tell

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (transitive) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
2. (ditransitive, transitive) To narrate, to recount.
3. (ditransitive, transitive) To convey by speech; to say.
4. (transitive) To instruct or inform.
5. (transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.
6. (intransitive, transitive) To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
7. (transitive) To reveal.
8. (intransitive) To be revealed.
9. (intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
10. (transitive) To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
11. (childish, intransitive) To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
12. (intransitive) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement — contrasted with show.

Noun

1. A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
2. (informal) A giveaway; something that unintentionally reveals or hints at a secret.
3. (archaic) That which is told; a tale or account.
4. (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.

Noun

A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.

Concepts

dire

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raconter

parler

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conter

narrer

informer

rapporter

dire

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communiquer

dire à

commander

renseigner

distinguer

révéler

différencier

expliquer

instruire

décrire

annoncer

enjoindre

exprimer

indiquer

dénoncer

désigner

garantir

avertir

apprendre à

réciter

enseigner

aviser

raconter un conte

proposer

prévenir

charger

prononcer

causer

montrer

manifester

mentir

comploter

dicter

dialoguer

briser la glace

devinette

développer

commenter

interpréter

bavarder

assurer

formuler

Synonymes

say

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speak

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inform

narrate

relate

talk

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order

recount

report

announce

declare

communicate

recite

state

explain

utter

notify

command

express

pronounce

reveal

show

describe

make known

convey

instruct

mention

ask

enjoin

warn

proclaim

indicate

impart

expound

divulge

distinguish

disclose

direct

teach

chat

let know

apprise

mean

give

speak to

enlighten

assure

advise

dictate

discuss

Traductions

erzählen

dire

sagen

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decir

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raccontare

dizer

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contar

🔢

söylemek

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vertellen

anlatmak

contar

narrare

dir

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sprechen

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Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tɛl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: tellen

Hérité de ancien anglais: tellan

Appartenant à saterlandais: tälle

Appartenant à frison occidental: telle

Appartenant à frison occidental: fertelle

Appartenant à néerlandais: tellen

Appartenant à néerlandais: vertellen

Appartenant à bas-allemand: tellen

Appartenant à allemand: zählen

Appartenant à féroïen: telja

In summary

From Middle English tellen (“to count, tell”), from Old English tellan (“to count, tell”), from Proto-West Germanic *talljan, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną, *talzijaną (“to count, enumerate”), from Proto-Germanic *talą, *talǭ (“number, counting”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol- (“calculation, fraud”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian tälle (“to say; tell”), West Frisian telle (“to count”), West Frisian fertelle (“to tell, narrate”), Dutch tellen (“to count”) and Dutch vertellen (“to tell”), Low German tellen (“to count”), German zählen, Faroese telja. More at tale.

Phrases

What did I tell you ?

Qu'est-ce que je t'ai dit?

And will I tell Ray !

Et vais-je dire à Ray!

As we can tell the bird by its singing , we can tell the person by its ideas .

Just tell them Marge sent you .

Why else would he tell his main rival to prepare for a run ?

Sinon, pourquoi dirait-il à son principal rival de se préparer à une course?

Sit on the perch and tell the others what to do .

Asseyez-vous sur le perchoir et dites aux autres quoi faire.