tele-

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

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “at a distance, far off, far away, far from”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛl.ɪ/, /ˈtɛl.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛl.ə/

Prefix

tele-

1. over a distance

   telephone

2. television

   telecast

   telefantasy

   telethon

3. telegraph

   telepost

   teletape

4. telephone

   telecheck

   telesales

5. teleport

   telebooth

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with tele-

Translations

over a distance

• Catalan: tele- (ca)
• Czech: tele- (cs)
• Danish: tele- (da)
• Finnish: kauko- (fi), tele- (fi)
• French: télé- (fr)
• Galician: tele-
• Georgian: ტელე- (ṭele-)
• German: fern- (de)
• Greek: τηλε- (el) (tile-)
• Hungarian: táv- (hu)
• Italian: tele- (it)
• Malay: tele-
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tele-

  Nynorsk: tele-

• Polish: tele- (pl)
• Portuguese: tele- (pt)
• Russian: теле- (ru) (tele-)
• Spanish: tele- (es)
• Swedish: fjärr- (sv)

relating to television

• Armenian: հեռուստա- (heṙusta-)
• Bulgarian: теле- (tele-)
• Catalan: tele- (ca)
• Czech: tele- (cs)
• Greek: τηλε- (el) (tile-)
• Hungarian: tele- (hu)
• Polish: tele- (pl)
• Russian: теле- (ru) (tele-)

References

• Definition of tele - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Anagrams

• Leet, Teel, leet, teel

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tele/, [t̪e̞.le̞]

Prefix

tele-

1. tele- (over a distance)
2. tele- (relating to television)

Derived terms

Basque terms prefixed with tele-

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

Prefix

tele-

1. tele-

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with tele-

Further reading

• “tele-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tele-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “tele-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tele-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlɛ]

Prefix

tele-

1. tele-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with tele-

Further reading

• tele- in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 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

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Prefix

tele-

1. tele-

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with tele-

Esperanto

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tele]

Prefix

tele-

1. tele-

Derived terms

Esperanto terms prefixed with tele-

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English tele-), ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtele-/, [ˈt̪e̞le̞-]

Prefix

tele-

1. tele-

Synonyms

• kauko-

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with tele-

Anagrams

• leet

Galician

Prefix

tele-

1. tele- (1 and 2)

Derived terms

Galician terms prefixed with tele-

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlɛ]
• Hyphenation: te‧le

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “at a distance, far off, far away, far from”).

Prefix

tele-

1. tele-

   ház (“house”) → teleház (“telecenter”)

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns prefixed with tele-

Etymology 2

From the adverb tele (“full”).

Prefix

tele-

2. (verbal prefix) to the brim, fully, over an entire extent

   pakol (“to pack”) → telepakol (“to fill up something fully with something”)

   firkál (“to scribble”) → telefirkál (“to scribble all over, to fill the available space completely with scribble”)

Derived terms

Hungarian verbs prefixed with tele-

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian prefixes
• Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes

Italian

Prefix

tele-

1. tele- (all senses)

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with tele-

Anagrams

• Lete, Letè

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

Prefix

tele-

1. tele-

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with tele-

References

• “tele-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

Prefix

tele-

1. tele-

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with tele-

References

• “tele-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• elet, elte, etle, leet, lete, léte, tele

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.lɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛlɛ
• Syllabification: te‧le

Prefix

tele-

1. tele- (over a distance)
2. tele- (relating to television)

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with tele-

Further reading

• tele- in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tele- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Prefix

tele-

1. tele- (over a distance)

Serbo-Croatian

Prefix

tele- (Cyrillic spelling теле-)

1. tele-

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian terms prefixed with tele-

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tele/ [t̪e.le]
• Syllabification: te‧le-

Prefix

tele-

1. tele- (1 and 2)

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with tele-

Further reading

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

Swedish

Prefix

tele-

1. tele-; bridging large distances (e.g. telepati, telefon, telepresens)
2. tele-; pertaining to telecommunications (e.g. televerk, telebolag, teleingenjör)

Usage notes

• In 1953 the Swedish telegraph and telephone administration, previously known as telegrafverket, was renamed televerket.

Derived terms

Swedish terms prefixed with tele-