telen

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (transitive) to cultivate, to grow plants, notably crops
  2. (transitive) to raise, to breed animals or (figurative, notably a type of) men

Frequency

27k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈteː.lən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch tēlen, from Old Dutch tilon, from Proto-West Germanic *tilōn, from Proto-Germanic *tilōną.

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