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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈtɛli/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛli
Etymology 1
[edit]Shortened form of tele(vision) + -y.
Noun
[edit]telly (usually uncountable, plural tellys or tellies)
- (colloquial) Television.
- 2007 August 24', Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 1:
- You're from telly!
- 2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How We Made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in Rail, number 934, page 48:
- [...] they were all in agreement: this stuff had to be on the telly.
- Not much on telly tonight, as usual!
- 2007 August 24', Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 1:
- (colloquial) A television set.
- We've got a new flat-screen telly.
Usage notes
[edit]The plural is not used in the US.
Alternative forms
[edit]- tele (UK, rare)
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]television (medium) — see also television
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television set — see also television
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Etymology 2
[edit]Shortened form of (ho)tel and/or (mo)tel + -y.
Noun
[edit]telly (plural tellies)
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