English

Prefix

tele-

1. over a distance

   telephone

2. television

   telecast

   telefantasy

   telethon

3. telegraph
4. telephone

   telecheck

   telesales

5. teleport

   telebooth

Derived terms

Translations

References

• Definition of tele - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Anagrams

• leet

Dutch

Pronunciation

Prefix

tele-

1. tele-

Derived terms

Finnish

Prefix

tele-

1. tele-

Synonyms

• kauko-

Derived terms

Galician

Prefix

tele-

1. tele- (1 and 2)

Derived terms

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

Etymology 2

From the adverb tele ‎(“full”).

Prefix

tele-

1. (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

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian prefixes

References

1. ↑ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Italian

Prefix

tele-

1. tele- (all senses)

Derived terms

Portuguese

Prefix

tele-

1. tele- (over a distance)

Serbo-Croatian

Prefix

tele- ‎(Cyrillic spelling теле-)

1. tele-

Derived terms

Spanish

Prefix

tele-

1. tele- (1 and 2)

Derived terms

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