tela

See also: teļa, teļā, and teľa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tēla (web).

Noun

tela (plural telas or telae)

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

Anagrams


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

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan tela, from Latin tēla.

Noun

tela f (plural teles)

  1. cloth, fabric
  2. canvas (cloth on which one may paint)

Synonyms

  • (canvas): llenç

Derived terms

Further reading


Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þelą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtelɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞lɑ]
  • 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

Inflection of tela (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative tela telat
genitive telan telojen
partitive telaa teloja
illative telaan teloihin
singular plural
nominative tela telat
accusative nom. tela telat
gen. telan
genitive telan telojen
telainrare
partitive telaa teloja
inessive telassa teloissa
elative telasta teloista
illative telaan teloihin
adessive telalla teloilla
ablative telalta teloilta
allative telalle teloille
essive telana teloina
translative telaksi teloiksi
instructive teloin
abessive telatta teloitta
comitative teloineen

Synonyms

  • (round log used as support): telapuu

Derived terms

Anagrams


Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English tailor.

Noun

tēlà m (plural tēlōlī, possessed form tēlàn)

  1. tailor

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tēla.

Noun

tela f (plural tele)

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

Synonyms

Anagrams


Latin

Pronunciation

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

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.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tēla tēlae
Genitive tēlae tēlārum
Dative tēlae tēlīs
Accusative tēlam tēlās
Ablative tēlā tēlīs
Vocative tēla tēlae
Derived terms
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)
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (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). Doublet 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)
    Synonyms: pintura, quadro
  3. screen (viewing area of a movie, slide presentation, etc.)
  4. (Brazil) screen (viewing area of electronic output devices)
    Synonym: ecrã (Portugal)
  5. (by extension, Brazil) cinema
  6. (biology) a very thin tissue

Derived terms

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

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


Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcɛɫa/

Noun

tela

  1. genitive singular of telo

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish tela, from Latin tēla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈte̞.la̠]

Noun

tela f (plural telas)

  1. (fabric) cloth, fabric (woven material made of fibers)
  2. (colloquial) task, difficult task (difficult or tedious undertaking, especially as part of one's duties)
  3. (colloquial) cash, dosh (money)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading


Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish tela.

Noun

tela

  1. (clarification of this definition is needed) roller

Inflection

Inflection of tela
nominative sing. tela
genitive sing. telan
partitive sing. telad
partitive plur. teloid
singular plural
nominative tela telad
accusative telan telad
genitive telan teloiden
partitive telad teloid
essive-instructive telan teloin
translative telaks teloikš
inessive telas teloiš
elative telaspäi teloišpäi
illative ? teloihe
adessive telal teloil
ablative telalpäi teloilpäi
allative telale teloile
abessive telata teloita
comitative telanke teloidenke
prolative teladme teloidme
approximative I telanno teloidenno
approximative II telannoks teloidennoks
egressive telannopäi teloidennopäi
terminative I ? teloihesai
terminative II telalesai teloilesai
terminative III telassai
additive I ? teloihepäi
additive II telalepäi teloilepäi

References

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