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4-letter words (6 found)

LATE,LEAT,TAEL,TALE,TEAL,TELA,

3-letter words (12 found)

ALE,ALT,ATE,EAT,ELT,ETA,LAT,LEA,LET,TAE,TEA,TEL,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AL,AT,EA,EL,ET,LA,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 28 words from tela according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of tela

tela etla tlea ltea elta leta teal etal tael atel eatl aetl tlae ltae tale atle late alte elat leat ealt aelt laet alet

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Definitions and meaning of tela

tela

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tēla (“web”). Doublet of toile.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtiːlə/
  • Rhymes: -iːlə

Noun

tela (plural telas or telae)

  1. (anatomy) A thin, web-like structure or membrane.

Derived terms

Anagrams

  • EATL, ETLA, Elta, LATE, TEAL, TEAl, Teal, et al, et al., late, leat, tael, tale, teal

Annobonese

Noun

tela

  1. land

References

  • Jacques Arends, Pieter Muysken, Norval Smith, editors (1994), Pidgins and Creoles: an introduction (in Annobonese)
  • John H. McWhorter (2005) Defining Creole (in Annobonese)

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tela.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtela/, [ˈte.l̪a]
  • Hyphenation: te‧la

Noun

tela (Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜎ)

  1. fabric; textile
  2. cloth
    Synonym: henero
  3. fiber/fibre
    Synonyms: torsido, ilo

Related terms

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan tela, from Latin tēla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈtɛ.lə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈtə.lə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈtɛ.la]

Noun

tela f (plural teles)

  1. cloth, fabric
  2. canvas (cloth on which one may paint)
    Synonym: llenç

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  • “tela” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “tela”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “tela” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “tela” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tëla (compare Ingrian tela, Karelian tela, Veps tela), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þelą. Doublet of teli.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtelɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞lɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -elɑ
  • Syllabification(key): te‧la

Noun

tela

  1. a log or other piece of wood used as support to keep something, such as a boat or a pile of firewood from directly touching the ground
  2. (by extension) a place where something is left or stored (usually in adessive, ablative or allative plural)
  3. roller (one of a set of round logs used to help move a large object by rolling it over the logs)
  4. roller, cylinder (rotating cylindrical part of a machine)
  5. track; Ellipsis of telaketju (“caterpillar track”).
  6. platen (part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made)
  7. platen, carriage (part of a typewriter or printer on which the paper rests to receive an impression)

Declension

Synonyms

  • (round log used as support): telapuu

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “tela”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

  • alet, laet

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English tailor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /téː.là/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [téː.lə̀]

Noun

tēlà m (plural tēlōlī, possessed form tēlàn)

  1. tailor

Hawaiian

Determiner

tela

  1. Niʻihau form of kēlā (“that”)

Usage notes

  • In Niihau, diacritics are omitted. If one were to use them, the spelling would be tēlā.

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tëla. Cognates include Finnish tela and Veps tela.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈtelɑ/, [ˈte̞ɫɑ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈtelɑ/, [ˈte̞ɫɑ]
  • Rhymes: -elɑ
  • Hyphenation: te‧la

Noun

tela

  1. ship cradle (structure used to hold a ship or boat on dry land)

Declension

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 580

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tēla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈte.la/
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Hyphenation: té‧la

Noun

tela f (plural tele)

  1. cloth
    Synonyms: stoffa, tessuto
  2. canvas
  3. curtain (theatre)

Related terms

  • telaio

Anagrams

  • alte, late, tale

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈteː.la/, [ˈt̪eːɫ̪ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈte.la/, [ˈt̪ɛːlä]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Italic *tekslā, formed to the root of texō (“I weave”).

Noun

tēla f (genitive tēlae); first declension

  1. web
  2. warp (threads that run lengthwise in a loom)
  3. loom
Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms
  • subtīlis
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tēla n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of tēlum

References

  • “tela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tela”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tela in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • “tela”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “tela”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • “tela”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Manado Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese telha

Noun

tela

  1. brick

Old English

Alternative forms

  • teala, teola, telo, tiolo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈte.lɑ/

Adverb

tela

  1. well, rightly
  2. completely, thoroughly, certainly
  3. happily, prosperously, pleasantly
  4. very

Interjection

tela

  1. well! good!

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit तैल (tailá), itself from Sanskrit तिल (tila), cognate with Pali tila (“sesame”)

Noun

tela n

  1. oil (particularly from sesame)

Declension

Derived terms

  • telaghaṭa

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
  • Hyphenation: te‧la

Etymology 1

From Latin tēla (“web; loom”). Doublet of teia (“web”).

Noun

tela f (plural telas)

  1. canvas (piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint)
  2. (by extension) painting (an illustration or artwork using paint)
    Synonyms: pintura, quadro
  3. screen (viewing area of a movie, slide presentation, etc.)
  4. (by extension) cinema
    Synonym: (Portugal) ecrã
  5. (Brazil) screen (viewing area of electronic output devices)
    Synonym: (Portugal) ecrã
  6. (biology) a very thin tissue
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tela

  1. inflection of telar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • taila (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader)
  • teila (Sursilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

From Latin tēla.

Noun

tela f (plural telas)

  1. (textiles, Sutsilvan) material, textile, canvas

Derived terms

  • tela filient (“spiderweb”)

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish tyle, tele.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛla/
  • Rhymes: -ɛla
  • Syllabification: te‧la

Numeral

tela

  1. this much, this many; as many as; as much as

Further reading

  • tela in silling.org

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcɛɫa/

Noun

tela

  1. genitive singular of telo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish tela, from Latin tēla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtela/ [ˈt̪e.la]
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Syllabification: te‧la

Noun

tela f (plural telas)

  1. (clothing) cloth, fabric (woven material made of fibers)
    Synonym: género
  2. (colloquial) difficult task (difficult or tedious undertaking, especially as part of one's duties)
  3. (colloquial) cash, dosh (money)
    Synonyms: pasta, plata

Derived terms

Adverb

tela

  1. (Spain, colloquial) loads; lots; a shedload; extremely

Further reading

  • “tela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English trailer.

Noun

tela (n class, plural tela)

  1. trailer (unpowered wheeled vehicle that is towed behind another)
  2. trailer (preview of a film)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tela.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtela/, [ˈtɛ.lɐ]
  • Hyphenation: te‧la

Noun

tela (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜎ)

  1. cloth; fabric; textile
    Synonyms: kayo, damit

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “tela”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Ternate

Etymology

Given by Hayami-Allen to be from Portuguese [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈte.la]

Noun

tela

  1. maize, corn

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tela.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teˈla/
  • Hyphenation: te‧la

Noun

tela (definite accusative telayı, plural telalar)

  1. (textiles) A piece of starched cloth placed between the main fabric and the lining for support; interlining.

Declension

References

Further reading

  • “tela”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tela”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4704

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tëla, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þelą. Cognates include Finnish tela.

Noun

tela

  1. (clarification of this definition is needed) roller

Inflection

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “каток”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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