"telepath" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: telepaths [plural]
Etymology: From 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hawaiian translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Hawaiian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 83 17 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. 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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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (94ba7e1 and 5dea2a6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.