tele

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

English

Noun

tele (plural teles)

  1. (Britain, slang, rare) television

Usage notes

  • The more usual shortening of the word is telly.

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *telę.

Noun

tele n

  1. calf (young cow or bull)

Declension

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eːlə

Verb

tele

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of telen

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

Short for teleobjektiivi.

Noun

tele

  1. (photographing, colloquial) telephoto lens

Declension

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

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin tēla.

Noun

tele f (plural telis)

  1. cloth
  2. canvas

Derived terms

  • tele di ragn

See also

Galician

Etymology

Short for televisión.

Noun

tele f (plural teles)

  1. television

Synonyms

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

tele (not comparable)

  1. full (of something -val/-vel)
    Tele van a ház pókokkal. - The house is full of spiders.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Adjective

tele (not comparable)

  1. full (of something -val/-vel)
    Egy tele pohár vizet kaptak. - They got a full glass of water.
    vízzel tele pohár - glass full of water

Synonyms

Antonyms

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Italian

Noun

tele f pl

  1. plural of tela

Noun

tele f

  1. (informal) telly (UK), TV

Latvian

Tele

Noun

tele f (5th declension)

  1. female calf, immature cow, heifer
    pērnā tele ― the heifer from last year
    šķirnes tele ― a heifer of good breed
    grūsna tele ― pregnant heifer
    te Tibils visu vasaru turēja savus lopus: divas teles, abas slaucamās govis, aitas un zirgus ― here 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 lauku ― he kept an eye on his herd, in case one of the cows, especially the heifers, wanted to play any tricks on the pea fields

Declension

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Norwegian

Noun

tele m

  1. Frozen layer of earth
    Det er tele i jorda. - The earth is frozen. (lit. It is 'tele' in the earth)

Portuguese

Verb

tele

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of telar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of telar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of telar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of telar

Samoan

Adjective

tele

  1. big

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *telę.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tèle n (Cyrillic spelling тѐле)

  1. calf

Declension

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcɛlɛ/

Noun

tele

  1. locative singular of telo

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *telę.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ̀ːlɛ/
  • Tonal orthography: téle

Noun

têle n (genitive teléta, nominative plural teléta)

  1. calf

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Short for televisión.

Noun

tele f (plural teles)

  1. television

Synonyms

Swahili

Adjective

tele (invariable)

  1. abundant
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