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/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛl.ə/

Prefix

tele-

1. over a distance

   telegram

   telerobot

2. television

   telecast

   telefantasy

   telethon

3. telegraph

   telepost

   teletape

   teletypewriter

4. telephone

   telecheck

   telesales

5. teleport

   telebooth

6. telecommunication

   telemarketing

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with tele-

Translations

over a distance

Catalan: tele- (ca) Czech: tele- (cs) Danish: tele- (da) Finnish: kauko- (fi), tele- (fi) French: télé- (fr) Galician: tele- (gl) Georgian: ტელე- (ṭele-) German: fern- (de) Greek: τηλε- (el) (tile-) Hungarian: táv- (hu) Italian: tele- (it) Malay: tele- Norwegian: Bokmål: tele- Nynorsk: tele- Persian: دور (fa) (dur-) Polish: tele- (pl) Portuguese: tele- (pt) Russian: теле- (ru) (tele-) Spanish: tele- (es) Swedish: fjärr- (sv)

relating to television

Armenian: հեռուստա- (heṙusta-) Bulgarian: теле- (tele-) Catalan: tele- (ca) Czech: tele- (cs) French: télé- (fr) Greek: τηλε- (el) (tile-) Hungarian: tele- (hu) Polish: tele- (pl) Russian: теле- (ru) (tele-) Spanish: tele- (es)

References

• Definition of tele - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Anagrams

• Leet, Teel, leet, teel

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˌtɛ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌtɛ.le]

Prefix

tele-

1. tele-

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with tele-

Further reading

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

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 (in Czech), 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

• Audio:

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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

• kauko-

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with tele-

Further reading

• “tele-”, 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

Anagrams

• leet

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-

2. (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 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

• Lete, Letè

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English tele- or Dutch tele-.

Pronunciation

• (English-based) IPA^(key): [tɛ.li-]
• (Baku) IPA^(key): [te.le-]
• Hyphenation: te‧le-

Prefix

tele- (Jawi spelling تيلي-)

1. (non-productive) tele-

   telefon ― telephone

   telekomunikasi ― telecommunication

   televisyen ― television

Derived terms

Malay terms prefixed with tele-

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

Prefix

tele-

1. tele-

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with tele-

References

• “tele-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

Prefix

tele-

1. tele-

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with tele-

References

• “tele-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• elet, elte, etle, leet, lete, léte, tele

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ.lɛ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛlɛ
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

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

• “tele-”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

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

• “tele-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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-

See also

• fjärr-

References

• tele- in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tele- in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tele- in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)