tele-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tele"

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, at a distance, far off, far away, far from).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɛl.ɪ/, /ˈtɛl.ə/
  • (file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɛl.ə/

Prefix

tele-

  1. over a distance
    telephone
  2. television
    telecast
    telefantasy
    telethon
  3. telegraph
    telepost
    teletape
  4. telephone
    telecheck
    telesales
  5. teleport
    telebooth

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with tele-

Translations

References

Anagrams

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tele/, [t̪e̞.le̞]

Prefix

tele-

  1. tele- (over a distance)
  2. tele- (relating to television)

Derived terms

Basque terms prefixed with tele-

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

Pronunciation

Prefix

tele-

  1. tele-

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with tele-

Further reading

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɛlɛ ]

Prefix

tele-

  1. tele-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with tele-

Further reading

  • tele- in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • tele- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Prefix

tele-

  1. tele-

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with tele-

Esperanto

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tele]

Prefix

tele-

  1. tele-

Derived terms

Esperanto terms prefixed with tele-

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English tele-), ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtele-/, [ˈt̪e̞le̞-]

Prefix

tele-

  1. tele-

Synonyms

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with tele-

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Prefix

tele-

  1. tele- (1 and 2)

Derived terms

From

Galician terms prefixed with tele-

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛlɛ]
  • Hyphenation: te‧le

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, at a distance, far off, far away, far from).[1]

Prefix

tele-

  1. tele-
    ház (house)teleház (telecenter)
Derived terms
Hungarian nouns prefixed with tele-

Etymology 2

From the adverb tele (full).

Prefix

tele-

  1. (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
Hungarian verbs prefixed with tele-

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian prefixes
  • Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes

References

  1. 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

Prefix

tele-

  1. tele- (all senses)

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with tele-

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

Prefix

tele-

  1. tele-

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with tele-

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

Prefix

tele-

  1. tele-

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with tele-

References

Anagrams

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.lɛ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛlɛ
  • Syllabification: te‧le

Prefix

tele-

  1. tele- (over a distance)
  2. tele- (relating to television)

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with tele-

Further reading

  • tele- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Internationalism (see English tele-), ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌtɛ.le/, /te.le/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌtɛ.lɛ/, /tɨ.lɨ/

Prefix

tele-

  1. tele- (over a distance)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with tele-

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Prefix

tele- (Cyrillic spelling теле-)

  1. tele-

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian terms prefixed with tele-

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tele/ [t̪e.le]
  • Syllabification: te‧le-

Prefix

tele-

  1. tele- (1 and 2)

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with tele-

Further reading

Swedish

Prefix

tele-

  1. tele-; bridging large distances (e.g. telepati, telefon, telepresens)
  2. tele-; pertaining to telecommunications (e.g. televerk, telebolag, teleingenjör)

Usage notes

  • In 1953 the Swedish telegraph and telephone administration, previously known as telegrafverket, was renamed televerket.

Derived terms

Swedish terms prefixed with tele-
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