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tele

/ˈtɛli/

tele is the alternative spelling of telly.

Meaning of telly

Noun

telly (countable and uncountable, plural tellies or (nonstandard) tellys)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial) Television.
    • Not much on telly tonight, as usual!
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial) A television set.
    • We've got a new flat-screen telly.
  3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial) Telegraph.
  4. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial) Telephone.
  5. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial) Teleport.
  6. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial) Telecommunication.

See all 8 meanings of telly

Noun (1)

tele (uncountable)

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

Noun (2) capitalized: Tele

Tele (plural Teles)

  1. (informal) A Fender Telecaster electric guitar.

Proper noun capitalized: Tele

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.2014 May 28, Margaret Simons, “Has Sydney's Daily Telegraph lost touch with its readers?”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
    • Have a look at Sky News YouTube, Sky News Facebook and Alan Jones Facebook and you can see. The same column that I write for the Tele goes up on my Facebook page.2021 November 4, Stephen Gibbs, Charlie Moore, quoting Alan Jones, “Inside the high-stakes meeting where Alan Jones learnt he was no longer wanted by Sky News Australia - and the clues hiding in...
    Synonyms:
    Daily Tele

Synonyms of tele

Forms of tele

pluralteles
pluralTeles

Origin of tele

Clipping of words starting with tele-.

Clipping of Telecaster.

Clipping of Telegraph.

Phrases with tele

Words that rhyme with tele

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Questions about tele

What does tele mean?
Tele means according to Jacob L. Moreno, a mutual connection or rapport between people that is not a mere one-way process like empathy or transference.
What is tele the alternative spelling of?
Tele is the alternative spelling of telly.
What part of speech is tele?
Tele can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce tele?
Tele is pronounced /ˈtɛli/.
What is the plural of tele?
The plural of tele is teles.

Words near tele in the dictionary

  1. telcoms
  2. telcos
  3. teld
  4. Telde
  5. telds
  6. tele
  7. tele bubble
  8. tele-
  9. tele-playwright
  10. tele-playwrights
  11. Tele-snap

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tele (page history and authors); Tele (page history and authors); telly (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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