tales

See also: Tales, talés, tałes, and tåles

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teɪlz/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Homophone: tails
• Rhymes: -eɪlz

Noun

tales

1. plural of tale

Verb

tales

1. (dialectal or obsolete) third-person singular simple present indicative of tale

Etymology 2

From Latin plural of talis (“such (persons)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɪliːz/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

Noun

tales (plural tales)

1. (law) A person available to fill vacancies in a jury.
2. (law) A book or register of people available to fill jury vacancies.
3. (law) A writ to summon people to court to fill vacancies in a jury.

Derived terms

• pray a tales
• tales book
• talesman

Etymology 3

Noun

tales (plural talesim or taleysim or talaisim or taleisim)

1. Alternative form of tallit (“Jewish prayer shawl”)

Anagrams

• setal, steal, ETLAs, tesla, telas, Astle, least, Tesla, salet, slate, Teals, stela, astel, Slate, Sleat, lates, leats, 'least, laste, teals, stale, taels

Abung

Etymology

From Proto-Lampungic *taləs, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taləs/; [tɑˈləs, -lɘs]

Noun

tales

1. yam
2. taro

Balinese

Romanization

tales

1. Romanization of ᬢᬍᬲ᭄

Betawi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs.

Noun

tales

1. yam
2. taro

Catalan

Verb

tales

1. second-person singular present indicative of talar

Central Palawano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *táləs, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs.

Noun

tales

1. taro

Danish

Noun

tales c

1. genitive singular indefinite of tale

French

Verb

tales

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of taler

Anagrams

• tesla

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦠꦭꦼꦱ꧀
Pegon
Roman	tales

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs (compare English taro, a borrowing from Maori).

Noun

tales

1. taro

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtaː.leːs/, [ˈt̪äːɫ̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈta.les/, [ˈt̪äːles]

Adjective

tālēs

1. nominative/accusative/vocative masculine/feminine plural of tālis

Madurese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs.

Noun

tales

1. yam

   Synonym: kaladi

2. taro

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tales

1. passive form of tale

Portuguese

Verb

tales

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of talar

Spanish

Adjective

tales m pl

1. plural of tal

Verb

tales

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of talar

Welsh

Alternative forms

• talais
• telais (literary)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtalɛs/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtaːlɛs/, /ˈtalɛs/

Verb

tales

1. first-person singular preterite colloquial of talu

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tales	dales	nhales	thales
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.