English

Noun

tela ‎(plural telas or telae)

1. (anatomy) a thin, weblike structure or membrane

Anagrams

• et al., ETLA, late, leat, tael, tale, teal

Annobonese

Noun

tela

1. land

References

• 1994, Jacques Arends, Pieter Muysken, Norval Smith (editors), Pidgins and Creoles: an introduction
• 2005, John H. McWhorter, Defining Creole

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtelɑ/
• Rhymes: -elɑ

Noun

tela

1. One of a set of round logs used as support to keep something, such as a boat or a pile of firewood, from touching directly the ground, or to help move a large object by rolling it over the logs.
2. (by extension) A place where something is left or stored; usually in adessive, ablative or allative plural.
3. roller, cylinder
4. track (short of telaketju - "caterpillar track")

Declension

Synonyms

• (round log used as support): telapuu

Derived terms

Anagrams

• alet, laet

Hausa

Noun

tēlà m ‎(plural teloli)

1. tailor

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tēla.

Noun

tela f ‎(plural tele)

1. cloth
2. canvas
3. curtain (theatre)

Synonyms

• (cloth): stoffa, tessuto

Related terms

• telaio

Anagrams

• alte, tale

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈteː.la/, [ˈteː.ɫa]

Etymology 1

From texō ‎(“weave; plait”) +‎ -ēla.

Noun

tēla f ‎(genitive tēlae); first declension

1. web
2. warp (threads that run lengthwise in a loom)
3. loom
4. vocative singular of tēla

tēlā f

1. ablative singular of tēla

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• subtīlis

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

tēla n

1. inflection of tēlum:
   1. nominative plural
   2. accusative plural
   3. vocative plural

References

• tela in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tela in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• TELA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be exposed to the assaults of fate: fortunae telis propositum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to discharge missiles: tela iacere, conicere, mittere
    
  • (ambiguous) to expose oneself to missiles: se obicere telis
    
  • (ambiguous) to discharge showers of missiles: tela ingerere, conicere
    
• tela in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tela in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• tela in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

tela n

1. oil

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tēla ‎(“web; loom”). Cognate of teia ‎(“web”).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.la/, /ˈtɛ.lɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.lɐ/
• Hyphenation: te‧la

Noun

tela f (plural telas)

1. canvas (piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint)
2. (by extension) painting (an illustration or artwork using paint)
3. screen (viewing area of a movie, slide presentation, etc.)
4. (Brazil) screen (viewing area of electronic output devices)
5. (by extension, Brazil) cinema
6. (biology) a very thin tissue

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:tela.

Synonyms

• (painting): pintura, quadro
• (viewing area of electronic output devices): ecrã (Portugal)

Derived terms

• tela coroide
• tela coróidea
• tela de Penélope
• tela subcutânea
• telona

Related terms

• telada
• telado

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) taila
• (Sursilvan, Surmiran) teila

Etymology

From Latin tēla.

Noun

tela f (plural telas)

1. (textiles, Sutsilvan) material, textile, canvas

Derived terms

• tela filient ‎(“spiderweb”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈte̞.la̠]
• See also: teja, tala, tila, tola, Tula

Etymology

From Latin tēla.

Noun

tela f ‎(plural telas)

1. (fabric) cloth (woven fabric)
2. (colloquial) task, difficult task
3. (colloquial) cash, dosh

Synonyms

• (cloth): género
• (money): pasta

Derived terms

• tela de dónde cortar
• tela de juicio
• telar
• telaraña
• telón

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish tela.

Noun

tela

1. (clarification of this Veps definition is being sought) roller

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “каток”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika