teller
See also: Teller and tełłer
English
Etymology
From Middle English tellere (“one who counts or enumerates; one who recounts or relates; teller”), equivalent to tell (verb) + -er.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɛlə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɛləɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɛlə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: tell‧er
Noun
teller (plural tellers)
- A person who tells stories.
- (banking, chiefly US) A bank clerk who receives and pays out money.
- Synonym: cashier
- (banking) Synonym of automated teller machine
- Synonyms: cash machine, ATM
- A person who counts the votes in an election.
Related terms
- fortune teller
Translations
person who tells stories
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bank clerk who receives and pays out money
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automated teller machine — see automated teller machine
person who counts the votes in an election
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Anagrams
- retell
Dutch
Etymology
From tellen + -er.
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlər
- Hyphenation: tel‧ler
Noun
teller m (plural tellers, diminutive tellertje n)
- (mathematics) numerator (the number or expression written above the line in a fraction)
- someone who counts
- any device that displays numerical information such as a Geiger counter or a tachometer
Antonyms
- noemer (“denominator”)
Descendants
- → Indonesian: pembilang (“(mathematics) numerator”) (semantic loan)
- → Indonesian: teller (“someone who counts”)
Indonesian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English teller, from Middle English tellere (“one who counts or enumerates; one who recounts or relates; teller”). Standard spelling retain double l to avoid confusion with word teler.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tel‧ler
Noun
teller (first-person possessive tellerku, second-person possessive tellermu, third-person possessive tellernya)
- (banking) A bank clerk who receives and pays out money; a teller.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From the verb telle.
Noun
teller m (definite singular telleren, indefinite plural tellere, definite plural tellerne)
- (arithmetic) numerator (the number or expression written above the line in a fraction)
Antonyms
- nevner (“denominator”)
Derived terms
- geigerteller
- turteller
Related terms
- brøk
See also
- teljar (Nynorsk)
Verb
teller
- present tense of telle
References
- “teller” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Turkish
Noun
teller
- nominative plural of tel