"tell" meaning in Englisch

See tell in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

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 Etymology: Von altenglisch tellan (rechnen) < germanisch *taljanan; verwandt mit deutsch zählen und erzählen
  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 zählen Tags: outdated, transitive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)

Inflected forms

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      "lang_code": "de",
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      "word": "erzählen"
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