tellis

== Estonian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Low German tegel + -is. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtelˑis/, [ˈtelʲˑis] Rhymes: -is Hyphenation: tel‧lis === Noun === tellis (genitive tellise, partitive tellist) brick (hardened rectangular block of mud, clay, etc., used for building) Synonym: telliskivi (colloquial, derogatory, figurative) no entry traffic sign (regulatory sign, typically a red circle with a white horizontal bar, that strictly prohibits vehicles from entering a specific road, lane, or area from that direction) Synonym: telliskivi (colloquial, derogatory, figurative) brick (thick and uninteresting book) Synonym: telliskivi (colloquial, derogatory, figurative) brick (electronic device such as a mobile phone, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “tellis”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014 “tellis”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 “tellis”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN tellis in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)