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/ˈtɛlə/
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/ˈtɛləɹ/
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A surname.
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A tiny city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States, named after Henry M. Teller.
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A person who tells stories.
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A bank clerk who receives and pays out money.
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Usage: US
Topics: banking, business
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Synonyms: cashier
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A cashier at any place of business.
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Usage: broadly
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Synonym of automated teller machine.
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Topics: banking, business
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Synonyms: cash machine, ATM, automated teller machine
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A person who counts the votes in an election.
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someone who tells a story
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Synonyms: narrator, storyteller
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Broader terms: speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser
Narrower terms: anecdotist, raconteur, fabulist, griot
an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
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Synonyms: cashier, bank clerk
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Broader terms: banker
an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)
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Synonyms: vote counter
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Broader terms: official, functionary
Narrower terms: canvasser
United States physicist (born in Hungary) who worked on the first atom bomb and the first hydrogen bomb (1908-2003)
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Synonyms: Edward Teller
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From Middle English tellere (“one who counts or enumerates; one who recounts or relates; teller”), equivalent to tell (verb) + -er.
Across languages
Translations
93 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Northern Altai :
чӧрчекчи
(čörčekči)
— person who tells stories
Southern Altai :
чӧрчӧкчи
(čörčökči)
— person who tells stories
Bulgarian :
разказвач
(razkazvač)
— person who tells stories
Czech :
vypravěč
— person who tells stories
Danish :
fortæller
— person who tells stories
Esperanto :
rakontisto
— person who tells stories
Finnish :
tarinankertoja
— person who tells stories
French :
diseur
— person who tells stories
French :
diseuse
— person who tells stories
French :
conteur
— person who tells stories
French :
conteuse
— person who tells stories
French :
raconteur
— person who tells stories
French :
raconteuse
— person who tells stories
German :
Erzähler
— person who tells stories
German :
Erzählerin
— person who tells stories
Indonesian :
pengisah
— person who tells stories
Macedonian :
раска́жувач
(raskážuvač)
— person who tells stories
Macedonian :
раскажу́вачка
(raskažúvačka)
— person who tells stories
Norwegian :
forteller
— person who tells stories
Polish :
opowiadacz
— person who tells stories
Polish :
opowiadaczka
— person who tells stories
Portuguese :
contador de histórias/estórias
— person who tells stories
Portuguese :
narrador
— person who tells stories
Romanian :
povestitor
— person who tells stories
Romanian :
povestitoare
— person who tells stories
Romanian :
narator
— person who tells stories
Romanian :
naratoare
— person who tells stories
Russian :
расска́зчик
(rasskázčik)
— person who tells stories
Russian :
расска́зчица
(rasskázčica)
— person who tells stories
Turkish :
anlatıcı
— person who tells stories
Turkish :
anlatan
— person who tells stories
Armenian :
գանձապահ
(ganjapah)
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Azerbaijani :
xəzinədar
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Azerbaijani :
kassir
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Belarusian :
касі́р
(kasír)
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Bulgarian :
касиер
(kasier)
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Chinese Mandarin :
出納員 /出纳员
(chūnàyuán)
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Danish :
kasserer
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Danish :
bankkasserer
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Dutch :
bankbediende
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Esperanto :
bankkasisto
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Finnish :
pankkivirkailija
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
French :
caissier
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
French :
caissière
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Galician :
caixeiro
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
German :
Bankangestellter
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
German :
Bankangestellte
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Greek :
ταμίας
(tamías)
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Indonesian :
teller
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Irish :
airgeadóir (bainc)
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Italian :
cassiere
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Japanese :
出納係
(suitōkakari)
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Korean :
출납계
(chullapgye)
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Macedonian :
ша́лтерски слу́жбеник
(šálterski slúžbenik)
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Macedonian :
бла́гајник
(blágajnik)
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Malay :
juruwang
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Māori :
kaitatau moni
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Plautdietsch :
Banktala
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Polish :
kasjer
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Polish :
kasjerka
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Portuguese :
caixa
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Romanian :
casier
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Russian :
касси́р
(kassír)
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Russian :
касси́рша
(kassírša)
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Slovene :
blagajnik
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Slovene :
blagajničarka
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Spanish :
cajero
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Spanish :
cajera
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Turkish :
veznedar
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Turkish :
kasiyer
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Ottoman Turkish :
وزنهجی
(vezneci)
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Ukrainian :
каси́р
(kasýr)
— bank clerk who receives and pays out money
Bulgarian :
преброител
(prebroitel)
— person who counts the votes in an election
Danish :
stemmetæller
— person who counts the votes in an election
Danish :
valgtilforordnet
— person who counts the votes in an election
Esperanto :
balotnombristo
— person who counts the votes in an election
Finnish :
ääntenlaskija
— person who counts the votes in an election
German :
Wahlhelfer
— person who counts the votes in an election
German :
Wahlhelferin
— person who counts the votes in an election
Greek :
ψηφολέκτης
(psifoléktis)
— person who counts the votes in an election
Greek :
ψηφολέκτρια
(psifoléktria)
— person who counts the votes in an election
Latin :
diribitor
— person who counts the votes in an election
Macedonian :
бро́јач
(brójač)
— person who counts the votes in an election
Macedonian :
пребро́јувач
(prebrójuvač)
— person who counts the votes in an election
Malay :
pengira undi
— person who counts the votes in an election
Portuguese :
escrutinador
— person who counts the votes in an election
Romanian :
scrutinător
— person who counts the votes in an election
Russian :
счётчик
(sčótčik)
— person who counts the votes in an election
Russian :
счётчица
(sčótčica)
— person who counts the votes in an election
Slovene :
preštevalec glasov
— person who counts the votes in an election
Slovene :
preštevalka glasov
— person who counts the votes in an election
Turkish :
oy sayıcı
— person who counts the votes in an election
Welsh :
cyfrifwr
— person who counts the votes in an election