"telly" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-telly.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tellys [plural], tellies [plural], nations and Ireland [Commonwealth]
Rhymes: -ɛli Etymology: Shortened form of tele(vision) + -y. Etymology templates: {{af|en|television|-y|alt1=tele(vision)|id2=diminutive}} tele(vision) + -y Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s|+}} telly (usually uncountable, plural tellys or tellies)
  1. (colloquial) Television. Tags: colloquial, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Television Translations (television (medium) — see also television): telli [masculine] (Cornish), telka [feminine] (Czech), tv [feminine] (Dutch), televido (Esperanto), telkkari (Finnish), telkku (Finnish), teevee (Finnish), töllö (Finnish), télé [feminine] (French), téloche [feminine] (French), tévé (Hungarian), tele [feminine] (Italian), テレビ (terebi) (Japanese), 텔레비 (tellebi) (Korean), Tëlee [feminine] (Luxembourgish), телеви́зија (televízija) [feminine] (Macedonian), tevê [feminine] (Portuguese), те́лик (télik) [masculine] (Russian), ටෙලි (ṭeli) (Sinhalese), tele [feminine] (Spanish), ทีวี (tii-wii) (Thai), teli [masculine] (Welsh), tẹ́lì (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-telly-en-noun-M7ekgZDL Disambiguation of Television: 42 47 11 Disambiguation of 'television (medium) — see also television': 70 30
  2. (colloquial) A television set. Tags: colloquial, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Television Translations (television set — see also television): telka [feminine] (Czech), tv [feminine] (Dutch), televidilo (Esperanto), telkkari (Finnish), teevee (Finnish), télé [feminine] (French), téloche [feminine] (French), Glotze [feminine] (German), Fernseher [masculine] (German), Flimmerkiste [feminine] (German), teļļuks [masculine] (Latvian), tevê [feminine] (Portuguese), те́лик (télik) [masculine] (Russian), я́щик (jáščik) [colloquial, masculine] (Russian), ටෙලි (ṭeli) (Sinhalese), tele (Spanish), тєлік (tjelik) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-telly-en-noun-EGs3FwAY Disambiguation of Television: 42 47 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y (diminutive) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 73 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (diminutive): 3 52 45 Disambiguation of 'television set — see also television': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tele [UK, rare], tube [US], TV Derived forms: telly tennis
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-telly.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tellies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛli Etymology: Shortened form of (ho)tel and/or (mo)tel + -y. Etymology templates: {{m|en|hotel|(ho)tel}} (ho)tel, {{af|en|motel|-y|alt1=(mo)tel|id2=diminutive}} (mo)tel + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} telly (plural tellies)
  1. (US, Canada, chiefly MTE, slang) A hotel or motel. Tags: Canada, US, slang Categories (topical): Television
    Sense id: en-telly-en-noun-xfJomBf8 Disambiguation of Television: 42 47 11 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, Multicultural Toronto English, English terms suffixed with -y (diminutive) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (diminutive): 3 52 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2007 August 24', Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 1",
          "text": "You're from telly!"
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          "ref": "2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How We Made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in Rail, number 934, page 48",
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        "(colloquial) Television."
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        "A television set."
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          "television set"
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        "(colloquial) A television set."
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "rare"
      ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "tube"
    },
    {
      "word": "TV"
    }
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    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "television (medium) — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telli"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "television (medium) — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "telka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "television (medium) — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tv"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "television (medium) — see also television",
      "word": "televido"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "television (medium) — see also television",
      "word": "telkkari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "television (medium) — see also television",
      "word": "telkku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "television (medium) — see also television",
      "word": "teevee"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "television (medium) — see also television",
      "word": "töllö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "television (medium) — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "télé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "television (medium) — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "téloche"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "television (medium) — see also television",
      "word": "tévé"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "television (medium) — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tele"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "terebi",
      "sense": "television (medium) — see also television",
      "word": "テレビ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tellebi",
      "sense": "television (medium) — see also television",
      "word": "텔레비"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "television (medium) — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tëlee"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "televízija",
      "sense": "television (medium) — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "телеви́зија"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "television (medium) — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tevê"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "télik",
      "sense": "television (medium) — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "те́лик"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "ṭeli",
      "sense": "television (medium) — see also television",
      "word": "ටෙලි"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "television (medium) — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tele"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tii-wii",
      "sense": "television (medium) — see also television",
      "word": "ทีวี"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "television (medium) — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "teli"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "television (medium) — see also television",
      "word": "tẹ́lì"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "television set — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "telka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "television set — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tv"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "television set — see also television",
      "word": "televidilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "television set — see also television",
      "word": "telkkari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "television set — see also television",
      "word": "teevee"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "television set — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "télé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "television set — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "téloche"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "television set — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Glotze"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "television set — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fernseher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "television set — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Flimmerkiste"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "television set — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "teļļuks"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "television set — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tevê"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "télik",
      "sense": "television set — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "те́лик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jáščik",
      "sense": "television set — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "я́щик"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "ṭeli",
      "sense": "television set — see also television",
      "word": "ටෙලි"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "television set — see also television",
      "word": "tele"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tjelik",
      "sense": "television set — see also television",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тєлік"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -y (diminutive)",
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    "English terms with audio links",
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    "Rhymes:English/ɛli/2 syllables",
    "en:Television"
  ],
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      "name": "m"
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    {
      "form": "tellies",
      "tags": [
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        "English slang",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Multicultural Toronto English"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "I'm staying at the telly this weekend.",
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        "(US, Canada, chiefly MTE, slang) A hotel or motel."
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        "US",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɛli/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛli"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
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}

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