tele

far, at a distance

Greek · tele (τῆλε)

Tele means far away. It joins other roots to make tools that work across distance: seeing, speaking, writing or sending from far away.

Memory trick

Tele: the far-off tower on the hill sends signals to your screen.

telephone (tele + phone) — a device for far-off voiceटेलीफ़ोन
television (tele + vision) — pictures seen from afarटेलीविज़न, दूरदर्शन
telescope (tele + scope) — a tool to view far thingsदूरदर्शी, दूरबीन
telegram (tele + gram) — a message sent over distanceतार, टेलीग्राम
telegraph (tele + graph) — a system for writing at distanceतार प्रणाली
telecommunication (tele + communication) — communicating across distanceदूरसंचार
telecom (tele + com) — short for telecommunicationदूरसंचार
telecast (tele + cast) — a television broadcastटीवी प्रसारण
teleconference (tele + conference) — a meeting over distanceदूरस्थ बैठक
telecommute (tele + commute) — to work from home by linkघर से जुड़कर काम करना
telebanking (tele + banking) — banking by phone from afarफ़ोन बैंकिंग
telefilm (tele + film) — a film made for televisionटीवी के लिए बनी फ़िल्म