tela

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tela"

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tēla (“web”). Doublet of toile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːlə/
• Rhymes: -iːlə

Noun

tela (plural telas or telae)

1. (anatomy) A thin, web-like structure or membrane.

Derived terms

• tela choroidea

 

Anagrams

• teal, tael, et. al, atel-, LATE, late, TEAl, Elta, et al., TEAL, et al, Teal, leat, EATL, ETLA, tale

Annobonese

Noun

tela

1. land

References

• Jacques Arends, Pieter Muysken, Norval Smith, editors (1994), Pidgins and Creoles: an introduction (in Annobonese)
• John H. McWhorter (2005) Defining Creole (in Annobonese)

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtela/ [ˈte.l̪a]
• Hyphenation: te‧la

Noun

tela (Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜎ)

1. fabric; textile
2. cloth

   Synonym: henero

3. fiber/fibre

   Synonyms: torsido, ilo

Related terms

• tela metalika
• telon

 

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan tela, from Latin tēla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈtɛ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈtə.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɛ.la]

Noun

tela f (plural teles)

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

   Synonym: llenç

Derived terms

• tela metàl·lica
• teler
• teleria
• teranyina

 

Related terms

• teixir
• tel
• teló

 

References

• “tela” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tela”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “tela” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tela” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tëla (compare Ingrian tela, Karelian tela, Veps tela), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þelą. Doublet of teli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtelɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -elɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): te‧la

Noun

tela

1. a log or other piece of wood used as support to keep something, such as a boat or a pile of firewood from directly touching the ground
2. (by extension) a place where something is left or stored (usually in adessive, ablative or allative plural)
3. roller (one of a set of round logs used to help move a large object by rolling it over the logs)
4. roller, cylinder (rotating cylindrical part of a machine)
5. track; Ellipsis of telaketju (“caterpillar track”).
6. platen (part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made)
7. platen, carriage (part of a typewriter or printer on which the paper rests to receive an impression)

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 telain rare
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
abessive		telatta	teloitta
instructive		—	teloin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tela (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative telani telani accusative nom. telani telani gen. telani genitive telani telojeni telaini rare partitive telaani telojani inessive telassani teloissani elative telastani teloistani illative telaani teloihini adessive telallani teloillani ablative telaltani teloiltani allative telalleni teloilleni essive telanani teloinani translative telakseni teloikseni abessive telattani teloittani instructive — — comitative — teloineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative telasi telasi accusative nom. telasi telasi gen. telasi genitive telasi telojesi telaisi rare partitive telaasi telojasi inessive telassasi teloissasi elative telastasi teloistasi illative telaasi teloihisi adessive telallasi teloillasi ablative telaltasi teloiltasi allative telallesi teloillesi essive telanasi teloinasi translative telaksesi teloiksesi abessive telattasi teloittasi instructive — — comitative — teloinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative telamme telamme accusative nom. telamme telamme gen. telamme genitive telamme telojemme telaimme rare partitive telaamme telojamme inessive telassamme teloissamme elative telastamme teloistamme illative telaamme teloihimme adessive telallamme teloillamme ablative telaltamme teloiltamme allative telallemme teloillemme essive telanamme teloinamme translative telaksemme teloiksemme abessive telattamme teloittamme instructive — — comitative — teloinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative telanne telanne accusative nom. telanne telanne gen. telanne genitive telanne telojenne telainne rare partitive telaanne telojanne inessive telassanne teloissanne elative telastanne teloistanne illative telaanne teloihinne adessive telallanne teloillanne ablative telaltanne teloiltanne allative telallenne teloillenne essive telananne teloinanne translative telaksenne teloiksenne abessive telattanne teloittanne instructive — — comitative — teloinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative telansa telansa accusative nom. telansa telansa gen. telansa genitive telansa telojensa telainsa rare partitive telaansa telojaan telojansa inessive telassaan telassansa teloissaan teloissansa elative telastaan telastansa teloistaan teloistansa illative telaansa teloihinsa adessive telallaan telallansa teloillaan teloillansa ablative telaltaan telaltansa teloiltaan teloiltansa allative telalleen telallensa teloilleen teloillensa essive telanaan telanansa teloinaan teloinansa translative telakseen telaksensa teloikseen teloiksensa abessive telattaan telattansa teloittaan teloittansa instructive — — comitative — teloineen teloinensa

Synonyms

• (round log used as support): telapuu

Derived terms

• telakka
• telasto
• telata
• teli
• teline
• teloa
• teloittaa

 

compounds

• kannatustela
• kesäteloilla
• kesäteloille
• kesäteloilta
• kuivaustela
• maalaustela
• maalitela
• nurkkatela
• poikkitela
• poikkitelainen
• poikkiteloin
• puolitelavaunu
• puristustela
• talvitela
• telahermo
• telakenkä
• telaketju
• telakuormaaja
• telakuorma-auto
• telalavetti
• telaluu
• telamaasturi
• telamatto
• telamiina
• telapuu
• telapyörä
• telatie
• telatraktori
• telavaunu
• venetela

 

Further reading

• “tela”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• alet, laet

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English tailor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /téː.là/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [téː.lə̀]

Noun

tēlà m (plural tēlōlī, possessed form tēlàn)

1. tailor

Hawaiian

Determiner

tela

1. Niʻihau form of kēlā (“that”)

   He keiti tela.

   That (far away) is a child.

Usage notes

• In Niihau, diacritics are omitted. If one were to use them, the spelling would be tēlā.

Ingrian

Tela.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tëla. Cognates include Finnish tela and Veps tela.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtelɑ/, [ˈte̞ɫɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtelɑ/, [ˈte̞ɫɑ]
• Rhymes: -elɑ
• Hyphenation: te‧la

Noun

tela

1. ship cradle (structure used to hold a ship or boat on dry land)

Declension

Declension of tela (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	tela	telat
genitive	telan	telloin
partitive	tellaa	teloja
illative	tellaa	telloi
inessive	telas	telois
elative	telast	teloist
allative	telalle	teloille
adessive	telal	teloil
ablative	telalt	teloilt
translative	telaks	teloiks
essive	telanna, tellaan	teloinna, telloin
exessive1)	telant	teloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 580

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tēla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.la/
• Rhymes: -ela
• Hyphenation: té‧la

Noun

tela f (plural tele)

1. cloth

   Synonyms: stoffa, tessuto

2. canvas
3. curtain (theatre)
4. web

Related terms

• telaio

Anagrams

• alte, late, tale

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈteː.la/, [ˈt̪eːɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈte.la/, [ˈt̪ɛːlä]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Italic *tekslā, formed to the root of texō (“I weave”).

Noun

tēla f (genitive tēlae); first declension

1. web
2. warp (threads that run lengthwise in a loom)
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.261–264:

     [...] atque illī stēllātus iaspide fulvā
     ēnsis erat, Tyriōque ārdēbat mūrice laena
     dēmissa ex umerīs, dīves quae mūnera Dīdō
     fēcerat, et tenuī tēlās discrēverat aurō.

     And [Mercury saw] that [Aeneas’s] sword was starred with tawny jasper, and a cloak ablaze with Tyrian purple hung from his shoulders – splendid gifts which Dido had made – and its warp-threads were highlighted with thin gold.

3. loom
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.699–700:

     et tamen assiduīs exercet brāchia tēlīs
     ādversusque minās frīgoris arma parat.

     And yet she keeps her arms busy at the looms,
     and so prepares armor (having been) set against the threats of winter.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tēla	tēlae
genitive	tēlae	tēlārum
dative	tēlae	tēlīs
accusative	tēlam	tēlās
ablative	tēlā	tēlīs
vocative	tēla	tēlae

Derived terms

• subtīlis

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: tearã
  • Romanian: teară
• Dalmatian:
  • tial
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: tela
  • Neapolitan: tela
  • Sicilian: tila
• Padanian:
  • Emilian: teira, teila, tela
  • Friulian: tele
  • Ligurian: tèia, tèira
  • Lombard: tila, téla, téra
  • Piedmontese: tèila, tèira, tàira, tèlia
  • Venetan: teła, tela
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: têla, téila, têlya, taela, taelya
  • Old French: teile, toile
    • French: toile
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Aragonese: tela
  • Catalan: tela
  • Old Occitan: tela
    • Occitan: tela

      Auvergnat: tiala, tiara, tala

      Limousin: tiala

      Vivaro-Alpine: tièla, tièra, tiara

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: tela
  • Galician: tea
  • Portuguese: teia
  • Spanish: tela
• Borrowings:
  • → English: tela
  • → Portuguese: tela

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tēla n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of tēlum

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], 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

Manado Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese telha

Noun

tela

1. brick

Old English

Alternative forms

• teala, teola, telo, tiolo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.lɑ/

Adverb

tela

1. well, rightly
2. completely, thoroughly, certainly
3. happily, prosperously, pleasantly
4. very

Interjection

tela

1. well! good!

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀢𑁂𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• तेल (Devanagari script)
• তেল (Bengali script)
• තෙල (Sinhalese script)
• တေလ (Burmese script)
• เตล or เตละ (Thai script)
• ᨲᩮᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຕລ or ເຕລະ (Lao script)
• តេល (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄬𑄣 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit तैल (tailá), itself from Sanskrit तिल (tila), cognate with Pali tila (“sesame”)

Noun

tela n

1. oil (particularly from sesame)

Declension

Declension table of "tela" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	telaṃ	telāni
Accusative (second)	telaṃ	telāni
Instrumental (third)	telena	telehi or telebhi
Dative (fourth)	telassa or telāya or telatthaṃ	telānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	telasmā or telamhā or telā	telehi or telebhi
Genitive (sixth)	telassa	telānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	telasmiṃ or telamhi or tele	telesu
Vocative (calling)	tela	telāni

Derived terms

• telaghaṭa

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
• Hyphenation: te‧la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin tēla (“web; loom”). Doublet of inherited teia (“web”).

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. (by extension) cinema

   Synonym: (Portugal) ecrã

5. (Brazil) screen (viewing area of electronic output devices)

   Synonym: (Portugal) ecrã

6. (biology) a very thin tissue

Derived terms

• dar tela
• tela coroide
• tela coróidea
• tela de Penélope
• tela subcutânea
• telão
• telar
• telinha
• telona

 

Related terms

• telada
• telado

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tela

1. inflection of telar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romansch

Alternative forms

• taila (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader)
• teila (Sursilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

From Latin tēla.

Noun

tela f (plural telas)

1. (textiles, Sutsilvan) material, textile, canvas

Derived terms

• tela filient (“spiderweb”)

Silesian

Alternative forms

• tyla

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish tyle, tele.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Syllabification: te‧la

Numeral

tela

1. this much, this many; as many as; as much as

Further reading

• tela in silling.org

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɛɫa/

Noun

tela

1. genitive singular of telo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish tela, from Latin tēla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtela/ [ˈt̪e.la]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: te‧la

Noun

tela f (plural telas)

1. (clothing) cloth, fabric (woven material made of fibers)

   Synonym: género

2. (colloquial) difficult task (difficult or tedious undertaking, especially as part of one's duties)

   Limpiar el garaje es mucha tela.

   Cleaning the garage is tough work.

3. (colloquial) cash, dosh (money)

   Synonyms: pasta, plata

4. (colloquial, without article, followed by "de") plenty; shedload

   Synonyms: cantidad, mogollón, montón

Derived terms

• poner en tela de juicio
• tela de
• tela de araña
• tela de dónde cortar
• tela de juicio
• telar
• telaraña
• telón
• tener tela (“to be difficult”)
• tener tela marinera (“to be very difficult”)
• vaya tela (“wow, oh my”)

 

Adverb

tela

1. (Spain, colloquial) loads; lots; a shedload; extremely

   Es un chico tela de gracioso.

   He's a really funny fella.

Further reading

• “tela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English trailer.

Noun

tela class IX (plural tela class X)

1. trailer (unpowered wheeled vehicle that is towed behind another)
2. trailer (preview of a film)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tela.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtela/ [ˈt̪ɛː.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: te‧la

Noun

tela (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜎ)

1. cloth; fabric; textile

   Synonyms: kayo, damit

Derived terms

• telahan
• telahin

 

Related terms

• tela-alambre
• tela-metalika
• telahero

 

Further reading

• “tela”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Ternate

Etymology

Given by Hayami-Allen to be from Portuguese [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈte.la]

Noun

tela

1. maize, corn

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈla/
• Hyphenation: te‧la

Noun

tela (definite accusative telayı, plural telalar)

1. (textiles) A piece of starched cloth placed between the main fabric and the lining for support; interlining.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	tela
Definite accusative	telayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tela	telalar
Definite accusative	telayı	telaları
Dative	telaya	telalara
Locative	telada	telalarda
Ablative	teladan	telalardan
Genitive	telanın	telaların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular telam telalarım 2nd singular telan telaların 3rd singular telası telaları 1st plural telamız telalarımız 2nd plural telanız telalarınız 3rd plural telaları telaları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular telamı telalarımı 2nd singular telanı telalarını 3rd singular telasını telalarını 1st plural telamızı telalarımızı 2nd plural telanızı telalarınızı 3rd plural telalarını telalarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular telama telalarıma 2nd singular telana telalarına 3rd singular telasına telalarına 1st plural telamıza telalarımıza 2nd plural telanıza telalarınıza 3rd plural telalarına telalarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular telamda telalarımda 2nd singular telanda telalarında 3rd singular telasında telalarında 1st plural telamızda telalarımızda 2nd plural telanızda telalarınızda 3rd plural telalarında telalarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular telamdan telalarımdan 2nd singular telandan telalarından 3rd singular telasından telalarından 1st plural telamızdan telalarımızdan 2nd plural telanızdan telalarınızdan 3rd plural telalarından telalarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular telamın telalarımın 2nd singular telanın telalarının 3rd singular telasının telalarının 1st plural telamızın telalarımızın 2nd plural telanızın telalarınızın 3rd plural telalarının telalarının

Further reading

• “tela”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tela”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4704

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tëla, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þelą. Cognates include Finnish tela.

Noun

tela

1. (clarification of this definition is needed) roller

Inflection

Inflection of tela (inflection type 5/sana)
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	telaha telha	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	telahasai telhasai	teloihesai
terminative II	telalesai	teloilesai
terminative III	telassai	—
additive I	telahapäi telhapäi	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]‎^[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika