English

Noun

tele ‎(plural teles)

1. (Britain, slang, rare) television

Usage notes

• The more usual shortening of the word is telly.

Anagrams

• leet

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *telę.

Noun

tele n

1. calf (young cow or bull)

Declension

Related terms

• telátko

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːlə

Verb

tele

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of telen

Anagrams

• eelt, teel

Finnish

Etymology

Short for teleobjektiivi.

Noun

tele

1. (photographing, colloquial) telephoto lens

Declension

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin tēla.

Noun

tele f ‎(plural telis)

1. cloth
2. canvas

Derived terms

• tele di ragn

See also

• tiessi

Galician

Etymology

Short for televisión.

Noun

tele f ‎(plural teles)

1. television

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlɛ]
• 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

• teli (comparable)

Antonyms

• üresen

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

• teli (comparable)

Antonyms

• üres

See also

• tele van a hócipője

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

See also

• liellops
• govs
• bullis
• teļš, telēns
• vērsis

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.

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

Swahili

Adjective

tele ‎(invariable)

1. abundant