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

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

tele-

  1. over a distance
    telephone
  2. television
    telecast
    telefantasy
    telethon
  3. telegraph
    telepost
    teletape
  4. telephone
    telecheck
    telesales
  5. teleport
    telebooth

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BasqueEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /tele/, [t̪e̞.le̞]

PrefixEdit

tele-

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

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

PrefixEdit

tele-

  1. tele-

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

Derived from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

tele-

  1. tele-

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • tele- in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • tele- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • (file)

PrefixEdit

tele-

  1. tele-

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EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

tele-

  1. tele-

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FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtele-/, [ˈt̪e̞le̞-]

PrefixEdit

tele-

  1. tele-

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GalicianEdit

PrefixEdit

tele-

  1. tele- (1 and 2)

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HungarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

Etymology 1Edit

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, at a distance, far off, far away, far from).[1]

PrefixEdit

tele-

  1. tele-
    ház (house)teleház (telecenter)
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Etymology 2Edit

From the adverb tele (full).

PrefixEdit

tele-

  1. (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)
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See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

ItalianEdit

PrefixEdit

tele-

  1. tele- (all senses)

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

PrefixEdit

tele-

  1. tele-

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

PrefixEdit

tele-

  1. tele-

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PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

PrefixEdit

tele-

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

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

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

PortugueseEdit

PrefixEdit

tele-

  1. tele- (over a distance)

Serbo-CroatianEdit

PrefixEdit

tele- (Cyrillic spelling теле-)

  1. tele-

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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

PrefixEdit

tele-

  1. tele- (1 and 2)

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

SwedishEdit

PrefixEdit

tele-

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

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