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English

Etymology 1

Clipping of television.

Pronunciation

Noun

tele (countable and uncountable, plural teles)

  1. (rare) Alternative spelling of telly (television, telegraph, telephone, teleport, telecommunication)
    • 1950, Billboard, volume 62, number 9:
      All three tele skeins are pitching furiously to snag the super Easter Day tele show to be bankrolled by Frigidaire, []
    • 2019, Helen Thomas, Murder on Easey Street: Melbourne’s Most Notorious Cold Case:
      They were up late, talking and watching television. Peter will never forget what happened just after they had gone to bed. 'It's like it was yesterday. We'd just been watching tele and went to bed at about 2.30 am. []

Etymology 2

Noun

tele (uncountable)

  1. According to Jacob L. Moreno, a mutual connection or rapport between people that is not a mere one-way process like empathy or transference.

Anagrams

Aragonese

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Etymology

From tele- +‎ visión.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtele/
  • Rhymes: -ele
  • Syllabification: te‧le

Noun

tele f

  1. television
    Ixo ye la tele.
    That's the tele.

Synonyms

Further reading

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech tele, from Proto-Slavic *telę.

Pronunciation

Noun

tele n (related adjective telecí)

  1. calf (young cow or bull)

Declension

See also

Further reading

  • tele”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • tele”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • tele”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːlə

Verb

tele

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of telen

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

Short for teleobjektiivi.

Pronunciation

Noun

tele (colloquial)

  1. (photographing) telephoto lens

Declension

Inflection of tele (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative tele telet
genitive telen telejen
partitive teleä telejä
illative teleen teleihin
singular plural
nominative tele telet
accusative nom. tele telet
gen. telen
genitive telen telejen
telein rare
partitive teleä telejä
inessive telessä teleissä
elative telestä teleistä
illative teleen teleihin
adessive telellä teleillä
ablative teleltä teleiltä
allative telelle teleille
essive telenä teleinä
translative teleksi teleiksi
abessive telettä teleittä
instructive telein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tele (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative teleni teleni
accusative nom. teleni teleni
gen. teleni
genitive teleni telejeni
teleini rare
partitive teleäni telejäni
inessive telessäni teleissäni
elative telestäni teleistäni
illative teleeni teleihini
adessive telelläni teleilläni
ablative teleltäni teleiltäni
allative telelleni teleilleni
essive telenäni teleinäni
translative telekseni teleikseni
abessive telettäni teleittäni
instructive
comitative teleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative telesi telesi
accusative nom. telesi telesi
gen. telesi
genitive telesi telejesi
teleisi rare
partitive teleäsi telejäsi
inessive telessäsi teleissäsi
elative telestäsi teleistäsi
illative teleesi teleihisi
adessive telelläsi teleilläsi
ablative teleltäsi teleiltäsi
allative telellesi teleillesi
essive telenäsi teleinäsi
translative teleksesi teleiksesi
abessive telettäsi teleittäsi
instructive
comitative teleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative telemme telemme
accusative nom. telemme telemme
gen. telemme
genitive telemme telejemme
teleimme rare
partitive teleämme telejämme
inessive telessämme teleissämme
elative telestämme teleistämme
illative teleemme teleihimme
adessive telellämme teleillämme
ablative teleltämme teleiltämme
allative telellemme teleillemme
essive telenämme teleinämme
translative teleksemme teleiksemme
abessive telettämme teleittämme
instructive
comitative teleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative telenne telenne
accusative nom. telenne telenne
gen. telenne
genitive telenne telejenne
teleinne rare
partitive teleänne telejänne
inessive telessänne teleissänne
elative telestänne teleistänne
illative teleenne teleihinne
adessive telellänne teleillänne
ablative teleltänne teleiltänne
allative telellenne teleillenne
essive telenänne teleinänne
translative teleksenne teleiksenne
abessive telettänne teleittänne
instructive
comitative teleinenne

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin tēla.

Noun

tele f (plural telis)

  1. cloth
  2. canvas

Derived terms

See also

Galician

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Etymology

Clipping of televisión.

Noun

tele f (plural teles)

  1. (colloquial) TV, telly

Synonyms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Uralic *täwde. Cognates include Finnish täysi, Estonian täis.

Adverb

tele (not comparable)

  1. full (of something -val/-vel), normally with explicit or implied van
    Synonym: (comparable) teli
    Antonyms: üresen, híján
    Tele van a ház pókokkal.The house is full of spiders.
Usage notes

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with tele-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (they could have seen it, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see tele-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

Derived terms
Compound words
Expressions

Adjective

tele (not comparable)

  1. full (of something -val/-vel)
    Synonym: (comparable) teli
    Antonym: üres
    Egy tele pohár vizet kaptak.They got a full glass of water.
    vízzel tele pohára glass full of water

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of teleobjektív.

Noun

tele (plural telék)

  1. (photography, slang) telephoto lens (lens which produces a magnified view of distant objects)
    Synonym: teleobjektív
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative tele telék
accusative telét teléket
dative telének teléknek
instrumental telével telékkel
causal-final teléért telékért
translative telévé telékké
terminative teléig telékig
essive-formal teleként telékként
essive-modal
inessive telében telékben
superessive telén teléken
adessive telénél teléknél
illative telébe telékbe
sublative telére telékre
allative teléhez telékhez
elative teléből telékből
delative teléről telékről
ablative telétől teléktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
teléé teléké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
telééi telékéi
Possessive forms of tele
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. telém teléim
2nd person sing. teléd teléid
3rd person sing. teléje teléi
1st person plural telénk teléink
2nd person plural telétek teléitek
3rd person plural teléjük teléik

Etymology 3

tél (winter) +‎ -e (his/her/its, possessive suffix)

Noun

tele

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of tél
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative tele
accusative telét
dative telének
instrumental telével
causal-final teléért
translative telévé
terminative teléig
essive-formal teleként
essive-modal teléül
inessive telében
superessive telén
adessive telénél
illative telébe
sublative telére
allative teléhez
elative teléből
delative teléről
ablative telétől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
teléé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
telééi

See also

Further reading

  • (full): tele in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

Etymology 1

Clipping.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.le/
  • Rhymes: -ɛle
  • Hyphenation: tè‧le

Noun

tele f

  1. (informal) telly (UK), TV

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈte.le/
  • Rhymes: -ele
  • Hyphenation: té‧le

Noun

tele f pl

  1. plural of tela

Anagrams

Latvian

Tele

Pronunciation

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Noun

tele f (5th declension)

  1. female calf, immature cow, heifer
    pērnā telethe heifer from last year
    šķirnes telea heifer of good breed
    grūsna telepregnant heifer
    te Tibils visu vasaru turēja savus lopus: divas teles, abas slaucamās govis, aitas un zirgushere Tibils kept his animals all summer: the two heifers, both dairy cows, the sheep and the horses
    nopētīju savu ganāmpulki, vai kāda no govīm, īpaši telēm, netaisās laisties blēņās uz zirņu laukuhe kept an eye on his herd, in case one of the cows, especially the heifers, wanted to play any tricks on the pea fields

Declension

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þeli, þili.

Noun

tele m (definite singular telen, indefinite plural teler, definite plural telene)

  1. a frozen layer of soil
    Synonym: klake

Verb

tele (present tense teler, past tense tela or telet, past participle tela or telet)

  1. (intransitive, about the ground) to freeze

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þilir m pl.

Noun

tele m (definite singular telen, indefinite plural teler, definite plural telene)

  1. a person from Telemark
    Synonyms: telemarking, teledøl

References

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þeli, þili. The verb is derived from the noun. Probably related to Swedish tjäle.

Pronunciation

Noun

tele m (definite singular telen, indefinite plural telar, definite plural telane)

  1. a frozen layer of soil
    Synonym: klake

Verb

tele (present tense telar, past tense tela, past participle tela, passive infinitive telast, present participle telande, imperative tele/tel)

  1. (intransitive, about the ground or fingers) to freeze
Alternative forms
  • tela (a- and split infinitives)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þilir m pl.

Noun

tele m (definite singular telen, indefinite plural teler or telar, definite plural telene or telane)

  1. a person from Telemark
    Synonym: telemarking

References

Anagrams

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *telę.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈtɛlɛ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈtɛlɛ/

Noun

tele n

  1. calf (young cow or bull)

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: tele

Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

tele

  1. locative singular of tela (oil)

Portuguese

Verb

tele

  1. inflection of telar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Samoan

Adjective

tele

  1. big

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *telę.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /těle/
  • Hyphenation: te‧le

Noun

tèle n (Cyrillic spelling тѐле)

  1. calf

Declension

This word has no plural, but the collective noun tȅlād is used instead.

See also

Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

tele

  1. locative singular of telo

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *telę.

Pronunciation

Noun

téle n

  1. calf

Inflection

Declension of tele (neuter, t-stem)
nom. sing. tele
gen. sing. teleta
singular dual plural
nominative tele teleti teleta
accusative tele teleti teleta
genitive teleta telet telet
dative teletu teletoma teletom
locative teletu teletih teletih
instrumental teletom teletoma teleti

Further reading

  • tele”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Spanish

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Etymology

Clipping of televisión.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtele/
  • Rhymes: -ele
  • Syllabification: te‧le

Noun

tele f (plural teles)

  1. television
    Synonyms: televisión, televisor

Further reading

Swahili

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Adjective

tele (invariable)

  1. abundant

Western Maninkakan

Noun

tele

  1. sun

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tele

  1. puppy

References

  • Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 78