telegram

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• telegramme (rare)

Etymology

tele- + -gram. "A friend desires us to […] introduce a new word into the vocabulary. It is telegram, instead of telegraphic dispatch, or telegraphic communication." — Albany Evening Journal, April 6, 1852.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtɛləˌɡɹæm/, X-SAMPA: /"tEl@.gr{m/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

telegram (plural telegrams)

1. A message transmitted by telegraph

Synonyms

• wire, cable

Translations

message sent by telegraph

• Arabic: برقية (ar) (barqíyya) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電報 (cmn), 电报 (cmn) (diànbào)

• Czech: telegram (cs) m
• Dutch: telegram (nl) n
• Esperanto: telegramo (eo)
• Finnish: sähke (fi)
• French: télégramme (fr) m
• German: Telegramm (de) n
• Greek: τηλεγράφημα (el) (tilegráfima) n 
• Hindi: तार (hi) (tār) m
• Hungarian: távirat (hu)
• Ido: telegramo (io)
• Italian: telegramma (it) m

• Japanese: 電報 (ja) (でんぽう, denpō)
• Jèrriais: télégramme m
• Korean: 전보 (ko) (jeonbo) (電報 (ko))
• Navajo: béésh bee haneʼ
• Polish: telegram (pl) m
• Portuguese: telegrama (pt) m
• Russian: телеграмма (ru) (telegrámma) f 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: те̏леграм (sh) m, брзојав (sh) m

  RomanL tȅlegram (sh) m, bȑzojāv (sh) m

• Spanish: telegrama (es) m
• Swedish: telegram (sv)
• Tamil: தந்தி (ta) (tanti)
• Urdu: تار (ur) (tār) m

Verb

telegram (third-person singular simple present telegrams, present participle telegramming, simple past and past participle telegrammed)

1. To send a telegram.

Translations

send a message by telegraph

• Dutch: telegraferen (nl)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /teːləˈɡrɑm/

Noun

telegram n (plural telegrammen, diminutive telegrammetje)

1. telegram

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Polish

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Noun

telegram m

1. telegram

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /têleɡram/
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧gram

Noun

tȅlegram m (Cyrillic spelling те̏леграм)

1. 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

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Swedish

Etymology

tele- + -gram

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

telegram n

1. a telegram, a message sent by telegraph

Declension

Declension of telegram

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	telegram	telegrammet	telegram	telegrammen
genitive	telegrams	telegrammets	telegrams	telegrammens

Related terms

• lyxtelegram
• telegramblankett

See also

• telegraf

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Vilamovian

Noun

telegram n

1. telegram, wire