teal
A dark, somewhat bluish-green colourA dark, somewhat bluish-green colour; a dark cyan.
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» His garish new suit was teal.
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Examples
4 sentencesHis garish new suit was teal.
I'm in love with that teal gemstone.
deIch habe mich in diesen grünblauen Edelstein verliebt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nyle is a teal monkey with brown eyes and mint highlights.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A dark, somewhat bluish-green colour; a dark cyan.
blaugrün, petrol
зеленова̀то-голубо́йzelenovàto-golubój, цвет морской волныcvet morskoj volny
блаки́тно-зеле́нийblakýtno-zelényj
(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
(Australia, attributive, countable)A teal independent.
Origin
From Middle English tele, probably from an unrecorded Old English *tǣle, cognate with WestFrom 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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Forms
plural: tealsSynonyms
2 synonyms- a blue-green color or pigment:bluish greenblue green
Word family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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