teel

See also: teeł and tʼeel

English

Alternative forms

• teal, til

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi तिल (til, “sesame”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

teel (uncountable)

1. sesame

   teel oil

Anagrams

• Leet, Tele, leet, tele, tele-

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch telen, from Middle Dutch tēlen, from Old Dutch tilon, from Proto-Germanic *tilōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiə̯l/, [tiə̯l]

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

teel (present teel, present participle telende, past participle geteel)

1. to cultivate

References

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eːl

Verb

teel

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

Anagrams

• eelt, tele

Estonian

Noun

teel

1. adessive singular of tee