teleprompter
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teleprompter
- /ˈtɛləˌpɹɑmptəɹ/ US
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From tele- + prompter; genericized trademark, originally styled TelePrompTer.
noun teleprompters
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A device placed near or on a television camera that displays scrolling text, allowing a person to read a script while appearing to speak spontaneously to the camera.
Ahem ... GRBLB BLABT UNT MIT SPEEB!! OOT PIFFOO BLABOO... [pause] Would someone please give the Teleprompter a swift kick...
Similar: autocue
Translations
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noun device that displays scrolling text
| Español | teleprónter, teleapuntador, autocue |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 텔레프롬프터 tellepeurompeuteo |
| 日本語 | プロンプター puronputā, テレプロンプター terepuronputā |
| 中文 | 提字器 tízìqì, 提詞器 /提词器 tícíqì |
| Português | teleponto, teleprompter |
| Français | prompteur, télésouffleur, téléprompteur |
| Deutsch | Prompter |
| Italiano | gobbo elettronico, suggeritore elettronico |
| Русский | телесуфлёр telesufljór, телепро́мптер teleprómptɛr, телепро́мтер teleprómtɛr |
| العربية | شَاشَة الْقِرَاءَة šāšat al-qirāʔa |
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title = {teleprompter},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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