tael
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See also: tæl
English
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Etymology
From Portuguese tael, from Malay tahil. Doublet of tahil.
Pronunciation
- enPR: tāl, IPA(key): /teɪl/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file) - Homophones: tail, tale
- Rhymes: -eɪl
Noun
tael (plural taels)
- Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams.
- Any of several monetary units equal to the equivalent weight in silver.
- (Hong Kong) leung, a traditional unit of weight, in modern usage legally defined as 1/16 of a catty or kan (斤) or 0.0377993638 kilograms
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Anagrams
- teal, et. al, atel-, LATE, late, TEAl, Elta, et al., TEAL, et al, Teal, tela, leat, EATL, ETLA, tale
Portuguese
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Pronunciation
Noun
tael m (plural taéis)
- tael (any of several eastern Asian units of measure)
- tael (any of several eastern Asian monetary units)
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
tael m (plural taeles)
Further reading
- “tael”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10