telex

telex

See also: Telex and télex

English

Alternative forms

• Telex

Etymology

From genericization of Telex Printergram and Telex, derived as a blend of tele- (“telegraph, teletype, teleprinter, etc.”) +‎ exchange.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɛl.ɛks/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

telex (countable and uncountable, plural telexes)

1. A network of teletypes.
2. A teletype message sent through such a network.
3. A teletype device connected to such a network.

Translations

teletype network

Arabic: تِلِكْس‎ m (tiliks), تِلِكْس‎ m (teliks) Belarusian: тэ́лекс m (téljeks) Bulgarian: те́лекс m (téleks) Chinese: Mandarin: 電傳／电传 (zh) (diànchuán) Danish: telex c Dutch: telex (nl) m French: télex (fr) m German: Telex (de) n Greek: τέλεξ (el) n (télex) Italian: telex (it) m Japanese: テレックス (terekkusu), 加入電信 (かにゅうでんしん, kanyū denshin) Kazakh: телекс (teleks) Korean: 텔렉스 (tellekseu), 가입전신(加入電信) (gaipjeonsin) Macedonian: телекс m (teleks) Persian: تلکس‎ (fa) (teleks) Romanian: telex (ro) n Russian: те́лекс (ru) m (téleks) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тѐлекс m Roman: tèleks (sh) m Swedish: telex (sv) c Turkish: teleks (tr) Ukrainian: те́лекс m (téleks) Vietnamese: viễn tín

Verb

telex (third-person singular simple present telexes, present participle telexing, simple past and past participle telexed)

1. (transitive) To send a message over a telex network.

References

• “telex, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2019.
• “telex, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2019.

Further reading

• “telex”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “telex”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• “telex”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “telex” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Anagrams

• Texel, texel

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English telex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteː.lɛks/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: te‧lex

Noun

telex m (plural telexen, diminutive telexje n)

1. telex

Derived terms

• telexbericht
• telexen

Anagrams

• Texel

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.leks/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛleks
• Hyphenation: tè‧lex

Noun

telex m (invariable)

1. telex

Adjective

telex (invariable)

1. (relational) telex

References

1. telex in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

• texel

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Romanian

Etymology

From French télex.

Noun

telex n (plural telexuri)

1. telex

Declension

Declension of telex

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) telex	telexul	(niște) telexuri	telexurile
genitive/dative	(unui) telex	telexului	(unor) telexuri	telexurilor
vocative	telexule		telexurilor