tael

1. 1.

   a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces

   Broaderweight unit

Other forms of tael

plural

taels·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tael

What does tael mean?

tael means "a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces".

How many syllables are in tael?

tael has 2 syllables and divides as ta-el under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.