taler

See also: Taler, tåler, and Täler

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English taler, equivalent to tale + -er.

Noun

taler (plural talers)

  1. (archaic) A talker; a teller
    • 2000, Taimi Anne Olsen, Transcending Space:
      Earth writes from the point of view of " 'Baylor' the Taler of Behler the Failer" who tells Scheherazade's story (to Death, her "familiar stranger") of Somebody's last voyage.
    • 2007, Barbara A. Hanawalt, The Wealth of Wives:
      She had a series of aliases: “longa mariona wode alias Birde alias taler” [long Mariona Wode, alias Birdie, alias taler, perhaps tale teller].

Etymology 2

From German Taler, (older) Thaler. Doublet of dollar.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

taler (plural talers)

  1. (historical) Germanic unit of currency used between the 15th and 19th centuries.

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From the reverse spelling of the second syllable of bilat.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ta‧ler

Noun

taler

  1. the female genitalia; the vulva or vagina

Danish

Etymology 1

From tale (to speak) + -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taːlər/, [ˈtˢæːlɐ]

Noun

taler c (singular definite taleren, plural indefinite talere)

  1. speaker
Inflection

Etymology 2

See tale (speech).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taːlər/, [ˈtˢæːlɐ]

Noun

taler c

  1. indefinite plural of tale

Etymology 3

See tale (to speak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taːlər/, [ˈtˢæːˀlɐ]

Verb

taler

  1. present of tale

French

Etymology 1

From German Taler, (older) Thaler.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.lɛʁ/

Noun

taler m (plural talers)

  1. taler (currency)

Etymology 2

From Frankish *tālōn (to tear away, rip off), via Latin, compare Spanish talar, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tēlō (persecution, deceit). Cognate with Old High German zâlôn (to root up, remove), Old English tǣl (reproof, calumny, mockery).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.le/

Verb

taler

  1. (transitive) to damage (a fruit)
Conjugation

Further reading

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French tout à l’heure.

Adverb

taler

  1. later

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From tale + -er.

Noun

taler m (definite singular taleren, indefinite plural talere, definite plural talerne)

  1. a speaker (person who speaks, or who makes a speech)
Derived terms

See also

References

Noun

taler m

  1. indefinite plural of tale

Verb

taler

  1. present of tale

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

taler m or f

  1. indefinite feminine plural of tale

Verb

taler

  1. present of tala
  2. present of tale

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Taler.

Noun

taler m (plural taleri)

  1. thaler

Declension

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

taler

  1. (literary) subjunctive impersonal of talu
  2. (literary) imperative impersonal of talu

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
taler daler nhaler thaler
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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