# tela
## English
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tēla (“web”). Doublet of toile.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtiːlə/
* Rhymes: -iːlə

### Noun

tela (plural telas or telae)
* (anatomy) A thin, web-like structure or membrane.

#### Derived terms

* tela choroidea

### Anagrams

* teal, tael, et. al, atel-, LATE, late, TEAl, Elta, et al., TEAL, et al, Teal, leat, EATL, ETLA, tale

## Annobonese
### Noun

tela
* land

### References

* Jacques Arends, Pieter Muysken, Norval Smith, editors (1994), Pidgins and Creoles: an introduction (in Annobonese)
* John H. McWhorter (2005) Defining Creole (in Annobonese)

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tela.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtela/ [ˈte.l̪a]
* Hyphenation: te‧la

### Noun

tela (Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜎ)
* fabric; textile
* cloth
    Synonym: henero
* fiber/fibre
    Synonyms: torsido, ilo

#### Related terms

* tela metalika
* telon

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan tela, from Latin tēla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈtɛ.lə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈtə.lə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈtɛ.la]

### Noun

tela f (plural teles)
* cloth, fabric
* canvas (cloth on which one may paint)
    Synonym: llenç

#### Derived terms

* tela metàl·lica
* teler
* teleria
* teranyina

#### Related terms

* teixir
* tel
* teló

### References

* “tela” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “tela”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “tela” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “tela” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tëla (compare Ingrian tela, Karelian tela, Veps tela), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þelą. Doublet of teli.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtelɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞lɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -elɑ
* Hyphenation: te‧la

### Noun

tela
* one of the logs or other (round) pieces of wood placed under something, such as a boat or a pile of firewood, to keep it from directly touching the ground (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
* (by extension) a place where something is left or stored (usually in adessive, ablative or allative plural)
* roller (one of a set of round logs used to help move a large object by rolling it over the logs)
* roller, cylinder (rotating cylindrical part of a machine)
* track; Ellipsis of telaketju (“caterpillar track”).
* platen (part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made)
* platen, carriage (part of a typewriter or printer on which the paper rests to receive an impression)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of tela (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
telani
telani
accusative
nom.
telani
telani
gen.
telani
genitive
telani
telojeni telaini $^{rare}$
partitive
telaani
telojani
inessive
telassani
teloissani
elative
telastani
teloistani
illative
telaani
teloihini
adessive
telallani
teloillani
ablative
telaltani
teloiltani
allative
telalleni
teloilleni
essive
telanani
teloinani
translative
telakseni
teloikseni
abessive
telattani
teloittani
instructive
comitative
—teloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
telasi
telasi
accusative
nom.
telasi
telasi
gen.
telasi
genitive
telasi
telojesi telaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
telaasi
telojasi
inessive
telassasi
teloissasi
elative
telastasi
teloistasi
illative
telaasi
teloihisi
adessive
telallasi
teloillasi
ablative
telaltasi
teloiltasi
allative
telallesi
teloillesi
essive
telanasi
teloinasi
translative
telaksesi
teloiksesi
abessive
telattasi
teloittasi
instructive
comitative
—teloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
telamme
telamme
accusative
nom.
telamme
telamme
gen.
telamme
genitive
telamme
telojemme telaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
telaamme
telojamme
inessive
telassamme
teloissamme
elative
telastamme
teloistamme
illative
telaamme
teloihimme
adessive
telallamme
teloillamme
ablative
telaltamme
teloiltamme
allative
telallemme
teloillemme
essive
telanamme
teloinamme
translative
telaksemme
teloiksemme
abessive
telattamme
teloittamme
instructive
comitative
—teloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
telanne
telanne
accusative
nom.
telanne
telanne
gen.
telanne
genitive
telanne
telojenne telainne $^{rare}$
partitive
telaanne
telojanne
inessive
telassanne
teloissanne
elative
telastanne
teloistanne
illative
telaanne
teloihinne
adessive
telallanne
teloillanne
ablative
telaltanne
teloiltanne
allative
telallenne
teloillenne
essive
telananne
teloinanne
translative
telaksenne
teloiksenne
abessive
telattanne
teloittanne
instructive
comitative
—teloinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
telansa
telansa
accusative
nom.
telansa
telansa
gen.
telansa
genitive
telansa
telojensa telainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
telaansa
telojaan telojansa
inessive
telassaan telassansa
teloissaan teloissansa
elative
telastaan telastansa
teloistaan teloistansa
illative
telaansa
teloihinsa
adessive
telallaan telallansa
teloillaan teloillansa
ablative
telaltaan telaltansa
teloiltaan teloiltansa
allative
telalleen telallensa
teloilleen teloillensa
essive
telanaan telanansa
teloinaan teloinansa
translative
telakseen telaksensa
teloikseen teloiksensa
abessive
telattaan telattansa
teloittaan teloittansa
instructive
comitative
—teloineen teloinensa :

#### Synonyms

* (round log used as support): telapuu

#### Derived terms

* telakka
* telasto
* telata
* teli
* teline
* teloa
* teloittaa
* kannatustela
* kesäteloilla
* kesäteloille
* kesäteloilta
* kuivaustela
* maalaustela
* maalitela
* nurkkatela
* poikkitela
* poikkitelainen
* poikkiteloin
* puolitelavaunu
* puristustela
* talvitela
* telahermo
* telakenkä
* telaketju
* telakuormaaja
* telakuorma-auto
* telalavetti
* telaluu
* telamaasturi
* telamatto
* telamiina
* telapuu
* telapyörä
* telatie
* telatraktori
* telavaunu
* venetela

### Further reading

* “tela”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* alet, laet

## Hausa
### Etymology

Borrowed from English tailor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /téː.là/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [téː.lə̀]

### Noun

tēlà m (plural tēlōlī, possessed form tēlàn)
* tailor

## Hawaiian
### Determiner

tela
* Niʻihau form of kēlā (“that”)
    He keiti tela.That (far away) is a child.

#### Usage notes

* In Niihau, diacritics are omitted. If one were to use them, the spelling would be tēlā.

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tëla. Cognates include Finnish tela and Veps tela.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈtelɑ/, [ˈte̞ɫɑ]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈtelɑ/, [ˈte̞ɫɑ]
* Rhymes: -elɑ
* Hyphenation: te‧la

### Noun

tela
* ship cradle (structure used to hold a ship or boat on dry land)

#### Declension
### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 580

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin tēla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈte.la/
* Rhymes: -ela
* Hyphenation: té‧la

### Noun

tela f (plural tele)
* cloth
    Synonyms: stoffa, tessuto
* canvas
* curtain (theatre)
* web

#### Related terms

* telaio

### Anagrams

* alte, late, tale

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈteː.la/, [ˈt̪eːɫ̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈte.la/, [ˈt̪ɛːlä]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Italic *tekslā, formed to the root of texō (“I weave”).

#### Noun

tēla f (genitive tēlae); first declension
* web
* warp (threads that run lengthwise in a loom)
** 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.261–264:[...] atque illī stēllātus iaspide fulvā ēnsis erat, Tyriōque ārdēbat mūrice laena dēmissa ex umerīs, dīves quae mūnera Dīdō fēcerat, et tenuī tēlās discrēverat aurō.And [Mercury saw] that [Aeneas’s] sword was starred with tawny jasper, and a cloak ablaze with Tyrian purple hung from his shoulders – splendid gifts which Dido had made – and its warp-threads were highlighted with thin gold.
* loom
** 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.699–700:et tamen assiduīs exercet brāchia tēlīs ādversusque minās frīgoris arma parat.And yet she keeps her arms busy at the looms, and so prepares armor (having been) set against the threats of winter.

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

##### Derived terms

* subtīlis

##### Descendants

* Balkan Romance:
** Aromanian: tearã
** Romanian: teară
* Dalmatian:
** tial
* Italo-Romance:
** Italian: tela
** Neapolitan: tela
** Sicilian: tila
* Padanian:
** Emilian: teira, teila, tela
** Friulian: tele
** Ligurian: tèia, tèira
** Lombard: tila, téla, téra
** Piedmontese: tèila, tèira, tàira, tèlia
** Venetan: teła, tela
* Northern Gallo-Romance:
** Franco-Provençal: têla, téila, têlya, taela, taelya
** Old French: teile, toile
*** French: toile
* Southern Gallo-Romance:
** Aragonese: tela
** Catalan: tela
** Old Occitan: tela
*** Occitan: tela
    Auvergnat: tiala, tiara, tala
    Limousin: tiala
    Vivaro-Alpine: tièla, tièra, tiara
* Ibero-Romance:
** Asturian: tela
** Galician: tea
** Portuguese: teia
** Spanish: tela
* Borrowings:
** → English: tela
** → Portuguese: tela

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

tēla n
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of tēlum

### References

* “tela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “tela”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "tela", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. (ambiguous) to be exposed to the assaults of fate: fortunae telis propositum esse (ambiguous) to discharge missiles: tela iacere, conicere, mittere (ambiguous) to expose oneself to missiles: se obicere telis (ambiguous) to discharge showers of missiles: tela ingerere, conicere
* “tela”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “tela”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
* “tela”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

## Manado Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese telha

### Noun

tela
* brick

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* teala, teola, telo, tiolo

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈte.lɑ/

### Adverb

tela
* well, rightly
* completely, thoroughly, certainly
* happily, prosperously, pleasantly
* very

### Interjection

tela
* well! good!

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀢𑁂𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* तेल (Devanagari script)
* তেল (Bengali script)
* තෙල (Sinhalese script)
* တေလ (Burmese script)
* เตล or เตละ (Thai script)
* ᨲᩮᩃ (Tai Tham script)
* ເຕລ or ເຕລະ (Lao script)
* តេល (Khmer script)
* 𑄖𑄬𑄣 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit तैल (tailá), itself from Sanskrit तिल (tila), cognate with Pali tila (“sesame”)

### Noun

tela n
* oil (particularly from sesame)

#### Derived terms

* telaghaṭa

### References

* 1 2 Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “tela”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛ.lɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
* Hyphenation: te‧la

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin tēla (“web; loom”). Doublet of inherited teia (“web”).

#### Noun

tela f (plural telas)
* canvas (piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint)
* (by extension) painting (an illustration or artwork using paint)
    Synonyms: pintura, quadro
* screen (viewing area of a movie, slide presentation, etc.)
* (by extension) cinema
    Synonym: (Portugal) ecrã
* (Brazil) screen (viewing area of electronic output devices)
    Synonym: (Portugal) ecrã
* (biology) a very thin tissue

##### Derived terms

* dar tela
* tela coroide
* tela coróidea
* tela de Penélope
* tela subcutânea
* telão
* telar
* telinha
* telona

##### Related terms

* telada
* telado

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

tela
* inflection of telar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* taila (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader)
* teila (Sursilvan, Surmiran)

### Etymology

From Latin tēla.

### Noun

tela f (plural telas)
* (textiles, Sutsilvan) material, textile, canvas

#### Derived terms

* tela filient (“spiderweb”)

## Silesian
### Alternative forms

* tyla

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish tyle, tele.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛ.la/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛla
* Syllabification: te‧la

### Numeral

tela
* this much, this many; as many as; as much as

### Further reading

* tela in silling.org

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈcɛɫa/

### Noun

tela
* genitive singular of telo

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish tela, from Latin tēla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtela/ [ˈt̪e.la]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ela
* Syllabification: te‧la

### Noun

tela f (plural telas)
* (clothing) cloth, fabric (woven material made of fibers)
    Synonym: género
* (colloquial) difficult task (difficult or tedious undertaking, especially as part of one's duties)
    Limpiar el garaje es mucha tela.Cleaning the garage is tough work.
* (colloquial) cash, dosh (money)
    Synonyms: pasta, plata
* (colloquial, without article, followed by "de") plenty; shedload
    Synonyms: cantidad, mogollón, montón

#### Derived terms

* poner en tela de juicio
* tela de
* tela de araña
* tela de dónde cortar
* tela de juicio
* telar
* telaraña
* telón
* tener tela (“to be difficult”)
* tener tela marinera (“to be very difficult”)
* vaya tela (“wow, oh my”)

### Adverb

tela
* (Spain, colloquial) loads; lots; a shedload; extremely
    Es un chico tela de gracioso.He's a really funny fella.

#### Further reading

* “tela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from English trailer.

### Noun

tela class IX (plural tela class X)
* trailer (unpowered wheeled vehicle that is towed behind another)
* trailer (preview of a film)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tela.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈtela/ [ˈt̪ɛː.lɐ]
* Rhymes: -ela
* Syllabification: te‧la

### Noun

tela (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜎ)
* cloth; fabric; textile
    Synonyms: kayo, damit

#### Derived terms

* telahan
* telahin

#### Related terms

* tela-alambre
* tela-metalika
* telahero

### Further reading

* “tela”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Ternate
### Etymology

Given by Hayami-Allen to be from Portuguese [Term?].

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈte.la]

### Noun

tela
* maize, corn

### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tela.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /teˈla/
* Hyphenation: te‧la

### Noun

tela (definite accusative telayı, plural telalar)
* (textiles) A piece of starched cloth placed between the main fabric and the lining for support; interlining.

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
tela
telalar
definite accusative
telayı
telaları
dative
telaya
telalara
locative
telada
telalarda
ablative
teladan
telalardan
genitive
telanın
telaların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
telam
telalarım
2nd singular
telan
telaların
3rd singular
telası
telaları
1st plural
telamız
telalarımız
2nd plural
telanız
telalarınız
3rd plural
telaları
telaları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
telamı
telalarımı
2nd singular
telanı
telalarını
3rd singular
telasını
telalarını
1st plural
telamızı
telalarımızı
2nd plural
telanızı
telalarınızı
3rd plural
telalarını
telalarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
telama
telalarıma
2nd singular
telana
telalarına
3rd singular
telasına
telalarına
1st plural
telamıza
telalarımıza
2nd plural
telanıza
telalarınıza
3rd plural
telalarına
telalarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
telamda
telalarımda
2nd singular
telanda
telalarında
3rd singular
telasında
telalarında
1st plural
telamızda
telalarımızda
2nd plural
telanızda
telalarınızda
3rd plural
telalarında
telalarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
telamdan
telalarımdan
2nd singular
telandan
telalarından
3rd singular
telasından
telalarından
1st plural
telamızdan
telalarımızdan
2nd plural
telanızdan
telalarınızdan
3rd plural
telalarından
telalarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
telamın
telalarımın
2nd singular
telanın
telalarının
3rd singular
telasının
telalarının
1st plural
telamızın
telalarımızın
2nd plural
telanızın
telalarınızın
3rd plural
telalarının
telalarının :

### References

* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tela”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Further reading

* “tela”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tela”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4704

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tëla, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þelą. Cognates include Finnish tela.

### Noun

tela
* (clarification of this definition is needed) roller

#### Inflection
### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “каток”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika