telegraph

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From French télégraphe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛl.ə.ɡɹæf/, /ˈtɛl.ɪ.ɡɹæf/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːf
• Hyphenation: tel‧e‧graph

Noun

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.
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     The Bat—they called him the Bat. […]. He […] played a lone hand, […]. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.

2. (video games) A visible or audible cue that indicates to an opponent the action that a character is about to take.

Derived terms

• bush telegraph
• jungle telegraph

Translations

apparatus, or a process, for communicating

• Albanian: telegraf (sq) m
• Arabic: تِلِغْرَاف m (tiliḡrāf), بَرْقِيَّة f (barqiyya)
• Armenian: հեռագիր (hy) (heṙagir), հեռագրություն (hy) (heṙagrutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: teleqraf
• Belarusian: тэлегра́ф m (teljehráf)
• Bulgarian: телегра́ф m (telegráf)
• Catalan: telègraf (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: telegraf m
• Danish: telegraf c
• Dutch: telegraaf (nl) m
• Esperanto: telegrafo
• Estonian: telegraaf
• Finnish: lennätin (fi), sähke (fi)
• French: télégraphe (fr) m
• Georgian: ტელეგრაფი (ṭelegrapi)
• German: Telegraf (de) m
• Greek: τηλέγραφος (el) m (tilégrafos)
• Gujarati: તારયંત્ર (tāryantra)
• Hebrew: טֶלֶגְרַפְיָה (he)
• Hindi: टेलीग्राफ़ (ṭelīgrāf), दूरलेख m (dūrlekh), टेलिग्राफ (hi) m (ṭeligrāph)
• Hungarian: távíró (hu)
• Indonesian: telegrap (id)
• Irish: teileagraf m
• Italian: telegrafo (it) m
• Japanese: 電報 (ja) (でんぽう, denpō), 電信 (ja) (でんしん, denshin)
• Kalmyk: соңһгдур (soñğgdur)
• Kazakh: телеграф (telegraf)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 전보 (ko) (jeonbo) (電報 (ko)), 전신 (ko) (jeonsin) (電信 (ko))
• Kyrgyz: телеграф (ky) (telegraf)
• Latin: tēlegraphum n
• Latvian: telegrāfs m
• Lithuanian: telegrafas m
• Malay: telegraf
• Navajo: béésh łichíiʼii bee dahaniʼígíí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: telegraf

• Persian: تلگراف (fa) (telegrâf)
• Polish: telegraf (pl) m
• Portuguese: telégrafo (pt) m
• Romanian: telegraf (ro)
• Russian: телегра́ф (ru) m (telegráf)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: телѐграф m

  Roman: telègraf (sh) m

• Slovak: telegraf m
• Slovene: telegraf m
• Spanish: telégrafo (es)
• Swedish: telegraf (sv)
• Tajik: телеграф (telegraf)
• Thai: โทรเลข (th) (too-rá-lêek)
• Turkish: telgraf (tr)
• Ukrainian: телегра́ф m (telehráf)
• Urdu: ٹیلیگراف (ṭelīgrāf)
• Uzbek: telegraf (uz)
• Vietnamese: máy điện báo, điện báo (電報)
• Yiddish: טעלעגראַף m (telegraf)

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

• Armenian: հեռագրել (hy) (heṙagrel)
• Catalan: telegrafiar (ca)
• Finnish: sähköttää
• French: télégraphier (fr), dépêcher (fr)
• Georgian: ტელეგრაფირება (ṭelegrapireba)
• German: telegrafieren (de), depeschieren (de)
• Greek: τηλεγραφώ (el) (tilegrafó)
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 打電する (daden suru)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: telegrafar (pt)
• Russian: телеграфировать (ru) (telegrafirovatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: телеграфисати

  Roman: telegrafisati

• Spanish: telegrafiar (es)
• Yiddish: טעלעגראַפֿירן (telegrafirn)