Telly

//ˈtɛli//

Synonyms for "telly" (16 found)

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Noun(3 words)
tvboob tubebox

Strong matches (4)

Related words (8)

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Translations

40 translations across 22 languages.

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Cornish

1 entries
  • telli noun (television (medium) — see also television)

Czech

2 entries
  • telka noun (television (medium) — see also television)
  • telka noun (television set — see also television)

Dutch

2 entries
  • tv noun (television (medium) — see also television)
  • tv noun (television set — see also television)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • televidilo noun (television set — see also television)
  • televido noun (television (medium) — see also television)

Finnish

4 entries
  • teevee noun (television (medium) — see also television)
  • teevee noun (television set — see also television)
  • telkkari noun (television (medium) — see also television)
  • telkkari noun (television set — see also television)

French

4 entries
  • téloche noun (television (medium) — see also television)
  • téloche noun (television set — see also television)
  • télé noun (television (medium) — see also television)
  • télé noun (television set — see also television)

German

3 entries
  • Fernseher noun (television set — see also television)
  • Flimmerkiste noun (television set — see also television)
  • Glotze noun (television set — see also television)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • tévé noun (television (medium) — see also television)

Italian

1 entries
  • tele noun (television (medium) — see also television)

Japanese

1 entries
  • テレビ noun (television (medium) — see also television)

Korean

1 entries
  • 텔레비 noun (television (medium) — see also television)

Latvian

1 entries
  • teļļuks noun (television set — see also television)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Tëlee noun (television (medium) — see also television)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • телеви́зија noun (television (medium) — see also television)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • tevê noun (television (medium) — see also television)
  • tevê noun (television set — see also television)

Russian

3 entries
  • те́лик noun (television (medium) — see also television)
  • те́лик noun (television set — see also television)
  • я́щик noun (television set — see also television)

Sinhalese

2 entries
  • ටෙලි noun (television (medium) — see also television)
  • ටෙලි noun (television set — see also television)

Spanish

2 entries
  • tele noun (television (medium) — see also television)
  • tele noun (television set — see also television)

Thai

1 entries
  • ทีวี noun (television (medium) — see also television)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • тєлік noun (television set — see also television)

Welsh

1 entries
  • teli noun (television (medium) — see also television)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • tẹ́lì noun (television (medium) — see also television)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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Let's turn off the telly.

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I've already watched this film on the telly.

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Do you watch telly?

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I do not have a telly at home.

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