"tell" meaning in All languages combined

See tell on Wiktionary

Verb [Englisch]

IPA: tɛl Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-tell.wav , En-us-tell.ogg Forms: simple present I, you, they, simple present tell, he tells, she tells, it tells, simple past told, present participle telling, past participle told
Rhymes: ɛl
  1. erzählen Tags: transitive
    Sense id: de-tell-en-verb-Y7MUoo0b
  2. zählen Tags: outdated, transitive
    Sense id: de-tell-en-verb-lQxMI1XJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: narrate, recount, count Translations (erzählen): erzählen (Deutsch), raconter (Französisch) Translations (veraltete Bedeutung: zählen): zählen (Deutsch)

Noun [Katalanisch]

  1. die Linde
    Sense id: de-tell-ca-noun-mNap4z6Q Topics: botany
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Botanik: die Linde): Linde [feminine] (Deutsch), telh [masculine] (Okzitanisch), telhòl [masculine] (Okzitanisch)

Inflected forms

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    "Von altenglisch tellan (rechnen) < germanisch *taljanan; verwandt mit deutsch zählen und erzählen"
  ],
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      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "he tells"
    },
    {
      "form": "she tells"
    },
    {
      "form": "it tells"
    },
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              4,
              8
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          "text": "She told me the whole story.",
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        }
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        {
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              2,
              11
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          "text": "I have told my pens, one is missing.",
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "narrate"
    },
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "recount"
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      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "count"
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "erzählen",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "erzählen"
    },
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      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "erzählen",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "raconter"
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      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "zählen"
    }
  ],
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Botanik: die Linde",
      "sense_index": "1",
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        "feminine"
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    },
    {
      "form": "simple present tell"
    },
    {
      "form": "he tells"
    },
    {
      "form": "she tells"
    },
    {
      "form": "it tells"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple past told"
    },
    {
      "form": "present participle telling"
    },
    {
      "form": "past participle told"
    }
  ],
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  "pos_title": "Verb",
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              4,
              8
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          ],
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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      "tags": [
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    },
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          "italic_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              11
            ]
          ],
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        }
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        "zählen"
      ],
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      ]
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "narrate"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "recount"
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    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "count"
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    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "erzählen",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "erzählen"
    },
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      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "erzählen",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "raconter"
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      "lang_code": "de",
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      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "zählen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tell"
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  "lang_code": "ca",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Substantiv",
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Botanik: die Linde",
      "sense_index": "1",
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        "feminine"
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        "masculine"
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      "lang_code": "oc",
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      "sense_index": "1",
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      ],
      "word": "telhòl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tell"
}

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