tel

tel

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Telugu.

tel (plural tels)

1. Abbreviation of telephone number.
2. Abbreviation of telegraph.
3. Abbreviation of telegram.

tel (plural tels)

1. Alternative form of tell (“hill or mound”)

• -let, ELT, ETL, LTE, TLE, elt, let

From Dutch tellen, from Middle Dutch tellen, from Old Dutch tellen, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną.

• IPA^(key): [tɛ̞ːl]

• Audio:

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tel (present tel, present participle telende, past participle tellende)

1. to count

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تل (tel).

tel

1. thread
2. (music) chord, string

• tejzë

Other scripts

Cyrillic		тел
Abjad		تئل

From Proto-Turkic *tēl (“wire, string; thong; strand”).^[1] Cognate with Karakhanid تِلیٖ (tili, “thong”), Crimean Tatar and Turkish tel, Turkmen til, Kumyk and Nogai тел (tel), Chuvash тал (tal, “bundle”). Alternatively, related to Armenian թել (tʻel, “thread”),^[2][3] either as a direct borrowing or originating from the same Iranian source.

The sense 'telegram' is possibly a phono-semantic matching of Azerbaijani teleqram.

• IPA^(key): [tel]

• Audio:

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tel (definite accusative teli, plural tellər)

1. strand of hair
2. string
3. wire
4. telegram

   tel vurmaq ― to send a telegram (to telegraph)

5. fringe; bang; forelock
6. tie

   qohumluq telləri ― kinship ties

Declension of tel
	singular	plural
nominative	tel	tellər
definite accusative	teli	telləri
dative	telə	tellərə
locative	teldə	tellərdə
ablative	teldən	tellərdən
definite genitive	telin	tellərin

Possessive forms of tel
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	telim	tellərim
sənin (“your”)	telin	tellərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	teli	telləri
bizim (“our”)	telimiz	tellərimiz
sizin (“your”)	teliniz	telləriniz
onların (“their”)	teli or telləri	telləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	telimi	tellərimi
sənin (“your”)	telini	tellərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	telini	tellərini
bizim (“our”)	telimizi	tellərimizi
sizin (“your”)	telinizi	tellərinizi
onların (“their”)	telini or tellərini	tellərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	telimə	tellərimə
sənin (“your”)	telinə	tellərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	telinə	tellərinə
bizim (“our”)	telimizə	tellərimizə
sizin (“your”)	telinizə	tellərinizə
onların (“their”)	telinə or tellərinə	tellərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	telimdə	tellərimdə
sənin (“your”)	telində	tellərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	telində	tellərində
bizim (“our”)	telimizdə	tellərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	telinizdə	tellərinizdə
onların (“their”)	telində or tellərində	tellərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	telimdən	tellərimdən
sənin (“your”)	telindən	tellərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	telindən	tellərindən
bizim (“our”)	telimizdən	tellərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	telinizdən	tellərinizdən
onların (“their”)	telindən or tellərindən	tellərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	telimin	tellərimin
sənin (“your”)	telinin	tellərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	telinin	tellərinin
bizim (“our”)	telimizin	tellərimizin
sizin (“your”)	telinizin	tellərinizin
onların (“their”)	telinin or tellərinin	tellərinin

Inherited from Late Latin tēlum, from tēla.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈtɛl]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈtəl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtel]

tel m (plural tels)

1. membrane
2. film, skin

   tel de ceba ― onionskin

• tel de la llengua

• “tel” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtéːɬ]

tēl

1. however, nonetheless

tēl inan

1. first-person plural possessive singular of ēlli; (it is) our liver; the human liver.
2. first-person plural possessive plural of ēlli; (they are) our livers.

Compare Ottoman Turkish تل (tel), Old Armenian թել (tʻel).

tel (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. wire

   baqır tel ― copper wire

2. (music) chord, string

• “tel”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛl

Deverbal from tellen.

tel m (plural tellen, diminutive telletje n)

1. count

   De gebedssnoeren worden gebruikt om de tel niet kwijt te raken bij het reciteren of chanten.^(WP) — Prayer beads are used in order to not lose count while reciting or chanting.

2. (time) second
3. a short moment

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tel

1. inflection of tellen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• Let, let

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese teer. Compare Portuguese ter and Galician ter.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtel/
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: tel

tel

1. to have

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Inherited from Old French tel, from Latin tālis. Compare Spanish tal.

• IPA^(key): /tɛl/

• Audio:

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tel (feminine telle, masculine plural tels, feminine plural telles)

1. such

   Synonyms: même, pareil, semblable

   Être, ou ne pas être : telle est la question.

   To be, or not to be, that is the question.

   (literally, “ […] such is the question.”)

• comme tel
• en tant que tel
• rien de tel
• telle mère, telle fille
• tel père, tel fils
• tel et tel
• tel ou tel
• tel quel

tel

1. like, as

   Synonym: comme

   Il fond sur elle tel un oiseau de proie.

   He swoops down on her like a bird of prey.

2. such as

   Synonyms: comme, tel que

   Ottawa compte aussi de charmantes tables, tel le Fraser Café.

   Ottawa is also home to some enchanting restaurants, such as the Fraser Café.

• Even in this usage, tel agrees in gender and number with the noun that follows, as in tel un oiseau (like a bird) or telles des feuilles (like leaves).

tel

1. one (impersonal pronoun)

• tellement

• “tel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from English tel.

• IPA^(key): [te̞ɾɯ̟]

tel(テル) • (teru) 

1. telephone
2. telephone number

tel(テル)する • (teru suru) suru (stem tel(テル)し (teru shi), past tel(テル)した (teru shita))

1. (informal) to call (contact by telephone)

From Latin tālis.

tel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tele)

1. such a
   • circa 1050, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland (Oxford manuscript)

     Unques nuls hom tel chevaler ne vit

     Never has a man seen such a knight

• itel

tel

1. first-person singular present indicative of telja
2. second-person singular imperative of telja

• 𐴃𐴠𐴓𐴢 (tel) — Hanifi Rohingya script

From Sanskrit तैल (taila).

tel (Hanifi spelling 𐴃𐴠𐴓𐴢)

1. oil

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تل (tel).

• IPA^(key): /têl/

tȅl m (Cyrillic spelling те̏л)

1. (obsolete) thin wire

   Ne biju se tako pobinjice, već se biju od tela kandžijom

2. silver or golden thread or string for sewing or embroidering
   • 1906, Stevan Sremac, Zona Zamfirova:

     Pustila dugu kosu niz pleća i preko grudi, a niz dugu kosu pušta se tel, blešti i treperi tel među crnom bujnom kosom, pa mu izgleda Zona sjajna i svečana kao zavetna ikona.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• 1957, Škaljić Abdulah, Turcizmi u narodnom govoru, Sarajevo
• 1976, Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика, VI. књига, Ц-Ш (стотина), друго фототипско издање, Матица српска, Нови Сад, стр. 171

tel

1. tongue; language

• IPA^(key): /tel/

From Ottoman Turkish تل (tel). See it for more.

tel (definite accusative teli, plural teller)

1. wire
2. thread
3. string, chord

   tambur teli ― string of a tambur

4. telegram

   tel çekmek ― send a telegram

Inflection
Nominative	tel
Definite accusative	teli
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tel	teller
Definite accusative	teli	telleri
Dative	tele	tellere
Locative	telde	tellerde
Ablative	telden	tellerden
Genitive	telin	tellerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular telim tellerim 2nd singular telin tellerin 3rd singular teli telleri 1st plural telimiz tellerimiz 2nd plural teliniz telleriniz 3rd plural telleri telleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular telimi tellerimi 2nd singular telini tellerini 3rd singular telini tellerini 1st plural telimizi tellerimizi 2nd plural telinizi tellerinizi 3rd plural tellerini tellerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular telime tellerime 2nd singular teline tellerine 3rd singular teline tellerine 1st plural telimize tellerimize 2nd plural telinize tellerinize 3rd plural tellerine tellerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular telimde tellerimde 2nd singular telinde tellerinde 3rd singular telinde tellerinde 1st plural telimizde tellerimizde 2nd plural telinizde tellerinizde 3rd plural tellerinde tellerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular telimden tellerimden 2nd singular telinden tellerinden 3rd singular telinden tellerinden 1st plural telimizden tellerimizden 2nd plural telinizden tellerinizden 3rd plural tellerinden tellerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular telimin tellerimin 2nd singular telinin tellerinin 3rd singular telinin tellerinin 1st plural telimizin tellerimizin 2nd plural telinizin tellerinizin 3rd plural tellerinin tellerinin

Abbreviation of telefon.

tel

1. Abbreviation of telefon.

Inflection
Nominative	tel
Definite accusative	teli
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tel	teller
Definite accusative	teli	telleri
Dative	tele	tellere
Locative	telde	tellerde
Ablative	telden	tellerden
Genitive	telin	tellerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular telim tellerim 2nd singular telin tellerin 3rd singular teli telleri 1st plural telimiz tellerimiz 2nd plural teliniz telleriniz 3rd plural telleri telleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular telimi tellerimi 2nd singular telini tellerini 3rd singular telini tellerini 1st plural telimizi tellerimizi 2nd plural telinizi tellerinizi 3rd plural tellerini tellerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular telime tellerime 2nd singular teline tellerine 3rd singular teline tellerine 1st plural telimize tellerimize 2nd plural telinize tellerinize 3rd plural tellerine tellerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular telimde tellerimde 2nd singular telinde tellerinde 3rd singular telinde tellerinde 1st plural telimizde tellerimizde 2nd plural telinizde tellerinizde 3rd plural tellerinde tellerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular telimden tellerimden 2nd singular telinden tellerinden 3rd singular telinden tellerinden 1st plural telimizden tellerimizden 2nd plural telinizden tellerinizden 3rd plural tellerinden tellerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular telimin tellerimin 2nd singular telinin tellerinin 3rd singular telinin tellerinin 1st plural telimizin tellerimizin 2nd plural telinizin tellerinizin 3rd plural tellerinin tellerinin

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tel”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Volapük cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tel     Ordinal : telid     Adverbial : telna

tel

1. two
   • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 19:

     Hifeilan at dalabom jevodis tel e kunis deg.

     This farmer owns two horses and ten cows.

• telüm

tel

1. (archaic) soon

• “tel (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011