tela

Learned borrowing from Latin tēla (“web”). Doublet of toile.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːlə/
• Rhymes: -iːlə

tela (plural telas or telae)

1. (anatomy) A thin, web-like structure or membrane.

• EATL, ETLA, Elta, LATE, TEAL, TEAl, Teal, et al, et al., late, leat, tael, tale, teal

tela

1. land

• Jacques Arends, Pieter Muysken, Norval Smith, editors (1994), Pidgins and Creoles: an introduction (in Annobonese)
• John H. McWhorter (2005) Defining Creole (in Annobonese)

Borrowed from Spanish tela.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtela/, [ˈte.l̪a]
• Hyphenation: te‧la

tela (Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜎ)

1. fabric; textile
2. cloth

   Synonym: henero

3. fiber/fibre

   Synonyms: torsido, ilo

Inherited from Old Catalan tela, from Latin tēla.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈtɛ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈtə.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈtɛ.la]

tela f (plural teles)

1. cloth, fabric
2. canvas (cloth on which one may paint)

   Synonym: llenç

• “tela” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tela”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “tela” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tela” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Proto-Finnic *tëla (compare Ingrian tela, Karelian tela, Veps tela), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þelą. Doublet of teli.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtelɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -elɑ
• Syllabification^(key): te‧la

tela

1. a log or other piece of wood used as support to keep something, such as a boat or a pile of firewood from directly touching the ground
2. (by extension) a place where something is left or stored (usually in adessive, ablative or allative plural)
3. roller (one of a set of round logs used to help move a large object by rolling it over the logs)
4. roller, cylinder (rotating cylindrical part of a machine)
5. track; Ellipsis of telaketju (“caterpillar track”).
6. platen (part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made)
7. platen, carriage (part of a typewriter or printer on which the paper rests to receive an impression)

• (round log used as support): telapuu

• “tela”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• alet, laet

Borrowed from English tailor.

• IPA^(key): /téː.là/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [téː.lə̀]

tēlà m (plural tēlōlī, possessed form tēlàn)

1. tailor

tela

1. Niʻihau form of kēlā (“that”)

   He keiti tela.

   That (far away) is a child.

• In Niihau, diacritics are omitted. If one were to use them, the spelling would be tēlā.

From Proto-Finnic *tëla. Cognates include Finnish tela and Veps tela.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtelɑ/, [ˈte̞ɫɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtelɑ/, [ˈte̞ɫɑ]
• Rhymes: -elɑ
• Hyphenation: te‧la

tela

1. ship cradle (structure used to hold a ship or boat on dry land)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 580

From Latin tēla.

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.la/
• Rhymes: -ela
• Hyphenation: té‧la

tela f (plural tele)

1. cloth

   Synonyms: stoffa, tessuto

2. canvas
3. curtain (theatre)

• telaio

• alte, late, tale

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈteː.la/, [ˈt̪eːɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈte.la/, [ˈt̪ɛːlä]

Inherited from Proto-Italic *tekslā, formed to the root of texō (“I weave”).

tēla f (genitive tēlae); first declension

1. web
2. warp (threads that run lengthwise in a loom)
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.261–264:

     [...] atque illī stēllātus iaspide fulvā
     ēnsis erat, Tyriōque ārdēbat mūrice laena
     dēmissa ex umerīs, dīves quae mūnera Dīdō
     fēcerat, et tenuī tēlās discrēverat aurō.

     And [Mercury saw] that [Aeneas’s] sword was starred with tawny jasper, and a cloak ablaze with Tyrian purple hung from his shoulders – splendid gifts which Dido had made – and its warp-threads were highlighted with thin gold.

3. loom
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.699–700:

     et tamen assiduīs exercet brāchia tēlīs
     ādversusque minās frīgoris arma parat.

     And yet she keeps her arms busy at the looms,
     and so prepares armor (having been) set against the threats of winter.

First-declension noun.

• subtīlis

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tēla n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of tēlum

• “tela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tela”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tela in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be exposed to the assaults of fate: fortunae telis propositum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to discharge missiles: tela iacere, conicere, mittere
    
  • (ambiguous) to expose oneself to missiles: se obicere telis
    
  • (ambiguous) to discharge showers of missiles: tela ingerere, conicere
    
• “tela”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “tela”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “tela”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Borrowed from Portuguese telha

tela

1. brick

• teala, teola, telo, tiolo

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.lɑ/

tela

1. well, rightly
2. completely, thoroughly, certainly
3. happily, prosperously, pleasantly
4. very

tela

1. well! good!

Inherited from Sanskrit तैल (tailá), itself from Sanskrit तिल (tila), cognate with Pali tila (“sesame”)

tela n[1]

1. oil (particularly from sesame)[1]

• telaghaṭa

• Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
• Hyphenation: te‧la

From Latin tēla (“web; loom”). Doublet of teia (“web”).

tela f (plural telas)

1. canvas (piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint)
2. (by extension) painting (an illustration or artwork using paint)

   Synonyms: pintura, quadro

3. screen (viewing area of a movie, slide presentation, etc.)
4. (by extension) cinema

   Synonym: (Portugal) ecrã

5. (Brazil) screen (viewing area of electronic output devices)

   Synonym: (Portugal) ecrã

6. (biology) a very thin tissue

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tela

1. inflection of telar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• taila (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader)
• teila (Sursilvan, Surmiran)

From Latin tēla.

tela f (plural telas)

1. (textiles, Sutsilvan) material, textile, canvas

• tela filient (“spiderweb”)

Inherited from Old Polish tyle, tele.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛla/
• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Syllabification: te‧la

tela

1. this much, this many; as many as; as much as

• tela in silling.org

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɛɫa/

tela

1. genitive singular of telo

Inherited from Old Spanish tela, from Latin tēla.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtela/ [ˈt̪e.la]

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• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: te‧la

tela f (plural telas)

1. (clothing) cloth, fabric (woven material made of fibers)

   Synonym: género

2. (colloquial) difficult task (difficult or tedious undertaking, especially as part of one's duties)

   Limpiar el garaje es mucha tela.

   Cleaning the garage is tough work.

3. (colloquial) cash, dosh (money)

   Synonyms: pasta, plata

tela

1. (Spain, colloquial) loads; lots; a shedload; extremely

   Es un chico tela de gracioso.

   He's a really funny fella.

• “tela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from English trailer.

tela (n class, plural tela)

1. trailer (unpowered wheeled vehicle that is towed behind another)
2. trailer (preview of a film)

Borrowed from Spanish tela.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtela/, [ˈtɛ.lɐ]
• Hyphenation: te‧la

tela (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜎ)

1. cloth; fabric; textile

   Synonyms: kayo, damit

• “tela”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Given by Hayami-Allen to be from Portuguese [Term?].

• IPA^(key): [ˈte.la]

tela

1. maize, corn

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Borrowed from Italian tela.[1]

• IPA^(key): /teˈla/
• Hyphenation: te‧la

tela (definite accusative telayı, plural telalar)

1. (textiles) A piece of starched cloth placed between the main fabric and the lining for support; interlining.

• “tela”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tela”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4704

From Proto-Finnic *tëla, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þelą. Cognates include Finnish tela.

tela

1. (clarification of this definition is needed) roller

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “каток”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika