telegraph

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Etymology

From French télégraphe.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtɛl.ə.ɡɹæf/, /ˈtɛl.ɪ.ɡɹæf/' X-SAMPA: /"tEl.@.gr\{f/, /"tEl.I.gr\{f/

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Noun

Wikipedia telegraph (plural telegraphs)

1. (historical) An apparatus, or a process, for communicating rapidly between distant points, especially by means of established visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical means.

Translations

apparatus for communicating between distant points

• Arabic: تلغراف (ar) (tilighraaf) m, برقية (ar) (barqíyya) f
• Belarusian: тэлеграф (be) (telehráf) m
• Bulgarian: телеграф (bg) (telegráf) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電報 (cmn), 电报 (cmn) (diànbào), 電報機 (cmn), 电报机 (cmn) (diànbàojī), 電信 (cmn), 电信 (cmn) (diànxìn)

• Esperanto: telegrafo (eo)
• Finnish: lennätin (fi), sähke (fi)
• French: télégraphe (fr) m
• German: Telegraf (de) m
• Greek: τηλέγραφος (el) (tiléγrafos) m
• Hebrew: טלגרפיה (he)
• Hindi: टेलीग्राफ़ (hi) (ṭelīgrāf)
• Hungarian: távíró (hu)

• Irish: teileagraf (ga) m
• Italian: telegrafo (it) m
• Japanese: 電報 (ja) (でんぽう, denpō), 電信 (ja) (でんしん, denshin)
• Korean: 전보 (ko) (jeonbo) (電報 (ko)), 전신 (ko) (jeonsin) (電信 (ko))
• Malay: telegraf (ms)
• Navajo: béésh łichíiʼii bee dahaniʼígíí
• Persian: تلگراف (fa) (telegrâf)
• Romanian: telegraf (ro)
• Russian: телеграф (ru) (telegráf) m
• Serbo-Croatian: телеграф (sh) (telegraf) m
• Spanish: telégrafo (es)
• Ukrainian: телеграф (uk) (telehráf) m
• Vietnamese: máy điện báo (vi), điện báo (vi) (電報 (vi))

Derived terms

• bush telegraph
• jungle telegraph

Verb

telegraph (third-person singular simple present telegraphs, present participle telegraphing, simple past and past participle telegraphed)

1. To send a message by telegraph
2. To give nonverbal signals to another, as with gestures or a change in attitude.

   Her frown telegraphed her displeasure.

3. To show one's intended action unintentionally.

Translations

to send a message by telegraph

• Finnish: sähköttää (fi)
• French: télégraphier (fr)
• Japanese: 打電する (daden suru)

• Russian: телеграфировать (ru) (telegrafirovatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: телеграфисати (sh) (telegrafisati)
• Spanish: telegrafiar (es)