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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛlə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛləɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɛlə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: tell‧er

Noun

teller (plural tellers)

1. A person who tells stories.
2. (banking, chiefly US) A bank clerk who receives and pays out money.

   Synonym: cashier

3. (banking) Synonym of automated teller machine

   Synonyms: cash machine, ATM

4. A person who counts the votes in an election.

Related terms

• fortune teller

Translations

person who tells stories

• Bulgarian: разказвач (bg) m (razkazvač)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: vypravěč (cs)
• Danish: fortæller c
• Esperanto: rakontisto
• Finnish: tarinankertoja (fi)
• French: diseur (fr) m, diseuse (fr) f, conteur (fr), conteuse (fr) f, raconteur (fr) m, raconteuse (fr) f
• German: Erzähler (de) m, Erzählerin (de) f
• Norwegian: forteller (no)
• Portuguese: contador de histórias/estórias m, narrador (pt) m
• Romanian: povestitor (ro) m, povestitoare (ro) f, narator (ro) m, naratoare (ro) f
• Russian: расска́зчик (ru) m (rasskázčik), расска́зчица (ru) f (rasskázčica)
• Turkish: anlatıcı (tr), anlatan

bank clerk who receives and pays out money

• Armenian: գանձապահ (hy) (ganjapah)
• Azerbaijani: xəzinədar, kassir
• Belarusian: касі́р m (kasír)
• Bulgarian: касиер m (kasier)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出納員／出纳员 (zh) (chūnàyuán), 出纳员 (zh) (chūnàyuán)

• Dutch: bankbediende (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: bankkasisto
• Finnish: pankkivirkailija (fi)
• French: caissier (fr) m, caissière (fr) f
• German: Bankangestellter (de) m, Bankangestellte (de) f
• Greek: ταμίας (el) c (tamías)
• Irish: airgeadóir (bainc) m
• Italian: cassiere (it) m or f
• Japanese: 出納係 (すいとうがかり, suitōkakari)
• Korean: 출납계 (chullapgye)
• Maori: kaitatau moni
• Plautdietsch: Banktala m
• Polish: kasjer (pl) m, kasjerka (pl) f
• Portuguese: caixa (pt) m or f
• Romanian: casier (ro) m
• Russian: касси́р (ru) m (kassír), касси́рша (ru) f (kassírša) (colloquial)
• Slovene: blagajnik m, blagajničarka f
• Spanish: cajero (es) m, cajera (es) f
• Turkish: veznedar (tr), kasiyer (tr)
• Ukrainian: каси́р (uk) m (kasýr)

automated teller machine — see automated teller machine

person who counts the votes in an election

• Bulgarian: преброител m (prebroitel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: stemmetæller c (associations, unofficial), valgtilforordnet c (official elections)
• Esperanto: balotnombristo
• Finnish: ääntenlaskija (fi)
• German: Wahlhelfer (de) m, Wahlhelferin (de) f
• Greek: ψηφολέκτης (el) m (psifoléktis), ψηφολέκτρια (el) f (psifoléktria)
• Latin: diribitor m
• Portuguese: escrutinador m
• Romanian: scrutinător m
• Russian: счётчик (ru) m (sčótčik) (голосо́в), счётчица (ru) f (sčótčica) (голосо́в)
• Slovene: preštevalec glasov m, preštevalka glasov f
• Turkish: oy sayıcı
• Welsh: cyfrifwr

Anagrams

• retell

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Dutch

Etymology

From tellen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛlər
• Hyphenation: tel‧ler

Noun

teller m (plural tellers, diminutive tellertje n)

1. (mathematics) numerator (the number or expression written above the line in a fraction)
2. someone who counts
3. 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”)

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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)

1. (banking) A bank clerk who receives and pays out money; a teller.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb telle.

Noun

teller m (definite singular telleren, indefinite plural tellere, definite plural tellerne)

1. (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)

Etymology 2

Verb

teller

1. present tense of telle

References

• “teller” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Turkish

Noun

teller

1. nominative plural of tel