tales

See also: Tales, talés, tałes, and tåles

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teɪlz/
• Rhymes: -eɪlz

Noun

tales

1. plural of tale

Etymology 2

From Latin plural of talis (“such (persons)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɪliːz/

Noun

tales (plural tales)

1. (law) A person available to fill vacancies in a jury.
2. (law) A book or register of people available to fill jury vacancies.
3. (law) A writ to summon people to court to fill vacancies in a jury.

Derived terms

• pray a tales
• tales book
• talesman

Anagrams

• Astle, ETLAs, Slate, Teals, Tesla, astel, laste, lates, least, leats, salet, setal, slate, stale, steal, stela, taels, teals, telas, tesla

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Danish

Noun

tales c

1. genitive singular indefinite of tale

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French

Verb

tales

1. second-person singular present indicative of taler
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of taler

Anagrams

• tesla

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Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs (compare English taro, a borrowing from Maori).

Noun

tales

1. taro

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtaː.leːs/, [ˈt̪äːɫ̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈta.les/, [ˈt̪äːles]

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) tālēs

1. nominative/accusative/vocative masculine/feminine plural of tālis

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tales

1. passive form of tale

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Spanish

Adjective

tales m pl

1. plural of tal

Verb

tales

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of talar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of talar.

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• talais
• telais (literary)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtalɛs/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtaːlɛs/, /ˈtalɛs/

Verb

tales

1. (colloquial) first-person singular preterite of talu

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tales	dales	nhales	thales
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.