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tui

name · noun · 5 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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  • New-Zealand: /ˈtʉi/
  • New-Zealand: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtuːi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːi

1

name

Meaning 1

A town in Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mockingbird, parson bird, poë, poë-bird

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Initialism of text-based user interface or terminal user interface.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, retronym

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Initialism of tangible user interface.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Initialism of touch user interface.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori tūī.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: toei — Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
  • Chinese Mandarin: 圖伊鳥 /图伊鸟 (túyīniǎo) — Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
  • Chinese Mandarin: 簇胸吸蜜鳥 /簇胸吸蜜鸟 (cùxiōngxīmìniǎo) — Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
  • Czech: tui zpěvný — Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
  • Dutch: toei — Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
  • French: méliphage tui — Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
  • French: tui cravate-frisée — Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
  • Japanese: エリマキミツスイ — Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
  • Lithuanian: Naujosios Zelandijos tujus — Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
  • Māori: tūī — Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tuihonningeter — Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tuihonningetar — Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
  • Polish: kędziornik — Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
  • Russian: туи (tui) — Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
  • Russian: новозеландский туи (novozelandskij tui) — Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
  • Russian: новозеландский туй (novozelandskij tuj) — Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
  • Spanish: mielero tui — Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
  • Welsh: aderyn y goler gron — Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae