telegram

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^(key): /ˈtɛləˌɡɹæm/

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Noun

telegram (plural telegrams)

1. A message transmitted by telegraph.
   • 1915, George A. Birmingham, “chapter I”, in Gossamer (Project Gutenberg; EBook #24394), London: Methuen & Co., published 8 January 2013 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 558189256:

     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.

Verb

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

1. To send a telegram.

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• IPA^(key): /teːləˈɡrɑm/

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Noun

telegram n (plural telegrammen, diminutive telegrammetje n)

1. telegram

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Noun

telegram m inan

1. telegram

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /têleɡram/
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧gram

Noun

tȅlegram m (Cyrillic spelling те̏леграм)

1. telegram

Etymology

tele- +‎ -gram.

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Noun

telegram n

1. a telegram, a message sent by telegraph

Noun

telegram n

1. telegram, wire