tael
See also: tæl
English
Alternative forms
- tahil
Etymology
From Portuguese tael, from Malay tahil. Doublet of tahil.
Pronunciation
- enPR: tāl, IPA(key): /teɪl/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Homophones: tail, tale
- Rhymes: -eɪl
Noun
tael (plural taels)
- Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams.
- Any of several monetary units equal to the equivalent weight in silver.
- (Hong Kong) leung, a traditional unit of weight, in modern usage legally defined as 1/16 of a catty or kan (斤) or 0.0377993638 kilograms
Coordinate terms
- zhu, jin/catty
Derived terms
- Haikwan tael
- market tael
Translations
See also
- (Hong Kong units): chek, tsun, fan, picul, catty, mace, candareen, tsin, leung, kan, tam
Anagrams
- EATL, ETLA, Elta, LATE, TEAL, TEAl, Teal, et al, et al., late, leat, tale, teal, tela
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay tahil.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /taˈɛw/ [taˈɛʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐˈɛl/ [tɐˈɛɫ]
Noun
tael m (plural taéis)
- tael (any of several eastern Asian units of measure)
- tael (any of several eastern Asian monetary units)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taˈel/ [t̪aˈel]
- Rhymes: -el
- Syllabification: ta‧el
Noun
tael m (plural taeles)
- tael
Further reading
- “tael”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014