tela

See also: teļa, teļā, and teľa

Contents

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tēla (“web”).

Noun

tela (plural telas or telae)

1. (anatomy) a thin, weblike structure or membrane

Anagrams

• EATL, ETLA, Elta, LATE, TEAL, TEAl, Teal, et al, et al., late, leat, tael, tale, teal

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Annobonese

Noun

tela

1. land

References

• 1994, Jacques Arends, Pieter Muysken, Norval Smith (editors), Pidgins and Creoles: an introduction
• 2005, John H. McWhorter, Defining Creole

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan tela, from Latin tēla.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.lə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.la/

Noun

tela f (plural teles)

1. cloth, fabric
2. canvas (cloth on which one may paint)

Synonyms

• (canvas): llenç

Derived terms

• teler
• teranyina

Related terms

• teixir

Further reading

• “tela” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þelą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtelɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞lɑ]
• Rhymes: -elɑ

Noun

tela

1. One of a set of round logs used as support to keep something, such as a boat or a pile of firewood, from touching directly the ground, or to help move a large object by rolling it over the logs.
2. (by extension) A place where something is left or stored; usually in adessive, ablative or allative plural.
3. roller, cylinder
4. track (short of telaketju - "caterpillar track")

Declension

Inflection of tela (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		tela	telat
genitive		telan	telojen
partitive		telaa	teloja
illative		telaan	teloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tela	telat
accusative	nom.	tela	telat
	gen.	telan
genitive		telan	telojen telainrare
partitive		telaa	teloja
inessive		telassa	teloissa
elative		telasta	teloista
illative		telaan	teloihin
adessive		telalla	teloilla
ablative		telalta	teloilta
allative		telalle	teloille
essive		telana	teloina
translative		telaksi	teloiksi
instructive		—	teloin
abessive		telatta	teloitta
comitative		—	teloineen

Synonyms

• (round log used as support): telapuu

Derived terms

Derived terms

• kannatustela
• kuivaustela
• talvitela
• telaketju
• telakka

• telalavetti
• telaluu
• telamiina
• telapuu

• telata
• telatie
• telatraktori
• telavaunu

Anagrams

• alet, laet

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Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English tailor.

Noun

tēlà m (plural tēlōlī, possessed form tēlàn)

1. tailor

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin tēla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.la/

Noun

tela f (plural tele)

1. cloth
2. canvas
3. curtain (theatre)

Synonyms

• (cloth): stoffa, tessuto

Related terms

• telaio

Anagrams

• alte, tale

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈteː.la/, [ˈteː.ɫa]

• Audio (Classical)

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Etymology 1

From texō (“weave; plait”) +‎ -ēla.

Noun

tēla f (genitive tēlae); first declension

1. web
2. warp (threads that run lengthwise in a loom)
3. loom
4. vocative singular of tēla

tēlā f

1. ablative singular of tēla

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tēla	tēlae
Genitive	tēlae	tēlārum
Dative	tēlae	tēlīs
Accusative	tēlam	tēlās
Ablative	tēlā	tēlīs
Vocative	tēla	tēlae

Derived terms

• subtīlis

Descendants

• Aromanian: tearã
• Asturian: tela
• Catalan: tela
• Dalmatian: tial
• English: tela
• Friulian: tele
• Galician: tea
• Italian: tela

• Old French: teile, toile
  • French: toile
• Portuguese: teia, tela
• Romanian: teară
• Sicilian: tila
• Spanish: tela
• Venetian: teła, tela

Etymology 2

Noun

tēla n

1. nominative, accusative, and vocative plural of tēlum

References

• tela in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tela in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tela in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be exposed to the assaults of fate: fortunae telis propositum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to discharge missiles: tela iacere, conicere, mittere
    
  • (ambiguous) to expose oneself to missiles: se obicere telis
    
  • (ambiguous) to discharge showers of missiles: tela ingerere, conicere
    
• tela in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tela in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• tela in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀢𑁂𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• तेल (Devanagari script)
• তেল (Bengali script)
• තෙල (Sinhalese script)
• တေလ (Burmese script)
• เตล or เตละ (Thai script)
• ᨲᩮᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຕລ or ເຕລະ (Lao script)
• តេល (Khmer script)

Noun

tela n

1. oil

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tēla (“web; loom”). Doublet of teia (“web”).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.la/, /ˈtɛ.lɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.lɐ/
• Hyphenation: te‧la

Noun

tela f (plural telas)

1. canvas (piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint)
2. (by extension) painting (an illustration or artwork using paint)

   Synonyms: pintura, quadro

3. screen (viewing area of a movie, slide presentation, etc.)
4. (Brazil) screen (viewing area of electronic output devices)

   Synonym: ecrã (Portugal)

5. (by extension, Brazil) cinema
6. (biology) a very thin tissue

Derived terms

• tela coroide
• tela coróidea
• tela de Penélope
• tela subcutânea
• telona

 

Related terms

• telada
• telado

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) taila
• (Sursilvan, Surmiran) teila

Etymology

From Latin tēla.

Noun

tela f (plural telas)

1. (textiles, Sutsilvan) material, textile, canvas

Derived terms

• tela filient (“spiderweb”)

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɛɫa/

Noun

tela

1. genitive singular of telo

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish tela, from Latin tēla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtela/, [ˈt̪ela]
• Hyphenation: te‧la

Noun

tela f (plural telas)

1. (fabric) cloth, fabric (woven material made of fibers)
2. (colloquial) task, difficult task (difficult or tedious undertaking, especially as part of one's duties)
3. (colloquial) cash, dosh (money)

Synonyms

• (cloth): género
• (money): pasta

Derived terms

• tela de dónde cortar
• tela de juicio
• telar
• telaraña
• telón

Further reading

• “tela” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish tela.

Noun

tela

1. (clarification of this definition is needed) roller

Inflection

Inflection of tela
nominative sing.	tela
genitive sing.	telan
partitive sing.	telad
partitive plur.	teloid
	singular	plural
nominative	tela	telad
accusative	telan	telad
genitive	telan	teloiden
partitive	telad	teloid
essive-instructive	telan	teloin
translative	telaks	teloikš
inessive	telas	teloiš
elative	telaspäi	teloišpäi
illative	?	teloihe
adessive	telal	teloil
ablative	telalpäi	teloilpäi
allative	telale	teloile
abessive	telata	teloita
comitative	telanke	teloidenke
prolative	teladme	teloidme
approximative I	telanno	teloidenno
approximative II	telannoks	teloidennoks
egressive	telannopäi	teloidennopäi
terminative I	?	teloihesai
terminative II	telalesai	teloilesai
terminative III	telassai	—
additive I	?	teloihepäi
additive II	telalepäi	teloilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “каток”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika