hotline

hotline

See also: hot line and Hotline

English

Alternative forms

• hot line

Etymology

hot +‎ line

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

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Noun

hotline (plural hotlines)

1. A telephone line that is always staffed and able to give immediate assistance.

   If you've got any problems with the product, ring our hotline.

2. A direct line between two people, especially one between heads of state to be used in an emergency.

Derived terms

• crisis hotline

Descendants

• → German: Hotline

Translations

telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance

Arabic: خَطّ سَاخِن‎ m (ḵaṭṭ sāḵin) Azerbaijani: qaynar xətt Belarusian: гара́чая лі́нія f (haráčaja línija) Chinese: Mandarin: 熱線／热线 (zh) (rèxiàn) Finnish: päivystysnumero, palvelunumero French: assistance téléphonique German: Hotline (de) f Japanese: ホットライン (hottorain) Kazakh: жедел желі (jedel jelı) Korean: 핫라인 (hannain) Polish: infolinia (pl) f Russian: горя́чая ли́ния f (gorjáčaja línija) Spanish: línea directa f Swedish: heta linjen (sv) c Ukrainian: гаря́ча лі́нія f (harjáča línija) Vietnamese: đường dây nóng, đường dây khẩn cấp

direct line between two people

Chinese: Mandarin: 熱線／热线 (zh) (rèxiàn) Finnish: kuuma linja French: téléphone rouge Japanese: ホットライン (hottorain) Korean: 핫라인 (hannain) Russian: горя́чая ли́ния f (gorjáčaja línija), пряма́я ли́ния (ru) f (prjamája línija) Vietnamese: đường dây nóng, đường dây khẩn cấp

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French: (please verify) hotline (fr) f, (please verify) aide en ligne (fr) f

Verb

hotline (third-person singular simple present hotlines, present participle hotlining, simple past and past participle hotlined)

1. To communicate over a telephone hotline.

Anagrams

• neolith, thelion, theolin

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French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɔ.tlajn/

Noun

hotline f (plural hotlines)

1. hotline

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Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hotline.

Noun

hotline f (uncountable)

1. hotline

Declension

declension of hotline (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) hotline	[[{{{def}}}#Romanian|{{{def}}}]]
genitive/dative	(unei) [[{{{pl}}}#Romanian|{{{pl}}}]]	[[{{{pl}}}i#Romanian|{{{pl}}}i]]
vocative