No. 1,159 in Swedish
tele
Frozen ground.
In a sentence
Jag ska ringa ett samtal med tele.
I am going to make a call using tele.
Here 'tele' is used as shorthand for 'telefon', referring to a phone.
Telekommunikation är viktig för moderna samhällen.
Telecommunication is important for modern societies.
The word 'tele' is part of 'telekommunikation', referring to the broader concept of communication at a distance.
Barnen lekte med en tele som främmande personer lämnade.
The kids played with a tele that strangers had left.
In this case, 'tele' might colloquially refer to some device related to telecommunications, depending on regional usage.
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