teller

See also: Teller and tełłer

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): /ˈtɛlə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛləɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɛlə(ɹ)
• 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. (more generally) A cashier at any place of business.
   • 2007, Joseph T. Wells, Corporate Fraud Handbook: Prevention and Detection, page 107:

     In the case discussed above, for example, the employee who stole money did so by waiting until another teller was on break, then logging on to that teller's register, ringing a “no sale,” and taking the cash.

   • 2013, Alastair Henry, Awakening in the Northwest Territories:

     The young femail teller fingered the prices into the cash register at great speed with great dexterity while simultaneously holding a conversation with the teller in the next lane.

   • 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 60:

     The main street was shuttered; the only sign of life she detected was behind the window of the petrol station, where the teller was counting the day's cash balance into the till.

4. (banking) Synonym of automated teller machine

   Synonyms: cash machine, ATM

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

Derived terms

• automated teller
• automatic teller
• automatic teller machine
• fortune-teller

 

Translations

person who tells stories

• Bulgarian: разказвач (bg) m (razkazvač)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: vypravěč (cs)
• Danish: fortæller c
• Esperanto: rakontisto
• Finnish: tarinankertoja (fi)
• French: diseur (fr) m, diseuse (fr) f, conteur (fr), conteuse (fr) f, raconteur (fr) m, raconteuse (fr) f
• German: Erzähler (de) m, Erzählerin (de) f
• Indonesian: pengisah
• Macedonian: раска́жувач m (raskážuvač), раскажу́вачка f (raskažúvačka)
• Norwegian: forteller (no)
• Polish: opowiadacz m, opowiadaczka f
• Portuguese: contador de histórias/estórias m, narrador (pt) m
• Romanian: povestitor (ro) m, povestitoare (ro) f, narator (ro) m, naratoare (ro) f
• Russian: расска́зчик (ru) m (rasskázčik), расска́зчица (ru) f (rasskázčica)
• Turkish: anlatıcı (tr), anlatan

bank clerk who receives and pays out money

• Armenian: գանձապահ (hy) (ganjapah)
• Azerbaijani: xəzinədar, kassir
• Belarusian: касі́р m (kasír)
• Bulgarian: касиер m (kasier)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出納員／出纳员 (zh) (chūnàyuán)

• Danish: kasserer c, bankkasserer c
• Dutch: bankbediende (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: bankkasisto
• Finnish: pankkivirkailija (fi)
• French: caissier (fr) m, caissière (fr) f
• German: Bankangestellter (de) m, Bankangestellte (de) f
• Greek: ταμίας (el) c (tamías)
• Indonesian: teller
• Irish: airgeadóir (bainc) m
• Italian: cassiere (it) m or f
• Japanese: 出納係 (すいとうがかり, suitōkakari)
• Korean: 출납계 (chullapgye)
• Macedonian: ша́лтерски слу́жбеник m (šálterski slúžbenik), бла́гајник m (blágajnik)
• Malay: juruwang (ms)
• Maori: kaitatau moni
• Ottoman Turkish: وزنه‌جی (vezneci)
• Plautdietsch: Banktala m
• Polish: kasjer (pl) m, kasjerka (pl) f
• Portuguese: caixa (pt) m or f
• Romanian: casier (ro) m
• Russian: касси́р (ru) m (kassír), касси́рша (ru) f (kassírša) (colloquial)
• Slovene: blagajnik m, blagajničarka f
• Spanish: cajero (es) m, cajera (es) f
• Turkish: veznedar (tr), kasiyer (tr)
• Ukrainian: каси́р (uk) m (kasýr)

automated teller machine — see automated teller machine

person who counts the votes in an election

• Bulgarian: преброител m (prebroitel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: stemmetæller c (associations, unofficial), valgtilforordnet c (official elections)
• Esperanto: balotnombristo
• Finnish: ääntenlaskija (fi)
• German: Wahlhelfer (de) m, Wahlhelferin (de) f
• Greek: ψηφολέκτης (el) m (psifoléktis), ψηφολέκτρια (el) f (psifoléktria)
• Latin: diribitor m
• Macedonian: бро́јач m (brójač), пребро́јувач m (prebrójuvač)
• Malay: pengira undi
• Portuguese: escrutinador m
• Romanian: scrutinător m
• Russian: счётчик (ru) m (sčótčik) (голосо́в), счётчица (ru) f (sčótčica) (голосо́в)
• Slovene: preštevalec glasov m, preštevalka glasov f
• Turkish: oy sayıcı
• Welsh: cyfrifwr

Anagrams

• retell

Crimean Tatar

Noun

teller

1. nominative plural of tel

Dutch

Etymology

From tellen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛlər
• 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”)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: pembilang (“(mathematics) numerator”) (semantic loan)
• → Indonesian: teller (“someone who counts”)

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) teller: a bank clerk who receives and pays out money.

   Synonym: juruwang (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “teller” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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. nominative plural of tel