telen
Meaning
- (transitive) to cultivate, to grow plants, notably crops
- (transitive) to raise, to breed animals or (figurative, notably a type of) men
Frequency
Hyphenated as
te‧len
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈteː.lən/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch tēlen, from Old Dutch tilon, from Proto-West Germanic *tilōn, from Proto-Germanic *tilōną.
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