teller

See also: Teller and tełłer

English

Etymology

From Middle English tellere (“one who counts or enumerates; one who recounts or relates; teller”), equivalent to tell (verb) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛlə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛləɹ/
Rhymes: -ɛlə(ɹ)
Hyphenation: tell‧er

Noun

teller (plural tellers)

A person who tells stories.
(chiefly US) A bank clerk who receives and pays out money.
An automated teller machine.
A person who counts the votes in an election.

Synonyms

(bank clerk): cashier

Related terms

fortune teller

Translations

person who tells stories

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: vypravěč (cs)
Danish: fortæller c
Esperanto: rakontisto
Finnish: tarinankertoja (fi)
French: diseur (fr) m, diseuse (fr) f, conteur (fr), conteuse (fr) f, raconteur (fr) m, raconteuse (fr) f

German: Erzähler (de) m, Erzählerin f
Norwegian: forteller (no)
Portuguese: contador de histórias/estórias m, narrador (pt) m
Romanian: povestitor (ro) m, povestitoare (ro) f, narator (ro) m, naratoare (ro) f
Russian: расска́зчик (ru) m (rasskázčik), расска́зчица (ru) f (rasskázčica)
Turkish: anlatıcı (tr), anlatan

bank clerk who receives and pays out money

Armenian: գանձապահ (hy) (ganjapah)
Azerbaijani: xəzinədar, kassir
Belarusian: касі́р m (kasír)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 出納員 (zh), 出纳员 (zh) (chūnàyuán)
Dutch: bankbediende (nl) m or f
Esperanto: bankkasisto
Finnish: pankkivirkailija (fi)
French: caissier (fr) m, caissière (fr) f
German: Bankangestellter (de) m, Bankangestellte (de) f
Greek: ταμίας (el) c (tamías)
Irish: airgeadóir (bainc) m

Italian: cassiere (it) m or f
Japanese: 出納係 (すいとうがかり, suitōkakari)
Korean: 출납계 (chullapgye)
Maori: kaitatau moni
Polish: kasjer (pl) m, kasjerka (pl) f
Portuguese: caixa (pt) m or f
Romanian: casier (ro) m
Russian: касси́р (ru) m (kassír), касси́рша (ru) f (kassírša) (colloquial)
Slovene: blagajnik m, blagajničarka f
Spanish: cajero (es) m, cajera (es) f
Turkish: veznedar (tr), kasiyer (tr)
Ukrainian: каси́р (uk) m (kasýr)

automated teller machine — see automated teller machine

person who counts the votes in an election

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: stemmetæller c (associations, unofficial), valgtilforordnet c (official elections)
Esperanto: balotnombristo
Finnish: ääntenlaskija (fi)
German: Wahlhelfer (de) m, Wahlhelferin f
Greek: ψηφολέκτης (el) m (psifoléktis), ψηφολέκτρια (el) f (psifoléktria)

Latin: diribitor m
Portuguese: escrutinador m
Romanian: scrutinător m
Russian: счётчик (ru) m (sčótčik) (голосо́в), счётчица (ru) f (sčótčica) (голосо́в)
Slovene: preštevalec glasov m, preštevalka glasov f
Turkish: oy sayıcı
Welsh: cyfrifwr

Anagrams

retell

Dutch

Etymology

From tellen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

teller m (plural tellers, diminutive tellertje n)

(mathematics) numerator
someone who counts
any device that displays numerical information such as a Geiger counter or a tachometer

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb telle

Noun

teller m (definite singular telleren, indefinite plural tellere, definite plural tellerne)

(arithmetic) a numerator (in a fraction)

Derived terms

Related terms

brøk
nevner

Etymology 2

Verb

teller

present of telle

References

“teller” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Turkish

Noun

teller

definite plural of tel

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