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English

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈtɛləˌgɹæm/,
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-telegram.ogg

Etymology

tele- + -gram

Noun

A message transmitted by telegraph; a wire.

Translations

Arabic:
Chinese: 電報, 电报 (diànbào)
Dutch: {{t-|nl|telegram|n}}
Finnish:
French: {{t+|fr|télégramme|m}}
German: {{t+|de|Telegramm|n}}
Hungarian: távirat
Italian: {{t-|it|telegramma|m}}

Japanese: 電報 (でんぽう, denpō)
Korean: 전보 (jeonbo)
Portuguese: {{t-|pt|telegrama|m}}
Russian: {{t+|ru|телеграмма|f|tr=telegrámma|sc=Cyrl}}
Spanish: {{t+|es|telegrama|m}}
Swedish:
Urdu: تار (taar)

Verb

to telegram

To send a telegram.

Translations

Dutch:

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Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA: /te.leˈgrɑm/

Noun

#English|telegram

fr:telegram ko:telegram io:telegram hu:telegram fi:telegram ta:telegram vi:telegram

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Telegram \Tel"e*gram\, n. [Gr. ? far + -gram.]
A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
[1913 Webster]

Note: "A friend desires us to give notice that he will ask
leave, at some convenient time, to introduce a new word
into the vocabulary. It is telegram, instead of
telegraphic dispatch, or telegraphic communication."
--Albany [N. Y.] Evening Journal (April 6, 1852).
[1913 Webster]

WordNet telegram
n : a message transmitted by telegraph [syn: wire]

Moby Dictionary
Teletype , advice , cable , cablegram , communication , communique ,
day letter , dispatch , embassy , express , fast telegram , flash ,
letter , message , night letter , pneumatogram , radio , radiogram ,
release , send a wire , sign off , sign on , telegraph , telex , wire ,
word