Thales

See also: Thalés

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θαλῆς (Thalês).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθeɪliːz/
• Rhymes: -eɪliːz
• Hyphenation: Tha‧les

Proper noun

Thales

1. A pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Miletus in Asia Minor.

Derived terms

• Thalesian
• Thalesianism

Translations

philosopher

• Arabic: طَالِس m (ṭālis)
• Armenian: Թալես (Tʻales)
• Bulgarian: Талес m (Tales)
• Catalan: Tales m
• Czech: Thalés m
• French: Thalès (fr) m
• Georgian: თალესი (talesi)
• Greek: Θαλής m (Thalís)

  Ancient Greek: Θαλῆς m (Thalês)

• Hungarian: Thalész (hu)
• Italian: Talete m
• Khmer: តាលែស (taalɛɛh)
• Occitan: Tales m
• Persian: تالس (tâles)
• Polish: Tales (pl) m
• Russian: Фале́с (ru) m (Falés)
• Spanish: Tales
• Ukrainian: Фалес m (Fales)

Anagrams

• Leaths, Lesath, Shelta, Stahle, athels, halest, haslet, lathes

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Thales

1. genitive singular of Thal