noun · countable / uncountable · rare

teal

teal · teals

блакитно-зелений

цвет морской волны, зеленовато-голубой, чирок

petrol, blaugrün, Krickente, Kriekente

Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and…Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks.

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UK/tiːl/US/til/

» His garish new suit was teal.

Meaning

3 senses

(countable)Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks.
Krickente, Kriekente
чиро́кčirók
any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America
(countable, uncountable)A dark, somewhat bluish-green colour; a dark cyan.
blaugrün, petrol
зеленова̀то-голубо́йzelenovàto-golubój, цвет морской волныcvet morskoj volny
блаки́тно-зеле́нийblakýtno-zelényj
(Australia, attributive, countable)A teal independent.

Examples

4 sentences

His garish new suit was teal.
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I'm in love with that teal gemstone.
deIch habe mich in diesen grünblauen Edelstein verliebt.
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Nyle is a teal monkey with brown eyes and mint highlights.
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"Is this green?" "It's more of a teal."
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

colour:

Русский

By meaning 2

duck:

colour:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

duck:

colour:

Origin

From Middle English tele, probably from an unrecorded Old English *tǣle, cognate with West

From Middle English tele, probably from an unrecorded Old English *tǣle, cognate with West Frisian tjilling (“teal”), Middle Dutch teling (“teal”) (modern Dutch taling), Middle Low German telink, from Proto-Germanic *tailijaz, of unknown ultimate origin, with no cognates outside of Germanic. Compare feal and heal for similar phonological development.

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