thé completn.

Brit.

/ˌteɪ kɒ̃ˈpleɪ/, U.S.

/ˌteɪ kɑmˈpleɪ/

Forms: 1800s thè complet, 1800s– thé complet.

Etymology: < French thé complet, lit. ‘complete tea’ (1841 or earlier) < thé thé n.² + complet complete adj.

A light meal, typically eaten in the afternoon, including tea and usually bread and cake; cf. café complet n. at café n. Compounds 3, afternoon tea n. (b) at afternoon n., adv., and int. Compounds 2.

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the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > tea

tea1738

high tea1787

tea and turn out1806

supper1818

tousy tea1835

meat tea1842

thé complet1856

low tea1883

thick tea1886

tea-supper1892

cream tea1964

1856 Dublin Univ. Mag. May 558/1 Truly, among them they do make the ‘thè complet’ of their time.

1868 W. T. Adams Dikes & Ditches viii. 138 ‘One Thé Complet’ consists of simply tea and bread and butter, and as a franc is about twenty cents, its price is thirty cents.

1912 Autocar 9 Mar. 447/2 We filled in the time..in enjoying a thé complet at the Café Suisse, on the quay.

1951 E. Coxhead One Green Bottle v. 113 She darted away with another thé complet.

1967 N. Freeling Strike Out 113 The Dutch ‘thé complet’ accessories..sandwiches. Glacé fours. Dry petits fours. Fan wafers.

2004 H. Davies tr. A. Al Aswany Yacoubian Building 214 Zaki ordered two thés complets (with cake) and a heavy, painful silence hung over them.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	thé complet
释义	thé completn. Brit. /ˌteɪ kɒ̃ˈpleɪ/, U.S. /ˌteɪ kɑmˈpleɪ/ Forms: 1800s thè complet, 1800s– thé complet. Etymology: < French thé complet, lit. ‘complete tea’ (1841 or earlier) < thé thé n.² + complet complete adj. A light meal, typically eaten in the afternoon, including tea and usually bread and cake; cf. café complet n. at café n. Compounds 3, afternoon tea n. (b) at afternoon n., adv., and int. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > tea tea1738 high tea1787 tea and turn out1806 supper1818 tousy tea1835 meat tea1842 thé complet1856 low tea1883 thick tea1886 tea-supper1892 cream tea1964 1856 Dublin Univ. Mag. May 558/1 Truly, among them they do make the ‘thè complet’ of their time. 1868 W. T. Adams Dikes & Ditches viii. 138 ‘One Thé Complet’ consists of simply tea and bread and butter, and as a franc is about twenty cents, its price is thirty cents. 1912 Autocar 9 Mar. 447/2 We filled in the time..in enjoying a thé complet at the Café Suisse, on the quay. 1951 E. Coxhead One Green Bottle v. 113 She darted away with another thé complet. 1967 N. Freeling Strike Out 113 The Dutch ‘thé complet’ accessories..sandwiches. Glacé fours. Dry petits fours. Fan wafers. 2004 H. Davies tr. A. Al Aswany Yacoubian Building 214 Zaki ordered two thés complets (with cake) and a heavy, painful silence hung over them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1856
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