"tele-" meaning in English

See tele- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /ˈtɛl.ɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɛl.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɛl.ə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tele-.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “at a distance, far off, far away, far from”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kʷel-}}, {{der|en|grc|τῆλε||at a distance, far off, far away, far from}} Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “at a distance, far off, far away, far from”) Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} tele-, {{en-prefix}} tele-
  1. over a distance Tags: morpheme Translations (over a distance): tele- (Catalan), tele- (Czech), tele- (Danish), kauko- (Finnish), tele- (Finnish), télé- (French), tele- (Galician), ტელე- (ṭele-) (Georgian), fern- (German), τηλε- (tile-) (Greek), táv- (Hungarian), tele- (Italian), tele- (Malay), tele- (Norwegian Bokmål), tele- (Norwegian Nynorsk), tele- (Polish), tele- (Portuguese), теле- (tele-) (Russian), tele- (Spanish), fjärr- (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tele--en-prefix-1u6S1lds Disambiguation of 'over a distance': 98 0 0 0 2
  2. television Tags: morpheme Translations (relating to television): հեռուստա- (heṙusta-) (Armenian), теле- (tele-) (Bulgarian), tele- (Catalan), tele- (Czech), τηλε- (tile-) (Greek), tele- (Hungarian), tele- (Polish), теле- (tele-) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tele--en-prefix-oDHtonOs Disambiguation of 'relating to television': 0 100 0 0 0
  3. telegraph Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-tele--en-prefix-BoTGDBTo
  4. telephone Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-tele--en-prefix-czlyUVmJ
  5. teleport Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-tele--en-prefix-6Z9~8eu0 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 19 0 0 0 81 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 0 0 0 91

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