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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tele"
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “at a distance, far off, far away, far from”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɛl.ɪ/, /ˈtɛl.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɛl.ə/
Prefix[edit]
tele-
- over a distance
- telephone
- television
- telecast
- telefantasy
- telethon
- telegraph
- telepost
- teletape
- telephone
- telecheck
- telesales
- teleport
- telebooth
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
over a distance
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relating to television
References[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Basque[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
tele-
Derived terms[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).
Prefix[edit]
tele-
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tele-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tele-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “tele-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “tele-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
tele-
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- tele- in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- tele- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Prefix[edit]
tele-
Derived terms[edit]
Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
tele-
Derived terms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Internationalism (see English tele-), ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
tele-
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Galician[edit]
Prefix[edit]
tele-
- tele- (1 and 2)
Derived terms[edit]
Hungarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “at a distance, far off, far away, far from”).[1]
Prefix[edit]
tele-
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From the adverb tele (“full”).
Prefix[edit]
tele-
- (verbal prefix) to the brim, fully, over an entire extent
- pakol (“to pack”) → telepakol (“to fill up something fully with something”)
- firkál (“to scribble”) → telefirkál (“to scribble all over, to fill the available space completely with scribble”)
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Italian[edit]
Prefix[edit]
tele-
- tele- (all senses)
Derived terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).
Prefix[edit]
tele-
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “tele-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).
Prefix[edit]
tele-
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “tele-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams[edit]
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
tele-
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- tele- in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- tele- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Prefix[edit]
tele-
- tele- (over a distance)
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Prefix[edit]
tele- (Cyrillic spelling теле-)
Derived terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
tele-
- tele- (1 and 2)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tele-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish[edit]
Prefix[edit]
tele-
- tele-; bridging large distances (e.g. telepati, telefon, telepresens)
- tele-; pertaining to telecommunications (e.g. televerk, telebolag, teleingenjör)
Usage notes[edit]
- In 1953 the Swedish telegraph and telephone administration, previously known as telegrafverket, was renamed televerket.
Derived terms[edit]
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷel-
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- Basque terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- Czech terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷel-
- Dutch terms with audio links
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- Esperanto terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
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