tela

See also teļa, and teļā

English

Etymology

From Latin tēla (“web”).

Noun

tela (plural telas)

1. (anatomy) a thin, weblike structure or membrane

Anagrams

• et al., ETLA, late, leat, tael, tale, teal

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Annobonese

Noun

tela

1. land

References

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

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -elɑ

Noun

tela

1. One of a set of round logs used as support to keep something, such as a boat or a pile of firewood, from touching directly the ground, or to help move a large object by rolling it over the logs.
2. (by extension) A place where something is left or stored; usually in adessive, ablative or allative plural.
3. roller, cylinder
4. track (short of telaketju - "caterpillar track")

Declension

Declension of tela (type kala) singular plural nominative tela telat genitive telan telojen telain1 partitive telaa teloja accusative tela telan telat inessive telassa teloissa elative telasta teloista illative telaan teloihin adessive telalla teloilla ablative telalta teloilta allative telalle teloille essive telana teloina translative telaksi teloiksi instructive – teloin abessive telatta teloitta comitative – teloineen 1) Rare.

Synonyms

• (round log used as support): telapuu

Derived terms

• kannatustela
• kuivaustela
• talvitela
• telaketju
• telakka
• telalavetti
• telaluu
• telamiina
• telapuu
• telata
• telatie
• telatraktori
• telavaunu

Anagrams

• alet, laet

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin tēla.

Noun

tela f (plural tele)

1. cloth
2. canvas
3. curtain (theatre)

Anagrams

• alte, tale

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Latin

Etymology

See texere

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈteː.la/

• Audio (Classical)

  (file)

Noun

tēla (genitive tēlae); f, first declension

1. web
2. warp (threads that run lengthwise in a loom)
3. loom
4. vocative singular of tēla

tēlā f

1. ablative singular of tēla

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	tēla	tēlae
genitive	tēlae	tēlārum
dative	tēlae	tēlīs
accusative	tēlam	tēlās
ablative	tēlā	tēlīs
vocative	tēla	tēlae

Descendants

English: tela Italian: tela Old French: toile French: toile

Portuguese: teia, tela Romanian: teară Spanish: tela

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɛ.la/, /ˈtɛ.lɐ/
• Hyphenation: te‧la

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)
3. screen (viewing area of a movie, slide presentation, etc.)
4. (Brazil) screen (viewing area of electronic output devices)
5. (biology) a very thin tissue

Synonyms

• (painting): pintura, quadro
• (viewing area of electronic output devices): ecrã (Portugal)

Derived terms

• tela coroide
• tela coróidea
• tela de Penélope
• tela subcutânea

Related terms

• telada
• telado

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Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Noun

Latin tēla.

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

Derived terms

• tela filient (“spiderweb”)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tēla.

Noun

tela f (plural telas)

1. cloth (woven fabric)
2. (colloquial) task
3. (colloquial) cash, dosh

Synonyms

(cloth):

• género

(money):

• pasta

Derived terms

• telaraña
• telón