telecommunications

See also télécommunications

English

Etymology

The word telecommunication was adapted from the French word télécommunication. It is a compound of the Greek prefix tele- (τηλε-), meaning 'far off', and the Latin communicare, meaning 'to share'. The French word télécommunication was coined in 1904 by French engineer and novelist Édouard Estaunié.

Noun

Wikipedia telecommunications (uncountable)

1. the science and technology of communication at a distance, especially the electronic transmission of signals; telecommunication
2. the systems used in transmitting such signals
3. Plural form of telecommunication

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電訊 (cmn), 电讯 (cmn) (diànxùn), 電信 (cmn), 电信 (cmn) (diànxìn)

• Finnish: televiestintä
• French: télécommunication (fr)
• German: Telekommunikation (de) f
• Greek: τηλεπικοινωνίες (el) (tilepikoinoníes) f pl

• Italian: telecomunicazioni (it)
• Japanese: 電気通信 (ja) (でんきつうしん, denki tsūshin)
• Romanian: telecomunicații (ro) pl
• Russian: телекоммуникации (ru) (telekommunikácii) f pl, связь (ru) (svjaz') f, электросвязь (ru) (elektrosvjáz') f
• Thai: โทรคมนาคม (th) (tora gamanāgom)

Synonyms

• telecom, telecoms

Derived terms

• telecommunications tower

See also

• transmitter, receiver
• radio, telegraphy, telephony
• cell phone, mobile phone, mobile telephone