Definitions and meaning of tel
tel
Etymology 1
Noun
tel (plural tels)
- Abbreviation of telephone number.
- Abbreviation of telegraph.
- Abbreviation of telegram.
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
tel (plural tels)
- Alternative form of tell (“hill or mound”)
Anagrams
- -let, ELT, ETL, LTE, TLE, elt, let
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch tellen, from Middle Dutch tellen, from Old Dutch tellen, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
tel (present tel, present participle telende, past participle tellende)
- to count
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تل (tel).
Noun
tel
- thread
- (music) chord, string
Derived terms
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *tēl (“wire, string; thong; strand”). Cognate with Karakhanid تِلیٖ (tili, “thong”), Crimean Tatar and Turkish tel, Turkmen til, Kumyk and Nogai тел (tel), Chuvash тал (tal, “bundle”).
Alternatively, related to Armenian թել (tʿel, “thread”), either as a direct borrowing or originating from the same Iranian source.
Pronunciation
Noun
tel (definite accusative teli, plural tellər)
- strand of hair
- string
- wire
- telegram
- fringe; bang; forelock
- tie
Declension
Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Particle
tēl
- however, nonetheless
Etymology 2
Noun
tēl inan
- first-person plural possessive singular of ēlli; (it is) our liver; the human liver.
- first-person plural possessive plural of ēlli; (they are) our livers.
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Compare Ottoman Turkish تل (tel), Old Armenian թել (tʿel).
Noun
tel
- wire
- (music) chord, string
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) , “tel”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
tel m (plural tellen, diminutive telletje n)
- count
- De gebedssnoeren worden gebruikt om de tel niet kwijt te raken bij het reciteren of chanten.[1] — Prayer beads are used in order to not lose count while reciting or chanting.
- (time) second
- a short moment
Verb
tel
- first-person singular present indicative of tellen
- imperative of tellen
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French tel, from Latin tālis. Compare Spanish tal.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tel (feminine singular telle, masculine plural tels, feminine plural telles)
- such
Pronoun
tel ?
- one (impersonal pronoun)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tel” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Japanese
Etymology
Borrowed from English tel.
Pronunciation
Noun
tel • (teru)
- telephone
- telephone number
Verb
telする • (teru suru) suru (stem telし (teru shi), past telした (teru shita))
- (informal) to call (contact by telephone)
Conjugation
Old French
Etymology
From Latin tālis.
Adjective
tel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tele)
- 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
Declension
Related terms
Old Norse
Verb
tel
- first-person singular present indicative of telja
- second-person singular imperative of telja
Rohingya
Alternative forms
- 𐴃𐴠𐴓𐴢 (tel) – Hanifi Rohingya script
Etymology
From Sanskrit तैल (taila).
Noun
tel (Hanifi spelling 𐴃𐴠𐴓𐴢)
- oil
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تل (tel).
Pronunciation
Noun
tȅl m (Cyrillic spelling те̏л)
- (obsolete) thin wire
- Ne biju se tako pobinjice, već se biju od tela kandžijom
- 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.
Declension
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
Tatar
Noun
tel
- tongue; language
Turkish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish تل (tel). See it for more.
Noun
tel (definite accusative teli, plural teller)
- wire
- thread
- string, chord
- telegram
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of telefon.
Noun
tel
- Abbreviation of telefon.
Declension
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) , “tel”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Volapük
Numeral
tel
- two
Derived terms
West Frisian
Adverb
tel
- (archaic) soon
Further reading
- “tel (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Source: wiktionary.org- a type of small glassy stone, thought to be a product of meteorite impact.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)