wikipedia|Tell (disambiguation)
English

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Pronunciation
IPA|/t�l/
IPA|/tel/
SAMPA|/tel/
audio|en-us-tell.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�l|-�l

Etymology 1
OE. tellan

Verb
en-verb|tells|telling|told

1. context|transitive|or|ditransitive To narrate.

#:I want to tell a story.
#:I want to tell you a story.

1. transitive To pass information by speech.

#:You should tell her that you love her.

1. transitive To instruct or inform.

#:Tell him to go away.
#:Please tell me the time.

1. intransitive To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.

#:Can you tell whether those flowers are real or silk, from this distance?

1. intransitive To have a marked effect

#: The mace dealt a telling blow to his right shoulder.

1. To count or enumerate (see teller)

Synonyms
(to narrate): narrate, recount, relate

Antonyms
(to instruct or inform): ask

Translations
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Arabic: ARchar|اخبر unicode|(�á�bara)
Bulgarian: �азказвам (razkazvam) (1), казвам (kazvam) (2,3), на�еждам (nareždam) (3)
Catalan: explicar
Chinese: �訴, �� (gàosù)
trreq|Czech
Dutch: vertellen, zeggen
Esperanto: rakonti
Finnish: kertoa (1,2)
French: raconter, conter
German: erzählen (1), sagen (2,3)
trreq|Hebrew
Hungarian: elmond
Ido: dicar
mid
Italian: dire, contare
Japanese: ��� (����, oshieru), 述�� (���, noberu)
Korean: ��� (malhada)
Kurdish: KUchar|گ��ا�
Latin: dicere|dīcere
Nahuatl: aquitoloc
Polish: mówi�
Portuguese: dizer
Romanian: t-|ro|spune, t+|ro|zice
Russian: �каза�� (skazát�)
Slovene: povedati
Spanish: decir, contar
Swedish: berätta, tala om
trreq|Turkish

Derived terms
tell all
tell-all
tell off
tell on
tell-tale
telltale

Etymology 2
From the verb tell

Noun
en-noun

1. A give away sign, especially one used in the game of poker.

Etymology 3
From Arabic

Noun
en-noun

1. a mound in the Middle East over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements

Category:200 English basic words
Category:Communication
Category:English control verbs

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