telegram

English

Alternative forms

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(key): /ˈtɛləˌɡɹæm/
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Noun

telegram (plural telegrams)

  1. A message transmitted by telegraph.
    • 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, OCLC 5661828:
      There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. […] Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.

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Verb

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

  1. To send a telegram.

Translations
telegraph — see telegraph

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /teːləˈɡrɑm/
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Noun

telegram n (plural telegrammen, diminutive telegrammetje n)

  1. telegram

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɛˈlɛ.ɡram/
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Noun

telegram m inan

  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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /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

Swedish

Etymology

tele- +‎ -gram.

Pronunciation
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Noun

telegram n

  1. a telegram, a message sent by telegraph

Declension
Declension of telegram 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative telegram telegrammet telegram telegrammen
Genitive telegrams telegrammets telegrams telegrammens
  • lyxtelegram
  • telegramblankett

See also

Vilamovian

Noun

telegram n

  1. telegram, wire
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