telly
TelevisionTelevision.
» The telly's on the blink again.
Der Fernseher hat wieder den Geist aufgegeben.
Телевізор знову не працює.
Meaning
7 senses(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, countable, uncountable)Television.
Not much on telly tonight, as usual!
(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, countable, uncountable)A television set.
We've got a new flat-screen telly.
Glotze, Fernseher, Flimmerkiste
те́ликtélik, те́ликtélik, я́щикjáščik
тєлікtjelik
(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, countable, uncountable)Telegraph.
(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, countable, uncountable)Telephone.
(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, countable, uncountable)Teleport.
(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, countable, uncountable)Telecommunication.
(Canada, Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, US, colloquial, slang)A hotel or motel.
I'm staying at the telly this weekend.
- an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
Examples
102 sentencesThe telly's on the blink again.
Телевізор знову не працює.
deDer Fernseher hat wieder den Geist aufgegeben.
Watch some telly if you like.
Подивись телевізор, якщо хочеш.
ruХочешь, посмотри телевизор.
deSieh ruhig fern.
Tom is watching the telly right now.
Просто зараз Том дивиться телевізор.
I forgot to turn off the telly.
Я забув вимкнути телевізор.
ruЯ забыл выключить телек.
"Telly" is short for "television."
Translations
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Origin
Shortened form of tele(vision) + -y. Shortened form of (ho)tel and/or (mo)tel + -y.Shortened form of tele(vision) + -y.
Shortened form of (ho)tel and/or (mo)tel + -y.
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Forms
plural: telliesSynonyms
9 synonyms- an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen:television receivertelevisiontelevision settvtv setidiot boxboob tubegoggle box
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable