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{{also|teal|Teal|TEAl|TEAL}}
==English==
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[[Image:Sarcelleh 1.jpg|thumb|{{taxfmt|Anas crecca|species}}, the common teal]]

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|en|teale||obsolete}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|tele}}, probably from an unrecorded {{inh|en|ang|*tǣle}}, cognate with {{cog|fy|tjilling||teal}}, {{cog|dum|teling|t=teal}} (modern {{cog|nl|taling}}), {{cog|gml|telink}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*tailijaz}}, of {{unk|en|title=unknown}} ultimate origin, with no cognates outside of Germanic. As the name of a shade of dark greenish-blue like the color patterns on the fowl's head and wings, it is attested from 1923. The Australian political sense derives from the colour ''teal'' being intermediate between {{m|en|green}} (signifying environmentalism) and {{m|en|blue}} (signifying the conservative {{w|Australian Liberal Party}}).

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/tiːl/|[tiːɫ]}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-teal.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|iːl|s=1}}
* {{homophones|en|tiel}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|countable}} Any of various small freshwater [[duck]]s of the genus ''[[Anas]]'' that are brightly coloured and have short necks.
# {{lb|en|countable|uncountable}} A dark, somewhat [[bluish]]-[[green]] [[color|colour]]; a dark [[cyan]].
#: {{color panel|008888}}
# {{lb|en|countable|Australia|politics|chiefly|attributive}} A [[teal independent]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2021|author=Kurt Wallace|title=Navigating the great dividing voter range|journal=IPA Today|url=https://ipa.org.au/ipa-today/navigating-the-great-dividing-voter-range |text=In a bid to defend their inner-city seats, the Liberal Party has moved towards the environmental and progressive left in what can be described as a “'''teal''' strategy” that blurs the lines between the Liberals and the Greens.|month=September 21|publisher=Institute of Public Affairs}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2022|title=AEC mobilises taskforce to investigate corflute damage|journal=Sydney Morning Herald|page=10|text=Concerns of a targeted dirty tricks campaign targeting “'''teal'''” independents has prompted the Australian Electoral Commission to bring in its electoral integrity assurance taskforce as pre-polling opens.|month=May 9}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2022|title=Teals, Greens list watchdog demands|journal=The Canberra Times|page=6|text=Ms Haines is a strong proponent of this, and many of the '''teal''' cross benchers support her approach to appointing a whistleblower protection commissioner.|month=September 26}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|Baikal teal|black teal|brown teal|Cape teal|chestnut teal|common teal|Eurasian teal|gray teal|grey teal|Hottentot teal|Laysan teal|lesser whistling teal|New Zealand teal|Brazilian teal|speckled teal|teal independents|teal-seed|yellow-billed teal|cinnamon teal}}

====Translations====
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* Albanian: {{t+|sq|bajukë}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|شرشير}} (šaršīr), {{t|ar|حَذَف|m}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|zertzeta}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|примкар|m}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|xarxet comú}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|水鴨|tr=shuǐyā}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|čírka}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|taling|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|kreko}}, {{t|eo|krekanaso}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|krikkont|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tavi}}
* French: {{t+|fr|sarcelle|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|იხვინჯა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Krickente|f}}, {{t|de|Kriekente|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αγριόπαπια|f}}
*: Ancient Greek: {{t|grc|κέρκηρις|m}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|qeerlutoornaq}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|réce}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|sarcelo}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|itik}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|praslacha|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|alzavola}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|小鴨|tr=こがも, kogamo}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|쇠오리}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|Wanterint|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tētē}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|no|krikkand|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|krikkand|f}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|خوتکا|tr=xutkâ}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|cyraneczka|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|patinho|m}}, {{t|pt|marrequinha|f}}, {{t|pt|cerceta|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|lișiță|f}}, {{t|ro|sarselă|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|чиро́к|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|kržulja|f}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|cerceta|f}}, {{t|es|barraquete|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kricka|c}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|çakırkanat}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|sarsegna|f}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|mòng két}}
* Volapük: {{t|vo|krek}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|corhwyaid|f-p}}
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* Arabic: {{t|ar|شرشيري}} (šaršīriyy)
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|زِنْجَاري|tr=zinjāri}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|xarxet}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|藍綠色|tr=lánlǜsè}}
* Danish: {{t|da|petroleum}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|appelblauwzeegroen|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|verdbluo}}, {{t|eo|turkiskoloro}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|[[grønbláur]] [[litur]]|m}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[tumma]]n [[sinivihreä]]}}, {{t+|fi|sinivihreä}}
* French: {{t|fr|bleu sarcelle}}, {{t+|fr|bleu canard}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ფირუზისფერი}}
* German: {{t+|de|blaugrün}}, {{t|de|petrol}}
* Greek: {{t|el|βαθυκύανο|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|טוּרְקִיז|tr=turqíz}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kékeszöld}}, {{t|hu|récezöld}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|itik}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|téal|m}}
* Italian: {{t|it|blu petrolio}}, {{t|it|foglia di tè}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|鴨の羽色|tr=kamo no ha-iro}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kārikiōrangi}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|سبز دودی|tr=sabz-e dudi}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|morski}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|azul-petróleo}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|albastru petrol|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|зеленова̀то-голубо́й|m}} {{qualifier|цвет}}, {{t+|ru|цвет морской волны|m|sc=Cyrl}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|turkizna}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|azul petróleo|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|turkos}}, {{t|sv|teal}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|teal}}, {{t|tr|petrol yeşili}}, {{t+|tr|ördekbaşı}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|блаки́тно-зеле́ний}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|xanh}}
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* Persian: {{t-check|fa|[[مرغابی جره]] (morghabi-ye jarre)}} (1), {{t-check|fa|[[سبزآبی]] (sabzabi)}} (2)
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t-check|sh|mala divlja patka|f}}
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===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# Having a bluish-green colour.

====Translations====
{{trans-top|colour}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|синьо-зелен}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|xarxet}}
* Danish: {{t|da|petroleumsblå}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|appelblauwzeegroen}}, {{t+|nl|appelblauwzeegroene}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|verdblua}}, {{t|eo|turkisa}}, {{t|eo|glaŭka}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|grønbláur}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[tumma]]n [[sinivihreä]]}}, {{t+|fi|sinivihreä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|sarcelle|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ფირუზისფერი}}
* German: {{t|de|petrolblau}}, {{t|de|petrol}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|itik}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|téal}}
* Italian: {{t|it|foglia di tè}}, {{t|it|turchese scuro}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kārikiōrangi}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|morski}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|azul-petróleo}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|albastru-verzui}}, {{t|ro|albastru petrol}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|turkizen}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|azul petróleo}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|petrol yeşili}}, {{t+|tr|ördekbaşı}}
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===See also===
* {{list:blues/en}}
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===See also===
* {{i|etymologically unrelated}} {{l|en|teal deer}}

===Further reading===
* “[https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/21/teal-spicy-cough-and-bachelors-handbag-the-contenders-for-macquarie-dictionarys-2022-word-of-the-year Teal, spicy cough and bachelor’s handbag: the contenders for Macquarie Dictionary’s 2022 word of the year]” by Natasha May (2022-11-21), published in ''{{w|The Guardian}}''.

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aelt|tael|et. al|atel-|LATE|late|Elta|et al|tale|tela|leat|EATL|ETLA|et al.}}

{{C|en|Dabbling ducks|Greens|Blues}}