See also: Tele, télé, telē, tele-, télé-, and теле

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tele (countable and uncountable, plural teles)

  1. (rare) Alternative spelling of telly (television)
    • 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 2Edit

NounEdit

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.

AnagramsEdit

CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *telę.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tele n

  1. calf (young cow or bull)

DeclensionEdit

Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

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

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eːlə

VerbEdit

tele

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of telen

AnagramsEdit

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Short for teleobjektiivi.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtele/, [ˈt̪e̞le̞]
  • Rhymes: -ele
  • Syllabification(key): te‧le

NounEdit

tele

  1. (photographing, colloquial) telephoto lens

DeclensionEdit

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
teleinrare
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
instructive telein
abessive telettä teleittä
comitative teleineen
Possessive forms of tele (type nalle)
possessor singular plural
1st person teleni telemme
2nd person telesi telenne
3rd person telensä

AnagramsEdit

FriulianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin tēla.

NounEdit

tele f (plural telis)

  1. cloth
  2. canvas

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

GalicianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Short for televisión.

NounEdit

tele f (plural teles)

  1. Clipping of televisión; television

SynonymsEdit

HungarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

AdverbEdit

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 notesEdit

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 termsEdit
Compound words
Expressions

AdjectiveEdit

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 2Edit

Ellipsis of teleobjektív.

NounEdit

tele (plural telék)

  1. (photography, slang) telephoto lens (lens which produces a magnified view of distant objects)
    Synonym: teleobjektív
DeclensionEdit
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 3Edit

tél (winter) +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

NounEdit

tele

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of tél
DeclensionEdit
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 alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

  • (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

ItalianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Clipping.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

tele f

  1. (informal) telly (UK), TV

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

tele f pl

  1. plural of tela

AnagramsEdit

LatvianEdit

 
Tele

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

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

DeclensionEdit

See alsoEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse þeli, þili.

NounEdit

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

  1. a frozen layer of soil
    Synonym: klake

VerbEdit

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

  1. (intransitive, about the ground) to freeze

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse þilir m pl.

NounEdit

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

  1. a person from Telemark
    Synonyms: telemarking, teledøl

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse þeli, þili. The verb is derived from the noun.

NounEdit

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

  1. a frozen layer of soil
    Synonym: klake

VerbEdit

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

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

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse þilir m pl.

NounEdit

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

  1. a person from Telemark
    Synonym: telemarking

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

PaliEdit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

tele

  1. locative singular of tela (oil)

PortugueseEdit

VerbEdit

tele

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

SamoanEdit

AdjectiveEdit

tele

  1. big

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *telę.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

tèle n (Cyrillic spelling тѐле)

  1. calf

DeclensionEdit

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

See alsoEdit

SlovakEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tele

  1. locative singular of telo

SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *telę.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

téle n

  1. calf

InflectionEdit

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 readingEdit

  • tele”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

SpanishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Short for televisión.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtele/ [ˈt̪e.le]
  • Rhymes: -ele
  • Syllabification: te‧le

NounEdit

tele f (plural teles)

  1. Clipping of televisión; television
    Synonyms: televisión, televisor

Further readingEdit

SwahiliEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

tele (invariable)

  1. abundant

Western ManinkakanEdit

NounEdit

tele

  1. sun

Yosondúa MixtecEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

tele

  1. puppy

ReferencesEdit

  • 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)‎[1] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 78