Meanings
nounTeletubby (plural Teletubbies)
plural Teletubbies
- Any of the four color-coded tubby human-like characters in the BBC children's television series Teletubbies.
They [wind turbines] turn pristine landscapes into Teletubby-style horror shows.
2012, James Delingpole, How To Be Right1 more example
She spoke like the Teletubbies, behaved like a Teletubby, and seemed to live in this harmonious toddler phantasy world.
2007, Michael Günter, Playing the Unconscious, page 98
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
- Ancient Greekτῆλε (têle)
- Englishtele-
- Englishtubby
- EnglishTeletubby
From tele- (television) + tubby.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 天線得得B /天线得得B
- 天線得得B /天线得得Btubby character
Chinese Mandarin 天線寶寶 /天线宝宝
- 天線寶寶 /天线宝宝 (Tiānxiànbǎobao)tubby character
Dutch Teletubbie
- Teletubbietubby character
Finnish teletappi
- teletappitubby character
French Télétubby
- Télétubbytubby character
Hebrew טלטאבי, טלטבי
- טלטאבי (teletabi)tubby character
- טלטבי (teletabi)tubby character
Icelandic Stubbur
- Stubburtubby character
Polish teletubiś
- teletubiśtubby character
Russian телепу́зик
- телепу́зик (telepúzik)tubby character
Turkish Teletubby, Teletabi
- Teletubbytubby character
- Teletabitubby character
Welsh Teletubby
- Teletubbytubby character
Cite this entry
APA
Teletubby. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Teletubby
MLA
“Teletubby.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Teletubby. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Teletubby,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Teletubby.
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