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English
Etymology
Shortened from cockatiel.
Pronunciation
Noun
tiel (plural tiels)
- (slang) cockatiel
Anagrams
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Etymology
From ti- (demonstrative correlative prefix) + -el (correlative suffix of manner or degree).
Pronunciation
Adverb
tiel
- so
- Ĉi tie estas tiel kviete!
- It's so quiet here!
- that way, thus, like that
- Kelkaj el la korelativoj ankaŭ funkcias tiel. —Ramo Moraloj-Kastelo
- Some of the correlatives also function like that.
- as
- Mi ne estas tiel alta kiel la plimulto de svedaj knabinoj, sed mi estas blonda kaj havas bluajn okulojn, kaj en miaj vejnoj certe fluas la sango de la Vikingoj—maltrankvila kaj vojaĝema mi estas.
- I am not as tall as the majority of Swedish girls, but I am blond and have blue eyes, and in my veins certainly flows the blood of the Vikings—I am restless and inclined to travel.
- Ni ne estas tiel naivaj, kiel pensas pri ni kelkaj personoj.
- We are not as naive, as some people think we are.
- tiel ADJ kiel
- as ADJ as
Usage notes
When combined with ĉi, the adverbial particle of proximity, ĉi tiel / tiel ĉi means "like this"/"this way".
Derived terms
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Slovak
Pronunciation
Noun
tiel
- genitive plural of telo