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telly

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈtɛli

Definitions

  1. Television.
  2. A hotel or motel.
  3. A television set.
  4. Telegraph.
  5. Telephone.
  6. Teleport.
  7. Telecommunication.

Equivalents

20 more languages
Češtinatelka
Cymraegteli
Galegotele
Magyartévé
Italianotele
日本語テレビ
한국어텔레비
Македонскителевизија
Nederlandstv
Portuguêsteve
Русскийтеликящик
ไทยทีวี
Yorùbátẹ́lì

Examples

Not much on telly tonight, as usual!”
You're from telly!”
“[...] they were all in agreement: this stuff had to be on the telly.”
We've got a new flat-screen telly.”
I'm staying at the telly this weekend.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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