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tali

Syllables: ta·li/ˈteɪ.laɪ/

tali is the plural of talus.

Meaning of talus

Noun (1)

talus (plural tali)

  1. The bone of the ankle.

Noun (2)

talus (plural taluses)

  1. A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
    • By the time he reached the first talus slides under the tall escarpments of the Pilares the dawn was not far to come.1994, Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing
  2. The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.

Noun

IPA/t̪aːli/

tali (plural talis)

  1. (India) Synonym of marriage string.
    Synonyms:
    marriage string

Proper noun capitalized: Tali

Tali

  1. A female given name from Hebrew.

Synonyms of tali

Forms of tali

pluraltalis

Origin of tali

Ultimately of Dravidian origin, compare Tamil தாலி (tāli) and Telugu తాలి (tāli).

Questions about tali

What does tali mean?
Tali means synonym of marriage string.
What is tali the plural of?
Tali is the plural of talus.
What part of speech is tali?
Tali can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce tali?
Tali is pronounced /ˈteɪ.laɪ/.
What is the plural of tali?
The plural of tali is talis.

Words near tali in the dictionary

  1. taleysim
  2. Talford
  3. Talfords
  4. Talgarno
  5. Talgarth
  6. tali
  7. Talia
  8. Taliabu
  9. Taliacotian
  10. Taliaferro
  11. Taliaferro County

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tali (page history and authors); Tali (page history and authors); talus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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