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tele-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tele"

English

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Etymology

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

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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

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English terms prefixed with tele-

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Basque

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

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  • IPA(key): /tele/, [t̪e̞.le̞]

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tele-

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

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Basque terms prefixed with tele-

Catalan

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

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tele-

  1. tele-

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Catalan terms prefixed with tele-

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Czech

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Etymology

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Derived from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

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tele-

  1. tele-

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Czech terms prefixed with tele-

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  • “tele-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • tele- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Dutch

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Etymology

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

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tele-

  1. tele-

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Dutch terms prefixed with tele-

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

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tele-

  1. tele-

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Esperanto terms prefixed with tele-

Finnish

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtele-/, [ˈt̪e̞le̞-]

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tele-

  1. tele-

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Finnish terms prefixed with tele-

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Galician

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Prefix

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tele-

  1. tele- (1 and 2)

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

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tele-

  1. tele-
    ház (“house”) → teleház (“telecenter”)
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Hungarian nouns prefixed with tele-

Etymology 2

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From the adverb tele (“full”).

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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”)
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Hungarian verbs prefixed with tele-

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References

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  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

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tele-

  1. tele- (all senses)

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Italian terms prefixed with tele-

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

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tele-

  1. tele-

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Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with tele-

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

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tele-

  1. tele-

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Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with tele-

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Polish

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /tɛ.lɛ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛlɛ
  • Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

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tele-

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

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Polish terms prefixed with tele-

Further reading

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  • tele- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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

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tele-

  1. tele- (over a distance)

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Portuguese terms prefixed with tele-

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Serbo-Croatian

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tele- (Cyrillic spelling теле-)

  1. tele-

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Serbo-Croatian terms prefixed with tele-

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

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tele-

  1. tele- (1 and 2)

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Spanish terms prefixed with tele-

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Swedish

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tele-

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

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Swedish terms prefixed with tele-

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