"tālrunis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Latvian]

Etymology: From tāls (“far”) + runa (“talk”), made into a masculine 2nd-declension noun (ending -is). Apparently a calque of German Fernsprecher, itself a calque of French téléphone, a word coined in the 1830s from two Ancient Greek elements, τῆλε (têle, “afar”) and φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”). Etymology templates: {{compound|lv|tāls|runa|gloss1=far|gloss2=talk}} tāls (“far”) + runa (“talk”), {{cog|de|Fernsprecher}} German Fernsprecher, {{cog|fr|téléphone}} French téléphone, {{der|lv|grc|-}} Ancient Greek Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} tālrunis m, {{lv-noun|m|2nd}} tālrunis m (2nd declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|tālru|is|2nd||n|ņ|extrawidth=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-2|tālru|is|4=|5=n|6=ņ|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|tālrunis|tālruņi|tālruni|tālruņus|tālruņa|tālruņu|tālrunim|tālruņiem|tālruni|tālruņiem|tālrunī|tālruņos|tālruni|tālruņi|type=2nd declension|x=-60}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], tālrunis [nominative, singular], tālruņi [nominative, plural], tālruņa [genitive, singular], tālruņu [genitive, plural], tālrunim [dative, singular], tālruņiem [dative, plural], tālruni [accusative, singular], tālruņus [accusative, plural], tālruni [instrumental, singular], tālruņiem [instrumental, plural], tālrunī [locative, singular], tālruņos [locative, plural], tālruni [singular, vocative], tālruņi [plural, vocative]
  1. telephone set, phone (electronic device used for communication between two people) Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-tālrunis-lv-noun-GIN4buAz Categories (other): Telephony Disambiguation of Telephony: 37 26 37
  2. telephone (that part of a telephone set that converts electrical impulses into sound) Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-tālrunis-lv-noun-BSGTgYWj Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Telephony Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 23 55 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 46 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 72 17 Disambiguation of Telephony: 37 26 37
  3. telephone number Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-tālrunis-lv-noun-L-3PdvfK Categories (other): Telephony Disambiguation of Telephony: 37 26 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: telefons Derived forms: mobilais tālrunis

Inflected forms

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      "form": "tālrunis",
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          "english": "to pick up the telephone receiver",
          "text": "pacelt, nocelt tālruņa klausuli",
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              14,
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          "english": "sergeant, the phone is ringing in your office!",
          "text": "Seržant, jūsu kabinetā zvana tālrunis!",
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              69,
              74
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              65
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          "english": "she immediately called home from the station, but nobody came to the phone",
          "text": "tūlīt no stacijas viņa iezavnīja uz māju, bet neviens pie tālruņa nepienāca",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "set"
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          "phone",
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          "electronic",
          "electronic#English"
        ],
        [
          "device",
          "device#English"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use#English"
        ],
        [
          "communication",
          "communication#English"
        ],
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          "between",
          "between#English"
        ],
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          "two#English"
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          "people#English"
        ]
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              22
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              11,
              18
            ]
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          "english": "to report by telephone",
          "text": "paziņot pa tālruni",
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        },
        {
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            [
              57,
              62
            ]
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              5,
              12
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          "english": "he talks with me in all ways (= about everything) on the phone, but when there is a chance to be together face to face (lit. eye to eye), then he leaves indifferently",
          "text": "viņš tālrunī visādi izrunājās ar mani, bet, kad ir izdevība pabūt aci pret aci, tad vienaldzīgi aiziet",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        [
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        ],
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        ],
        [
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          "impulse#English"
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          "sound",
          "sound#English"
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          "english": "“OK, do call me tomorrow,” and Birgita told (him) her workplace phone (number)",
          "text": "“labi, piezvaniet man rīt pat,” un Birgita pateica savas darba vietas tālruni",
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        }
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    }
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  "word": "tālrunis"
}
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          "english": "sergeant, the phone is ringing in your office!",
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              13,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to report by telephone",
          "text": "paziņot pa tālruni",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              57,
              62
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "he talks with me in all ways (= about everything) on the phone, but when there is a chance to be together face to face (lit. eye to eye), then he leaves indifferently",
          "text": "viņš tālrunī visādi izrunājās ar mani, bet, kad ir izdevība pabūt aci pret aci, tad vienaldzīgi aiziet",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "telephone (that part of a telephone set that converts electrical impulses into sound)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "telephone",
          "telephone"
        ],
        [
          "part",
          "part#English"
        ],
        [
          "telephone",
          "telephone#English"
        ],
        [
          "set",
          "set#English"
        ],
        [
          "convert",
          "convert#English"
        ],
        [
          "electrical",
          "electrical#English"
        ],
        [
          "impulse",
          "impulse#English"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              64,
              69
            ]
          ],
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            [
              70,
              77
            ]
          ],
          "english": "“OK, do call me tomorrow,” and Birgita told (him) her workplace phone (number)",
          "text": "“labi, piezvaniet man rīt pat,” un Birgita pateica savas darba vietas tālruni",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "telephone number"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "telephone",
          "telephone"
        ],
        [
          "number",
          "number"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "telefons"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "lv:tālrunis"
  ],
  "word": "tālrunis"
}

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