теле

See also: теле- and Appendix:Variations of "tele"

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *telę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɛˈlɛ]

Noun

теле́ • (telé) n (relational adjective те́лешки)

1. calf (young cow or bull)
2. (figuratively) fool, dolt

   Synonym: глупа́к (glupák)

Declension

Declension of теле́

	singular	plural
indefinite	теле́ telé	теле́та, телци́ teléta, telcí
definite	теле́то teléto	теле́тата, телци́те telétata, telcíte

Derived terms

• оте́ля (otélja, “to begot (for cattle)”)

Related terms

• теле́ц (teléc, “big calf”)

References

• “теле”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “теле”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

• лете (lete), теле- (tele-)

Erzya

Теле.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *ťäľə, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tälwä (“winter”). Cognate with Moksha тяла (täla), Finnish talvi, Estonian talv, Eastern Mari теле (teĺe), Komi-Permyak тӧв (töv), Northern Mansi та̄л (tāl), Hungarian tél.

Noun

теле • (tele)

1. winter

   ловов теле ― lovov tele ― snowy winter

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “теле”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #1037 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *telę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlɛ]

• Audio:

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Noun

теле • (tele) n (diminutive теленце)

1. calf (animal)

Declension

Declension of теле

	singular	plural
indefinite	теле (tele)	телиња (telinja)
definite unspecified	телето (teleto)	телињата (telinjata)
definite proximal	телево (televo)	телињава (telinjava)
definite distal	телено (teleno)	телињана (telinjana)
vocative	теле (tele)	телиња (telinja)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʲelʲe]

Noun

те́ле • (téle) n inan

1. prepositional singular of те́ло (télo)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *telę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /těle/
• Hyphenation: те‧ле

Noun

тѐле n (Latin spelling tèle)

1. calf

Declension

Declension of теле

	singular
nominative	тѐле
genitive	тѐлета
dative	телету
accusative	теле
vocative	теле
locative	телету
instrumental	телетом

This word has no plural, but the collective noun те̏ла̄д is used instead.

Related terms

• тѐлетина