different between teller vs heller

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

Borrowed from German Heller. Doublet of halier.

Noun

heller (plural hellers)

1. (historical) A German coin equivalent to half a pfennig, later used widely as a small coin in Central Europe and the German Empire.
2. A subdivision of the Czech, Slovakian and Czechoslovakian koruna. 100 hellers make up one koruna.

Translations

Etymology 2

1890–95, Americanism; short for hell-raiser

Noun

heller (plural hellers)

1. A noisy, rowdy, troublesome person; hellion.

Anagrams

• here'll

Danish

Etymology 1

See hellere.

Adverb

heller

1. Obsolete spelling of hellere
   • 1843, Ludvig baron Holberg, Den danske Skueplads eller Ludwig Holbergs: samtlige Comodier i eet Bind, page 124

     Nei jeg vil heller være misundt, end foragtet.

   • 1907, Knut Hamsun, Samlede romaner og fortællinger: Folkeudgave

     Jeg vil heller — heller skære lidt Tænder uden Øl.

Etymology 2

Old Norse heldr

Adverb

heller

1. (negated) either

   Jeg har heller ikke noget bord.

   I do not have a table, either.

   Der er heller ingen læger her.

   There are no doctors here, either.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?l?/
• Rhymes: -?l?

Adjective

heller

1. comparative degree of hell
2. inflection of helle:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

Luxembourgish

Adjective

heller

1. feminine dative of hell

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heldr

Adverb

heller

1. rather

   heller ... enn - rather ... than

2. heller ikke - not ... either, neither

Etymology 2

Noun

heller m or f

1. indefinite plural of helle

Etymology 3

Verb

heller

1. present of helle

References

• “heller” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heldr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?l??r/ (example of pronunciation)

Adverb

heller

1. comparative degree of gjerne

heller

1. rather

   heller ... enn - rather ... than

2. heller ikkje - not ... either, neither

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²h?l??r/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

heller f

1. indefinite plural of helle

References

• “heller” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse heldr.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: häller

Adverb

heller (not comparable)

1. neither (only in use together with a negative)

Anagrams

• hellre