹ) — to provoke or disturb
• Spanish: chinchar — to provoke or disturb
• Spanish: alborotar — to provoke or disturb
• Spanish: embromar — to provoke or disturb
• Swedish: reta — to provoke or disturb
• Tamil: சீண்டு (cīṇṭu) — to provoke or disturb
• Tamil: கலாய் (kalāy) — to provoke or disturb
• Thai: ยั่ว (yûua) — to provoke or disturb
• Ugandan Sign Language: luganda — to provoke or disturb
• Ugandan Sign Language: okunyiza — to provoke or disturb
• Chinese Mandarin: 勾引 (gōuyǐn) — to entice
• Finnish: viekoitella — to entice
• Finnish: houkutella — to entice
• Finnish: vietellä — to entice
• German: verführen — to entice
• German: reizen — to entice
• Greek: σκανδαλίζω (skandalízo) — to entice
• Italian: tentare — to entice
• Italian: sedurre — to entice
• Japanese: 誘う (sasou) — to entice
• Macedonian: прима́мува (primámuva) — to entice
• Portuguese: tentar — to entice
• Portuguese: seduzir — to entice
• Portuguese: provocar — to entice
• Russian: мани́ть (manítʹ) — to entice
• Russian: зама́нивать (zamánivatʹ) — to entice
• Spanish: engatusar — to entice
• Spanish: encatusar — to entice
• Spanish: encantusar — to entice
• Spanish: cantusar — to entice
• Spanish: acodiciar — to entice
• Swedish: reta — to entice
• Thai: อ่อย (ɔ̀i) — to entice
• Spanish: ilusionar — to deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal
• Spanish: encandilar — to deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal
• Spanish: camelar — to deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal
• Spanish: acodiciar — to deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal
• Spanish: esperanzar falsamente — to deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal
• Dutch: zinspelen op — to show as forthcoming
• Spanish: teasear — to show as forthcoming