telegram
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telegram¹
- /ˈtɛləˌɡɹæm/
- /ˈtɛləˌɡɹeə̯m/
- /ˈtɛləˌɡɹɛə̯m/
Where it comes from
From tele- + -gram.
noun telegrams · telegramme
-
A message transmitted by telegraph.
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
Similar: wire, cable, telegrapheme
verb telegrams · telegramming · telegrammed · telegramme
- To send a telegram. In the brouhaha over the reappointment of Superior Court Judge Sylvia Pressler, we organized massive support - telegramming, telephoning and writing to encourage the State Senate to exercise its advise and consent function responsibly.
- To send a telegram to (a person). So when King – who had been in Atlanta for “Bloody Sunday” – telegrammed Parks about returning to Alabama to take part in a third mass march from Selma to Montgomery, her immediate answer was “Why, of course.”
- To send (a message) in a telegram.
Telegram²
Where it comes from
From telegram.
proper noun
- An encrypted, cloud-based instant messaging service. Following his arrest, Telegram said Durov had “nothing to hide” and that it was “absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse of that platform.”
noun Telegrams
- A Telegram channel. Does anyone have the Telegram link?
verb Telegrams · Telegramming · Telegrammed
- To send a message using the Telegram instant messaging service.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: wire, telegraphic, telegraphy, telegraph, telex, message, cypher, lightning, cable, tribune, hurry, wireless, cablegram, radiogram, marconigram, communique
Translations
Every language
noun message sent by telegraph
| Español | telegrama |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 전보 jeonbo |
| 日本語 | 電報 denpō, 針金便り hariganedayori |
| 中文 | 電報 /电报 diànbào |
| हिन्दी | तार tār, टेलीग्राम ṭelīgrām, टेलिग्राम ṭeligrām |
| Kiswahili | telegramu |
| Português | telegrama |
| Français | télégramme, dépêche |
| Deutsch | Telegramm |
| Italiano | telegramma |
| Ελληνικά | τηλεγράφημα tilegráfima |
| Română | telegramă, depeșă |
| Русский | телегра́мма telegrámma, депе́ша depéša |
| Tiếng Việt | điện báo, điện tín, điện văn |
| العربية | بَرْقِيَّة barqiyya, تِلِغْرَاف tiliḡrāf, تَلِغْرَاف taliḡrāf |
| עברית | מִבְרָק mivrák |
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title = {telegram},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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