tel

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

From Hebrew תֵּל‎ (tél, “hill”) or Arabic تَلّ‎ (tall).

Anagrams

• -let, ELT, ETL, LTE, TLE, elt, let

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɛ̞ːl]

Verb

tel (present tel, present participle telende, past participle getel)

1. to count

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تل‎ (tel), from Armenian թել (tʿel, “thread”).

Noun

tel

1. thread
2. (music) chord, string

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “թել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press

Etymology

From Armenian թել (tʿel, “thread”).

Noun

tel (definite accusative teli, plural tellər)

1. string
2. wire
3. telegram

   tel vurmaq

   to send a telegram (to telegraph)

4. fringe; bang; forelock

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tel”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “թել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teːl/

Particle

tel

1. but

Etymology

From Armenian թել (tʿel, “thread”).

Noun

tel

1. wire

   baqır tel ― copper wire

2. (music) chord, string

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tel”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “թել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

tel m (plural tellen, diminutive telletje n)

1. count

   De gebedssnoeren worden gebruikt om de tel niet kwijt te raken bij het reciteren of chanten. — Prayer beads are used in order to not lose count while reciting or chanting.

2. (time) second
3. a short moment

Verb

tel

1. first-person singular present indicative of tellen
2. imperative of tellen

Anagrams

• Let, let

Etymology

From Old French tel, from Latin tālis. Compare Spanish tal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛl/

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Adjective

tel (feminine singular telle, masculine plural tels, feminine plural telles)

1. such

Pronoun

tel

1. one (impersonal pronoun)

Further reading

• “tel” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From Latin tālis.

Adjective

tel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tele)

1. such a
   • circa 1050, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland (Oxford manuscript)

     Unques nuls hom tel chevaler ne vit

     Never has a man seen such a knight

Etymology

From Sanskrit तैल (taila).

Noun

tel

1. oil

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تل‎ (tel), from Armenian թել (tʿel, “thread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /têl/

Noun

tȅl m (Cyrillic spelling те̏л)

1. (obsolete) thin wire

   Ne biju se tako pobinjice, već se biju od tela kandžijom

2. silver or golden thread or string for sewing or embroidering
   • 1906, Stevan Sremac, Zona Zamfirova:

     Pustila dugu kosu niz pleća i preko grudi, a niz dugu kosu pušta se tel, blešti i treperi tel među crnom bujnom kosom, pa mu izgleda Zona sjajna i svečana kao zavetna ikona.

References

• 1957, Škaljić Abdulah, Turcizmi u narodnom govoru, Sarajevo
• 1976, Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика, VI. књига, Ц-Ш (стотина), друго фототипско издање, Матица српска, Нови Сад, стр. 171

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛl/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish تل‎ (tel, “thread”), from Armenian թել (tʿel, “thread”), from Old Armenian թել (tʿel, “thread”), of unknown origin.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of telefon.

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tel”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “թել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press

Numeral

tel

1. (cardinal) two

Adverb

tel

1. soon