telegram
English
Alternative forms
- telegramme (rare)
Etymology
tele- + -gram.[1]
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɛləˌɡɹæm/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
telegram (plural telegrams)
- A message transmitted by telegraph.
- Synonyms: wire, cable, telegrapheme
- 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, OCLC 5661828:
- There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. […] Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.
- 1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw and Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 394:
- On 20 May 1937 when down in Bradford-on-Avon on business, Bulleid received a telegram with the cryptic news: 'Sir Herbert Walker wishes to see you twelve thirty tomorrow—Gresley'.
Translations
message sent by telegraph
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Verb
telegram (third-person singular simple present telegrams, present participle telegramming, simple past and past participle telegrammed)
- (intransitive) To send a telegram.
- (transitive) To send a telegram to (a person).
- (transitive) To send (a message) in a telegram.
Translations
telegraph — see telegraph
References
- Albany Evening Journal, April 6, 1852: “A friend desires us to […] introduce a new word into the vocabulary. It is telegram, instead of telegraphic dispatch, or telegraphic communication.”
Anagrams
- Great Elm
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English telegram.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teːləˈɡrɑm/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: te‧le‧gram
- Rhymes: -ɑm
Noun
telegram n (plural telegrammen, diminutive telegrammetje n)
- telegram
Derived terms
- telegramstijl
Related terms
- telegraaf
- telegraferen
- telegrafie
- telegrafisch
Descendants
- → Caribbean Javanese: tilgram, setilgram
Polish
Etymology
From tele- + -gram.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛˈlɛ.ɡram/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɡram
- Syllabification: te‧le‧gram
Noun
telegram m inan
- telegram (message sent by telegraph)
- Synonym: depesza
Declension
Declension of telegram
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | telegram | telegramy |
genitive | telegramu | telegramów |
dative | telegramowi | telegramom |
accusative | telegram | telegramy |
instrumental | telegramem | telegramami |
locative | telegramie | telegramach |
vocative | telegramie | telegramy |
Derived terms
adjective
- telegramowy
noun
- radiotelegram
Further reading
- telegram in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- telegram in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Noun
telegram n (plural telegrame)
- Alternative form of telegramă
Declension
Declension of telegram
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) telegram | telegramul | (niște) telegrame | telegramele |
genitive/dative | (unui) telegram | telegramului | (unor) telegrame | telegramelor |
vocative | telegramule | telegramelor |
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /têleɡram/
- Hyphenation: te‧le‧gram
Noun
tȅlegram m (Cyrillic spelling те̏леграм)
- telegram
Declension
Declension of telegram
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | telegram | telegrami |
genitive | telegrama | telegrama |
dative | telegramu | telegramima |
accusative | telegram | telegrame |
vocative | telegrame | telegrami |
locative | telegramu | telegramima |
instrumental | telegramom | telegramima |
Swedish
Etymology
tele- + -gram.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
telegram n
- a telegram, a message sent by telegraph
Declension
Declension of telegram | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | telegram | telegrammet | telegram | telegrammen |
Genitive | telegrams | telegrammets | telegrams | telegrammens |
Related terms
- lyxtelegram
- telegramblankett
See also
- telegraf
Vilamovian
Noun
telegram n
- telegram, wire