tele-

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛl.ɪ/, /ˈtɛl.ə/

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

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

• Definition of tele - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

• Leet, Teel, leet, teel

Ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

• IPA^(key): /tele/, [t̪e̞.le̞]

tele-

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

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈteˌle]

tele-

1. tele-

• “tele-”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “tele-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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.

Derived from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

• IPA^(key): [tɛlɛ ]

tele-

1. tele-

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

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tele-

1. tele-

Ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtele/
• Rhymes: -ele
• Hyphenation: te‧le

tele-

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtele-/, [ˈt̪e̞le̞-]

tele-

1. tele-

• kauko-

• “tele-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• leet

tele-

1. tele- (1 and 2)

From

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

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

tele-

1. tele-

   ház (“house”) → teleház (“telecenter”)

From the adverb tele (“full”).

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”)

• Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes

tele-

1. tele- (all senses)

• Lete, Letè

Borrowed from English tele- or Dutch tele-.

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

tele- (Jawi spelling تيليـ)

1. (no longer productive) tele-

   telefon ― telephone

   telekomunikasi ― telecommunication

   televisyen ― television

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

tele-

1. tele-

• “tele-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

tele-

1. tele-

• “tele-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

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• IPA^(key): /tɛ.lɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlɛ
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tele-

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

• tele- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

tele-

1. tele- (over a distance)

• “tele-”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

tele- (Cyrillic spelling теле-)

1. tele-

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

tele-

1. tele- (1 and 2)

• “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], 10 December 2024

tele-

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

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

• fjärr-

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