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Definition: Teal |
TealAdjective1. A bluish shade of green. Noun1. A shade of green tinged with blue; "they painted it a light shade of bluish green". 2. Any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "teal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1837. (references) |
Etymology: Teal \Teal\, noun. [from Old English expression tele; akin to Dutch teling generation, production, teal, telen to breed, produce, and English till to cultivate. The English word probably once meant, brood or flock. See Till to cultivate.]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The term "teal", when used by itself, can refer to:
- A type of duck, for example
- The Common Teal, Anas crecca
- The Green-winged Teal, Anas carolinensis
- The Black Teal, Aythya novaeseelandiae
- The Brown Teal, Anas aucklandica
- A green-blue color.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Teal."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
TEAL | English | Tasman Empire Airways Ltd. | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: TealSynonyms: cyan (adj), blue-green (n), bluish green (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Teal |
| English words defined with "teal": Anas crecca, Anas discors, Anas querquedula ♦ bluewing, blue-winged teal ♦ garganey, Goslet, greenwing, green-winged teal ♦ Querquedule ♦ Scotch dipper, Scotch duck, summer teal ♦ Teal duck ♦ Winter teal. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Fish and Wildlife Service Patrol Vessel TEAL. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Scientist counting albatross chicks on Laysan Island - highly saline lake in background is full of brine shrimp and salt flies which serve as food for Laysan teal. Credit: Small World. |
 | Pencil drawing of Green-winged Teal by Lynn Bogue Hunt, one of America's foremost wildlife artists. His works were seen in numerous magazines and books. (Deceased) Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page Visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Home. |  | India ink wash drawing of Blue-winged Teal by Clayton B. Seagears, former Director of Conservation Education for the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. (Deceased) Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page. |
 | A gouache painting of a Green-winged Teal by Lawrence K. Michaelsen (Ken), P.O. Box 319, Mendicino, California 95460. Ken also the designer of the 1978 California State duck stamp. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page. |  | Watercolor painting of a male Cinnamon Teal by Oklahoma artist Gerald Mobley, 1110 South Chestnut, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 74012. Mobley also won the 1983 and 1985 Oklahoma waterfowl competition. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page. |
 | Blue-Winged Teal. Credit: Alaska Image Library. |  | Baikal Teal Duck. Credit: Alaska Image Library. |
 | Common Teal. Credit: Alaska Image Library. |  | Green-winged Teal. Credit: Alaska Image Library. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Rambler '67 Hubcab" by Stephanie Syjuco Commentary: "Hubcab of a classic teal '67 Rambler, San Francisco." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| "Teal" is generally used as a noun (common) -- approximately 94.32% of the time. "Teal" is used about 88 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (common) | 94.32% | 83 | 36,350 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.68% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 88 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "teal" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Teal | Last name | 3,000 | 3,762 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "teal": cricket teal ♦ Goose teal ♦ scotch teal ♦ summer teal ♦ Teal duck ♦ whistling teal ♦ winter teal. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "teal": teal-like. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
teal | 120 | van teal | 7 |
redmann teal | 35 | teal todd | 5 |
color teal | 30 | cinnamon teal | 5 |
movie teal | 23 | dress teal | 5 |
bend course golf teal | 20 | sherer teal | 5 |
teal roberts | 17 | misty teal varady | 4 |
bend teal | 16 | teal c | 4 |
misty teal | 15 | lake lodge ross teal | 4 |
bend golf teal | 11 | lighting teal van | 4 |
downing teal | 10 | lake teal | 4 |
teal whistle | 10 | green wing teal | 4 |
blue winged teal | 10 | teal bridesmaid dress | 4 |
lina teal | 10 | point resort teal | 4 |
jen teal | 9 | fishing teal | 4 |
group teal | 9 | blue teal | 4 |
duck teal | 8 | teal diamond | 4 |
redman teal | 8 | movie patch teal | 4 |
green winged teal | 8 | jessica teal | 4 |
teal construction | 7 | curtain teal | 4 |
salmon teal vs | 7 | comforter teal | 4 |
sound teal | 4 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "teal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | bajukë. (various references) | |
Arabic | الحذف بط نهري صغير. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вид дребна дива патица, примкар. (various references) | |
Chinese | 鷫 . (various references) | |
Danish | krikand (green-winged teal, Usa: European teal). (various references) | |
Dutch | Zomertaling, wintertaling (green-winged teal, Usa: European teal). (various references) | |
French | sarcelle. (various references) | |
German | Krickente (green-winged teal, Usa: European teal). (various references) | |
Greek | κιρκίρι (green-winged teal, Usa: European teal). (various references) | |
Hungarian | böjti réce. (various references) | |
Italian | alzavola (green-winged teal, Usa: European teal). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 小鴨 (duckling). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | こがも (duckling). (various references) | |
Manx | laaghag. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ealtay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cerceta. (various references) | |
Russian | чирок. (various references) | |
Scottish | sìolta (a teal), darcan (a teal, the hollow of the hand), crannlach (the teal). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | grogotovac. (various references) | |
Spanish | creceta, cerceta común (green-winged teal, Usa: European teal). (various references) | |
Swedish | kricka. (various references) | |
Thai | นกเป็ดน้ำ. (various references) | |
Turkish | tatlısu ördeği, çamurcun. (various references) | |
Welsh | cor.hwyad (moorhen). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Anas crecca, RM:anda crecca. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "teal": tealike, teals. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "teal": bracteal, endosteal, gluteal, lacteal, luteal, osteal, periosteal, popliteal, steal. (additional references) | |
Words containing "teal": endosteally, lacteals, stealable, stealage, stealages, stealer, stealers, stealing, stealings, steals, stealth, stealthier, stealthiest, stealthily, stealthiness, stealthinesses, stealths, stealthy. (additional references) | |
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"Teal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atal, etal, etale, Etap, Etaul, etel, etil, etl, etol, Ettal, Ettl, etzli, Itela, taao, tabal, taely, taeo, tal, tala, talq, Taxal, teab, teaf, teag, teah, teaj, teale, tealh, tealy, teap, teaq, teau, teav, teaw, teax, teaz, teeld, teele, teely, tefl, teild, teja, tel, tela, telae, tele, telea, teleg, telek, teleo, telep, tenal, teol, terl, Tesl, teul, teva, tewa, tewl, teza, thal, thall, theal, theel, theil, thele, theol, tial, tifal, tikal, Tilak, Tiql, Tixall, Tjele, tma, toal, topal, toval, toxal, tral, treal, treyal, tsal, Tsehai, tual, tuel, Tvel, Twala, tweel, Tybalt, Tyla, uteral. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "teal" (pronounced tē"l) |
| 3 | t ē" l | genteel, steal, steel, teel. |
| 2 | -ē" l | abele, anneal, appeal, conceal, congeal, corneal, creel, deal, diel, eel, feel, heal, heel, ideal, spiel, squeal, surreal, keel, kneel, Leal, meal, ordeal, peal, Peel, puerile, real, reel, repeal, reseal, reveal, riel, seal, Seel, Shiel, unreal, unseal, veal, wheel, zeal. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: late, tael, tale, tela. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-t" | |
-1 letter: ale, alt, ate, eat, eta, lat, lea, let, tae, tea, tel. | |
-2 letters: ae, al, at, el, et, la, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-t" | |
+1 letter: aglet, alate, alert, alter, artel, blate, bleat, cleat, dealt, delta, eclat, elate, exalt, fetal, lated, laten, later, latex, lathe, latke, latte, leant, leapt, least, lepta, lutea, metal, palet, petal, plate, pleat, ratel, setal, slate, stale, steal, stela, table, taels, taler, tales, teals, telae, telia, tepal, tesla, valet. | |
+2 letters: ablate, ablest, acetal, acetyl, aglets, aiglet, alated, alates, albeit, albite, alerts, alters, althea, amulet, anklet, antler, aplite, armlet, artels, atelic, auklet, ballet, battle, bleats, boatel, cablet, callet, camlet, cantle, caplet, cartel, castle, cattle, cental, chalet, claret, cleats, daleth, dartle, delate, deltas, dental, desalt, detail, dilate, eaglet, eclats, elated, elater, elates, eluant, eluate, elytra, entail, estral, etalon, exalts, falter, fealty, featly, festal, fetial, foetal, folate, gallet, gelant, gelate, gelati, gelato, halest, halite, halted, halter, hamlet, hantle, haslet, health, hyetal, labret, lament, lamest, lanate, lancet, lappet, lasted, laster, lateen, lately, latens, latent, latest, lathed, lather, lathes, latkes, latten, latter, lattes, laxest, lealty, learnt, leasts, legate, legato, lethal, levant, ligate, loathe, lobate, locate, lunate, luteal, luxate, lyrate, lysate, lyttae, malate, mallet, malted, mantel, mantle, meatal, mental, metals, muleta, neatly, oblate, oleate, osteal, palate, palest, palets, pallet, palter, pastel, pelota, petals, placet, planet, plated, platen, plater, plates, pleats, ratels, rattle, realty, rectal, relate, rental, retail, retial, retral, sallet, salted, salter, saltie, salute, samlet, septal, shelta, slated, slater, slates, slatey, solate, stable, staled, staler, stales, staple, steals, stelae, stelai, stelar, stella, tabled, tables, tablet, tackle, tailed, tailer, taille, talced, talent, talers, talked, talker, talkie, taller, tamale, tamely, tangle, tassel, tattle, teasel, teazel, teazle, tectal, telega, telial, tenail, tepals, tergal, teslas, thaler, thecal, thenal, tineal, tolane, tramel, travel, valets, varlet, velate, vestal, wallet, wattle, wealth, zealot. | |
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