"telepath" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: telepaths [plural]
Etymology: From telepathy. Etymology templates: {{m|en|telepathy}} telepathy Head templates: {{en-noun}} telepath (plural telepaths)
  1. (parapsychology, science fiction) A person with telepathic ability, capable of reading the thoughts of others around them. Categories (topical): Parapsychology, Science fiction, People Synonyms: mind-reader (english: typ. negative or ironic) Translations (person with telepathic ability): telepat [masculine] (Czech), tankelæser [common-gender] (Danish), telepaatti (Finnish), ajatustenlukija (Finnish), telépata [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Telepath [masculine] (German), ʻikemanaʻo (Hawaiian), gondolatolvasó (Hungarian), телепа́т (telepát) [masculine] (Macedonian), tankeleser (Norwegian), телепа́т (telepát) [masculine] (Russian), telépata [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), tankeläsare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-telepath-en-noun-f4PFcHfi Disambiguation of People: 79 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 68 32 Topics: literature, media, parapsychology, pseudoscience, publishing, science-fiction
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: teep

Verb [English]

Forms: telepaths [present, singular, third-person], telepathing [participle, present], telepathed [participle, past], telepathed [past]
Etymology: From telepathy. Etymology templates: {{m|en|telepathy}} telepathy Head templates: {{en-verb}} telepath (third-person singular simple present telepaths, present participle telepathing, simple past and past participle telepathed)
  1. (parapsychology, science fiction) To communicate by thought; to use telepathy. Categories (topical): Parapsychology, Science fiction Related terms: empath, technopath, cyberpath
    Sense id: en-telepath-en-verb-CqHcT63K Topics: literature, media, parapsychology, pseudoscience, publishing, science-fiction
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: teep

Inflected forms

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