different between teller vs feller

English

Etymology

From Middle English tellere (“one who counts or enumerates; one who recounts or relates; teller”), equivalent to tell (verb) +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?l?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?l??/
• Rhymes: -?l?(?)
• 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) Initialism of automated teller machine.

   Synonyms: cash machine, ATM

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

Related terms

• fortune teller

Translations

Anagrams

• retell

Dutch

Etymology

From tellen +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?l?r
• 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”)

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.

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.

Turkish

Noun

teller

1. definite plural of tel

English

Etymology 1

fell +? -er

Noun

feller (plural fellers)

1. A person who fells trees; a lumberjack
2. A machine for felling trees.
3. A person who fells a seam.
4. An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.

Translations

Etymology 2

Variant of fellow that reflects the reduction of the last vowel to a schwa and its conflation with the endings -er/-ar.

Noun

feller (plural fellers)

1. Nonstandard form of fellow.

Derived terms

See also

• fellow, fellar, fella, fellah

References

Etymology 3

fell +? -er

Adjective

feller

1. (archaic) comparative form of fell: more fell

Anagrams

• Lefler, refell

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?l?r

Adjective

feller

1. Comparative form of fel

Latin

Verb

f?ller

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of f?ll?

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

feller m or f

1. indefinite plural of felle

Verb

feller

1. present of felle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

feller f

1. plural indefinite of felle

Etymology 2

Verb

feller

1. present of fella