telly

English

Etymology

Shortened form of television + -y

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛli

Noun

telly (usually uncountable, plural tellys or tellies) (chiefly Britain)

(colloquial) Television.
Not much on telly tonight, as usual!
(colloquial) A television set.
We've got a new flat-screen telly.

Usage notes

The plural is not used in the US.

Synonyms

tube (US), TV, tele (UK, rare)

Derived terms

telly tennis

Translations

Television

Cornish: telli m
Czech: telka f
Dutch: tv (nl) f
Finnish: telkkari (fi), telkku (fi), teevee, töllö (fi)
French: télé (fr) f
Hungarian: tévé (hu)

Italian: tele (it) f
Luxembourgish: Tëlee (lb) f
Portuguese: tevê (pt) f
Spanish: tele (es) f
Welsh: teli m

Television set

Czech: telka f
Dutch: tv (nl) f
Finnish: telkkari (fi), teevee
French: télé (fr) f

German: Glotze (de) f, Fernseher (de) m
Latvian: teļļuks m
Portuguese: tevê (pt) f

Anagrams

Lytle

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