taler

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See also: Taler, tåler, and Täler

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English taler, equivalent to tale +‎ -er.

Noun

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taler (plural talers)

  1. (archaic) A talker; a teller
    • 2000, Taimi Anne Olsen, Transcending Space:
      Earth writes from the point of view of " 'Baylor' the Taler of Behler the Failer" who tells Scheherazade's story (to Death, her "familiar stranger") of Somebody's last voyage.
    • 2007, Barbara A. Hanawalt, The Wealth of Wives:
      She had a series of aliases: “longa mariona wode alias Birde alias taler” [long Mariona Wode, alias Birdie, alias taler, perhaps tale teller].

Etymology 2

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From German Taler, (older) Thaler. Doublet of dollar.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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taler (plural talers)

  1. (historical) Germanic unit of currency used between the 15th and 19th centuries.
Translations
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Anagrams

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From the reverse spelling of the second syllable of bilat.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ta‧ler

Noun

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taler

  1. the female genitalia; the vulva or vagina

Danish

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Etymology 1

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From tale (to speak) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /taːlər/, [ˈtˢæːlɐ]

Noun

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taler c (singular definite taleren, plural indefinite talere)

  1. speaker
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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See tale (speech).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /taːlər/, [ˈtˢæːlɐ]

Noun

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taler c

  1. indefinite plural of tale

Etymology 3

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See tale (to speak).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /taːlər/, [ˈtˢæːˀlɐ]

Verb

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taler

  1. present of tale

French

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Etymology 1

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From German Taler, (older) Thaler.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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taler m (plural talers)

  1. taler (currency)

Etymology 2

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From Frankish *tālōn (to tear away, rip off), via Latin, compare Spanish talar, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tēlō (persecution, deceit). Cognate with Old High German zâlôn (to root up, remove), Old English tǣl (reproof, calumny, mockery).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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taler

  1. (transitive) to damage (a fruit)
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Further reading

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Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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From French tout à l’heure.

Adverb

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taler

  1. later

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From tale +‎ -er.

Noun

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taler m (definite singular taleren, indefinite plural talere, definite plural talerne)

  1. a speaker (person who speaks, or who makes a speech)
Derived terms
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See also

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References

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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taler m

  1. indefinite plural of tale

Etymology 3

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Verb

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taler

  1. present of tale

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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taler m or f

  1. indefinite feminine plural of tale

Verb

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taler

  1. present of tala
  2. present of tale

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Taler.

Noun

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taler m (plural taleri)

  1. thaler

Declension

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Welsh

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Verb

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taler

  1. (literary) subjunctive impersonal of talu
  2. (literary) imperative impersonal of talu

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
taler daler nhaler thaler
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.