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tele¹

  • /ˈtɛli/

Rhymes with -ɛli

Where it comes from

Clipping of words starting with tele-.

noun teles

  1. alternative, countable, rare, uncountable Alternative spelling of telly (“television, telegraph, telephone, teleport, telecommunication”). All three tele skeins are pitching furiously to snag the super Easter Day tele show to be bankrolled by Frigidaire, […]

tele²

noun

  1. uncountable According to Jacob L. Moreno, a mutual connection or rapport between people that is not a mere one-way process like empathy or transference.

Tele³

Where it comes from

Clipping of Telecaster.

noun Teles

  1. informal A Fender Telecaster electric guitar.

Tele⁴

Where it comes from

Clipping of Telegraph.

proper noun the Tele

  1. informal The Daily Telegraph, an Australian tabloid newspaper. There was the vehement campaign against Labor in the last federal election. One News Corp insider has told me he expects the Tele lost audience as a result. Many of its readers are traditional Labor voters.

    Similar: Daily Tele

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: telly, television, phone, telephone, teleconferencing, body, extender, full, calf, custard, extenders, connection, intercognition, rapport, interdependency, intercommunication

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"tele." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tele. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

tele. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tele

Chicago

"tele." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tele.

BibTeX
@misc{tele_2026,
  title = {tele},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tele},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}