tales

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See also: Tales, talés, tałes, and tåles

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

tales

  1. plural of tale

Verb

tales

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) third-person singular simple present indicative of tale

Etymology 2

From Latin plural of talis (“such (persons)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈteɪliːz/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

tales (plural tales)

  1. (law) A person available to fill vacancies in a jury.
  2. (law) A book or register of people available to fill jury vacancies.
  3. (law) A writ to summon people to court to fill vacancies in a jury.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

tales (plural talesim or taleysim or talaisim or taleisim)

  1. Alternative form of tallit (“Jewish prayer shawl”)

Anagrams

Abung

Etymology

From Proto-Lampungic *taləs, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs.

Pronunciation

Noun

tales

  1. yam
  2. taro

Balinese

Romanization

tales

  1. Romanization of ᬢᬍᬲ᭄

Betawi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs.

Noun

tales

  1. yam
  2. taro

Catalan

Verb

tales

  1. second-person singular present indicative of talar

Central Palawano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *táləs, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs.

Noun

tales

  1. taro

Danish

Noun

tales c

  1. genitive singular indefinite of tale

French

Verb

tales

  1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of taler

Anagrams

Javanese

Other scripts
Carakan ꦠꦭꦼꦱ꧀
Roman tales

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs (compare English taro, a borrowing from Maori).

Noun

tales

  1. taro

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

tālēs

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative masculine/feminine plural of tālis

Madurese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs.

Noun

tales

  1. yam
    Synonym: kaladi
  2. taro

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tales

  1. passive form of tale

Portuguese

Verb

tales

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of talar

Spanish

Adjective

tales m pl

  1. plural of tal

Verb

tales

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of talar

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

tales

  1. first-person singular preterite colloquial of talu

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tales dales nhales thales
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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