tael
/teɪl/
tael noun: any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams, and metricated in Mainland China as exactly 50 grams.
Noun
tael (plural taels)
- Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams, and metricated in Mainland China as exactly 50 grams.
- Any of several monetary units equal to the equivalent weight in silver.
- Leung, a traditional unit of weight, in modern usage legally defined as 1/16 of a catty or kan (斤) or 0.0377993638 kilograms
tael meaning in Malay, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese
tael in Malay
- any of various related East Asian units of weight
- tahil
tael in Indonesian
- any of various related East Asian units of weight
- tahil
tael in Thai
- any of various related East Asian units of weight
- ตำลึง dtam-lʉng
tael in Vietnamese
- any of various related East Asian units of weight
- lạng
Forms of tael
| plural | taels |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tahil |
Origin of tael
From Portuguese tael, from Malay tahil. Doublet of tahil.
Words formed from tael
- Haikwan tael
- market tael
Words that rhyme with tael
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- veil
- pale
- avail
- wale
- whale
- bail
- hail
- yale
- bale
- snail
- travail
- brail
- exhale
- frail
- jail
- prevail
- swale
- vail
- wail
- derail
- dwale
- entail
- flail
- Gail
- gayle
- impale
- kale
- quail
- regale
- spale
- thumbnail
- white whale
- ale
- curtail
- drail
- gale
- inhale
- retail
- shale
- unveil
- ail
- all hail
- assail
- ayel
- beyond the pale
- braille
- cakes and ale
- camail
Questions about tael
- What does tael mean?
- Tael means any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams, and metricated in Mainland China as exactly 50 grams.
- What is tael in Malay?
- Tael in Malay is tahil. See Tael meaning in Malay.
- What part of speech is tael?
- Tael is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tael?
- Tael is pronounced /teɪl/.
- What is the plural of tael?
- The plural of tael is taels.
Words near tael in the dictionary
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