tel

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Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

tel

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Telugu.

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

tel (plural tels)

  1. Abbreviation of telephone number.
  2. Abbreviation of telegraph.
  3. Abbreviation of telegram.
Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

tel (plural tels)

  1. Alternative form of tell (“hill or mound”)

Anagrams[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch tellen, from Middle Dutch tellen, from Old Dutch tellen, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [tɛ̞ːl]
  • Audio(file)

Verb[edit]

tel (present tel, present participle telende, past participle tellende)

  1. to count

References[edit]

Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تل (tel).

Noun[edit]

tel

  1. thread
  2. (music) chord, string

Derived terms[edit]

Azerbaijani[edit]

Other scripts
Cyrillic тел
Abjad تئل

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *tēl (“wire, string; thong; strand”).[1] 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”),[2][3] either as a direct borrowing or originating from the same Iranian source.

The sense 'telegram' is possibly a phono-semantic matching of Azerbaijani teleqram.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tel (definite accusative teli, plural tellər)

  1. strand of hair
  2. string
  3. wire
  4. telegram
    tel vurmaq ― to send a telegram (to telegraph)
  5. fringe; bang; forelock
  6. tie
    qohumluq telləri ― kinship ties

Declension[edit]

    Declension of tel
singular plural
nominative tel
 tellər
definite accusative teli
 telləri
dative telə
 tellərə
locative teldə
 tellərdə
ablative teldən
 tellərdən
definite genitive telin
 tellərin
    Possessive forms of tel
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) telim tellərim
sənin (“your”) telin tellərin
onun (“his/her/its”) teli telləri
bizim (“our”) telimiz tellərimiz
sizin (“your”) teliniz telləriniz
onların (“their”) teli or telləri telləri
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) telimi tellərimi
sənin (“your”) telini tellərini
onun (“his/her/its”) telini tellərini
bizim (“our”) telimizi tellərimizi
sizin (“your”) telinizi tellərinizi
onların (“their”) telini or tellərini tellərini
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) telimə tellərimə
sənin (“your”) telinə tellərinə
onun (“his/her/its”) telinə tellərinə
bizim (“our”) telimizə tellərimizə
sizin (“your”) telinizə tellərinizə
onların (“their”) telinə or tellərinə tellərinə
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) telimdə tellərimdə
sənin (“your”) telində tellərində
onun (“his/her/its”) telində tellərində
bizim (“our”) telimizdə tellərimizdə
sizin (“your”) telinizdə tellərinizdə
onların (“their”) telində or tellərində tellərində
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) telimdən tellərimdən
sənin (“your”) telindən tellərindən
onun (“his/her/its”) telindən tellərindən
bizim (“our”) telimizdən tellərimizdən
sizin (“your”) telinizdən tellərinizdən
onların (“their”) telindən or tellərindən tellərindən
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) telimin tellərimin
sənin (“your”) telinin tellərinin
onun (“his/her/its”) telinin tellərinin
bizim (“our”) telimizin tellərimizin
sizin (“your”) telinizin tellərinizin
onların (“their”) telinin or tellərinin tellərinin

References[edit]

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tēl”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tel”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  3. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “թել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Late Latin tēlum, from tēla.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tel m (plural tels)

  1. membrane
  2. film, skin
    tel de ceba ― onionskin

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Classical Nahuatl[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Particle[edit]

tēl

  1. however, nonetheless

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

tēl inan

  1. first-person plural possessive singular of ēlli; (it is) our liver; the human liver.
  2. first-person plural possessive plural of ēlli; (they are) our livers.

Crimean Tatar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Ottoman Turkish تل (tel), Old Armenian թել (tʿel).

Noun[edit]

tel (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. wire
    baqır tel ― copper wire
  2. (music) chord, string

Declension[edit]

Declension of tel
singular plural
nominative tel teller
genitive telniñ tellerniñ
dative telge tellerge
accusative telni tellerni
locative telde tellerde
ablative telden tellerden

References[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Deverbal from tellen.

Noun[edit]

tel m (plural tellen, diminutive telletje n)

  1. 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.
  2. (time) second
  3. a short moment
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

tel

  1. inflection of tellen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams[edit]

Fala[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese teer. Compare Portuguese ter and Galician ter.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

tel

  1. to have

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of tel (Lagarteiru)
infinitive tel
gerund tendu
past participle masculine feminine
singular tíu tía
plural tíus tías
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative ei tú el/ela nos vos elis/elas
present teñu tes ten temus tendis
tindis 		tenin
imperfect tiña tiñas tiña tiñamus tiñis tiñan
preterite tuvi tuvestis
tuvetis 		tuvu tuvimus tuvestis
tuvetis 		tuveran
future tendré
telné 		tendrás
telnás 		tendrá
telná 		tendremus
telnemus 		tendreis
telneis 		tendrán
telnán
conditional tindría
tilnía 		tindrías
tilnías 		tindría
tilnía 		tindríamus
tilníamus 		tindríais
tilníais 		tindrían
tilnían
subjunctive ei tú el/ela nos vos elis/elas
present teña teñas teña teñamus teñais teña
imperfect (ra) tuvera tuveras tuvera tuvéramus tuveris tuveram
imperfect (si) tuvesi tuvesis tuvesi tuvésimus tuvesis tuvesin
imperative — ten — — tendi
tindi 		—
Conjugation of tel (Mañegu)
infinitive tel
gerund tendu
past participle masculine feminine
singular tíu tía
plural tíus tías
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative ei tú el/ela nos vos elis/elas
present teñu tes ten temus tendis tenin
imperfect tiña tiñas tiña tiñamus tiñis
tiñais 		tiñan
preterite tuvi tuvestis tuvu tuvemus tuvestis tuveran
future tendré tendrás tendrá tendremus tendreis tendrán
conditional tindría tindrías tindría tindríamus tindríis tindrían
subjunctive ei tú el/ela nos vos elis/elas
present teña teñas teña teñamus teñais teña
imperfect (ra) tuvera tuveras tuvera tuvéramus tuveris
tuverais 		tuveram
imperfect (si) tuvesi tuvesis tuvesi tuvésimus tuvesis tuvesin
imperative — ten — — tendi —
Conjugation of tel (Valverdeñu)
infinitive tel
gerund tendu
past participle masculine feminine
singular tíu tía
plural tíus tías
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative ei tú el/ela nos vos elis/elas
present teñu tes ten temus tendis tenin
imperfect tiña tiñas tiña tiñamus tiñais tiñan
preterite tuvi tuvestis tuvu tuvimus tuvestis tuveran
future tendré tendrás tendrá tendremus tendreis tendrán
conditional tendría tendrías tendría tendríamus tendríais tendrían
subjunctive ei tú el/ela nos vos elis/elas
present teña teñas teña teñamus teñais teña
imperfect (ra) tuvera tuveras tuvera tuvéramus tuverais tuveram
imperfect (si) tuvesi tuvesis tuvesi tuvésimus tuvesis tuvesin
imperative — ten — — tendis —

References[edit]

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[2], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French tel, from Latin tālis. Compare Spanish tal.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

tel (feminine telle, masculine plural tels, feminine plural telles)

  1. such
    Synonyms: même, pareil, semblable
    Être, ou ne pas être : telle est la question.
    To be, or not to be, that is the question.
    (literally, “ […] such is the question.”)

Derived terms[edit]

Preposition[edit]

tel

  1. like, as
    Il fond sur elle tel un oiseau de proie.
    He swoops down on her like a bird of prey.
  2. such as
    Ottawa compte aussi de charmantes tables, tel le Fraser Café.
    Ottawa is also home to some enchanting restaurants, such as the Fraser Café.

Usage notes[edit]

In this usage, tel agrees in gender and number with the noun that follows, as in tel un oiseau (like a bird) or telles des feuilles (like leaves).

Pronoun[edit]

tel

  1. one (impersonal pronoun)

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English tel.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tel(テル) • (teru) 

  1. telephone
  2. telephone number

Verb[edit]

tel(テル)する • (teru suru) suru (stem tel(テル)し (teru shi), past tel(テル)した (teru shita))

  1. (informal) to call (contact by telephone)

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of "telする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") telし テルし teru shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") telし テルし teru shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") telする テルする teru suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") telする テルする teru suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") telすれ テルすれ teru sure
Meireikei ("imperative") telせよ¹
telしろ² 		テルせよ¹
テルしろ² 		teru seyo¹
teru shiro²
Key constructions
Passive telされる テルされる teru sareru
Causative telさせる
telさす 		テルさせる
テルさす 		teru saseru
teru sasu
Potential telできる テルできる teru dekiru
Volitional telしよう テルしよう teru shiyō
Negative telしない テルしない teru shinai
Negative continuative telせず テルせず teru sezu
Formal telします テルします teru shimasu
Perfective telした テルした teru shita
Conjunctive telして テルして teru shite
Hypothetical conditional telすれば テルすれば teru sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin tālis.

Adjective[edit]

tel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tele)

  1. 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[edit]

Declension of tel
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject tels, teus or tex tele tel
Oblique tel tele tel
Plural Subject tel teles tel
Oblique tels, teus or tex teles tel

Related terms[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Verb[edit]

tel

  1. first-person singular present indicative of telja
  2. second-person singular imperative of telja

Rohingya[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sanskrit तैल (taila).

Noun[edit]

tel (Hanifi spelling 𐴃𐴠𐴓𐴢)

  1. oil

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

FWOTD – 22 February 2014

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تل (tel).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tȅl m (Cyrillic spelling те̏л)

  1. (obsolete) thin wire
    Ne biju se tako pobinjice, već se biju od tela kandžijom
  2. 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension[edit]

Declension of tel
singular plural
nominative tel teli
genitive tela tela
dative telu telima
accusative tel tele
vocative tele teli
locative telu telima
instrumental telom telima

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Noun[edit]

tel

  1. tongue; language

Turkish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish تل (tel). See it for more.

Noun[edit]

tel (definite accusative teli, plural teller)

  1. wire
  2. thread
  3. string, chord
    tambur teli ― string of a tambur
  4. telegram
    tel çekmek ― send a telegram
Declension[edit]
Inflection
Nominative tel
Definite accusative teli
Singular Plural
Nominative tel teller
Definite accusative teli telleri
Dative tele tellere
Locative telde tellerde
Ablative telden tellerden
Genitive telin tellerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular telim tellerim
2nd singular telin tellerin
3rd singular teli telleri
1st plural telimiz tellerimiz
2nd plural teliniz telleriniz
3rd plural telleri telleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular telimi tellerimi
2nd singular telini tellerini
3rd singular telini tellerini
1st plural telimizi tellerimizi
2nd plural telinizi tellerinizi
3rd plural tellerini tellerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular telime tellerime
2nd singular teline tellerine
3rd singular teline tellerine
1st plural telimize tellerimize
2nd plural telinize tellerinize
3rd plural tellerine tellerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular telimde tellerimde
2nd singular telinde tellerinde
3rd singular telinde tellerinde
1st plural telimizde tellerimizde
2nd plural telinizde tellerinizde
3rd plural tellerinde tellerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular telimden tellerimden
2nd singular telinden tellerinden
3rd singular telinden tellerinden
1st plural telimizden tellerimizden
2nd plural telinizden tellerinizden
3rd plural tellerinden tellerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular telimin tellerimin
2nd singular telinin tellerinin
3rd singular telinin tellerinin
1st plural telimizin tellerimizin
2nd plural telinizin tellerinizin
3rd plural tellerinin tellerinin
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Abbreviation of telefon.

Noun[edit]

tel

  1. Abbreviation of telefon.
Declension[edit]
Inflection
Nominative tel
Definite accusative teli
Singular Plural
Nominative tel teller
Definite accusative teli telleri
Dative tele tellere
Locative telde tellerde
Ablative telden tellerden
Genitive telin tellerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular telim tellerim
2nd singular telin tellerin
3rd singular teli telleri
1st plural telimiz tellerimiz
2nd plural teliniz telleriniz
3rd plural telleri telleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular telimi tellerimi
2nd singular telini tellerini
3rd singular telini tellerini
1st plural telimizi tellerimizi
2nd plural telinizi tellerinizi
3rd plural tellerini tellerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular telime tellerime
2nd singular teline tellerine
3rd singular teline tellerine
1st plural telimize tellerimize
2nd plural telinize tellerinize
3rd plural tellerine tellerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular telimde tellerimde
2nd singular telinde tellerinde
3rd singular telinde tellerinde
1st plural telimizde tellerimizde
2nd plural telinizde tellerinizde
3rd plural tellerinde tellerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular telimden tellerimden
2nd singular telinden tellerinden
3rd singular telinden tellerinden
1st plural telimizden tellerimizden
2nd plural telinizden tellerinizden
3rd plural tellerinden tellerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular telimin tellerimin
2nd singular telinin tellerinin
3rd singular telinin tellerinin
1st plural telimizin tellerimizin
2nd plural telinizin tellerinizin
3rd plural tellerinin tellerinin

References[edit]

Volapük[edit]

Volapük cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : tel
    Ordinal : telid
    Adverbial : telna

Numeral[edit]

tel

  1. two

Derived terms[edit]

West Frisian[edit]

Adverb[edit]

tel

  1. (archaic) soon

Further reading[edit]

  • “tel (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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