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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τῆλε ( têle , “ at a distance, far off, far away, far from ” ) .
Pronunciation
Prefix
tele-
over a distance
telegram
telerobot
television
telecast
telefantasy
telethon
telegraph
telepost
teletape
teletypewriter
telephone
telecheck
telesales
teleport
telebooth
telecommunication
telemarketing
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Basque
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε ( têle ) .
Pronunciation
Prefix
tele-
tele- ( over a distance )
tele- ( relating to television )
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Catalan
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τῆλε ( têle ) .
Pronunciation
Prefix
tele-
tele-
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Czech
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek τῆλε ( têle ) .
Pronunciation
Prefix
tele-
tele-
Derived terms
Further reading
“tele- ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
tele- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině , 2017
Dutch
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Pronunciation
Prefix
tele-
tele-
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Esperanto
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε ( têle ) .
Pronunciation
Prefix
tele-
tele-
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Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English tele- ), ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε ( têle ) .
Pronunciation
Prefix
tele-
tele-
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Galician
Prefix
tele-
tele- (1 and 2)
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From
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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek τῆλε ( têle , “ at a distance, far off, far away, far from ” ) .[ 1]
Prefix
tele-
tele-
ház ( “ house ” ) → tele ház ( “ telecenter ” )
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From the adverb tele ( “ full ” ) .
Prefix
tele-
( verbal prefix ) to the brim , fully , over an entire extent
pakol ( “ to pack ” ) → tele pakol ( “ to fill up something fully with something ” )
firkál ( “ to scribble ” ) → tele firkál ( “ to scribble all over, to fill the available space completely with scribble ” )
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Italian
Prefix
tele-
tele- (all senses)
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τῆλε ( têle ) .
Prefix
tele-
tele-
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τῆλε ( têle ) .
Prefix
tele-
tele-
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References
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Pronunciation
Prefix
tele-
tele- ( over a distance )
tele- ( relating to television )
Derived terms
Further reading
tele- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Internationalism (see English tele- ), ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε ( têle ) .
Pronunciation
Prefix
tele-
tele- ( over a distance )
Derived terms
Further reading
Serbo-Croatian
Prefix
tele- (Cyrillic spelling теле- )
tele-
Derived terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /tele/
Syllabification: te‧le-
Prefix
tele-
tele- (1 and 2)
Derived terms
Further reading
Swedish
Prefix
tele-
tele- ; bridging large distances (e.g. telepati , telefon , telepresens )
tele-; pertaining to telecommunications (e.g. televerk , telebolag , teleingenjör )
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