tel

See also tél, TEL, and ℡

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation

Noun

tel (plural tels)

1. telegraph
2. telegram
3. telephone

Etymology 2

Hebrew תֵּל (tél, “hill”) or Arabic تلّ

Noun

tel (plural tels)

1. A hill or mound. Used especially for land features in the Middle East and North Africa

Anagrams

• ELT, ETL, let

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Albanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تل (tel), from Armenian թել (t’el, “thread”).

Noun

tel

1. thread
2. (music) chord, string

References

• “թել” in Hračʿeay Ačaṙean (1926–35), Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79

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Azeri

Etymology

From Armenian թել (t’el, “thread”).

Noun

tel

1. string
2. wire
3. telegram

   tel vurmaq — to telegraph, to send a telegram

4. fringe; bang; forelock

References

• “tel” in Nişanyan Sözlük
• “թել” in Hračʿeay Ačaṙean (1926–35), Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79

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Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA: /teːl/

Particle

tel

1. But.

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Armenian թել (t’el, “thread”).

Noun

tel

1. wire

   baqır tel — copper wire

2. (music) chord, string

References

• “tel” in Nişanyan Sözlük
• “թել” in Hračʿeay Ačaṙean (1926–35), Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

tel m (plural tellen, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

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.

Verb

tel

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

Anagrams

• Let, let

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French

Etymology

From Latin tālis. Compare Spanish tal.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /tɛl/, X-SAMPA: /tEl/

Adjective

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

1. such

Pronoun

tel

1. one (impersonal pronoun)

Derived terms

• tellement

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Lojban

Rafsi

tel

1. rafsi of stela.

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Old French

Adjective

tel m (feminine tele)

1. such a

Declension

  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

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Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali.

Noun

tel

1. oil

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تل (tel), from Armenian թել (t’el, “thread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /têl/

Noun

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.

Declension

    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

• 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

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Turkish

Etymology

Compare Armenian թել (tʿel).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɛl/, X-SAMPA: /tEl/

Noun

tel

1. wire
2. thread
3. string, chord

   tambur teli — string of a tambur

4. telegram

   tel çekmek — send a telegram

5. common abbreviation of telefon (telephone)

Declension

declension of tel

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	tel	teller
definite accusative (belirtme)	teli	telleri
dative (yönelme)	tele	tellere
locative (bulunma)	telde	tellerde
ablative (çıkma)	telden	tellerden
genitive (tamlayan)	telin	tellerin

possessive forms of tel

nominative	singular	plural
benim (my)	telim	tellerim
senin (your)	telin	tellerin
onun (his/her/its)	teli	telleri
bizim (our)	telimiz	tellerimiz
sizin (your)	teliniz	telleriniz
onların (their)	telleri	telleri
accusative	singular	plural
benim (my)	telimi	tellerimi
senin (your)	telini	tellerini
onun (his/her/its)	telini	tellerini
bizim (our)	telimizi	tellerimizi
sizin (your)	telinizi	tellerinizi
onların (their)	tellerini	tellerini
dative	singular	plural
benim (my)	telime	tellerime
senin (your)	teline	tellerine
onun (his/her/its)	teline	tellerine
bizim (our)	telimize	tellerimize
sizin (your)	telinize	tellerinize
onların (their)	tellerine	tellerine
locative	singular	plural
benim (my)	telimde	tellerimde
senin (your)	telinde	tellerinde
onun (his/her/its)	telinde	tellerinde
bizim (our)	telimizde	tellerimizde
sizin (your)	telinizde	tellerinizde
onların (their)	tellerinde	tellerinde
ablative	singular	plural
benim (my)	telimden	tellerimden
senin (your)	telinden	tellerinden
onun (his/her/its)	telinden	tellerinden
bizim (our)	telimizden	tellerimizden
sizin (your)	telinizden	tellerinizden
onların (their)	tellerinden	tellerinden
genitive	singular	plural
benim (my)	telimin	tellerimin
senin (your)	telinin	tellerinin
onun (his/her/its)	telinin	tellerinin
bizim (our)	telimizin	tellerimizin
sizin (your)	telinizin	tellerinizin
onların (their)	tellerinin	tellerinin

Derived terms

telli telsiz müzik teli

bam teli ağ teli kas teli

elektrik teli ses teli piyano teli

References

• “tel” in Nişanyan Sözlük
• “թել” in Hračʿeay Ačaṙean (1926–35), Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79

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Volapük

Volapük cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tel

Numeral

tel

1. (cardinal) two

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West Frisian

Adverb

tel

1. soon