telex
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telex¹
- /tɛl.ɛks/ UK
Where it comes from
From genericization of Telex Printergram and Telex, derived as a blend of tele- (“telegraph, teletype, teleprinter, etc.”) + exchange.
noun telexes · Telex
- A network of teletypes.
- A teletype message sent through such a network.
- A teletype device connected to such a network.
verb telexes · telexing · telexed · Telex
- To send a message over a telex network.
Telex²
- /ˈtɛˌlɛks/ US
- /ˈtɛlɛks/ UK
Sounds like telex · Rhymes with -ɛlɛks
Where it comes from
From Telex Printergram, a service offered beginning 15 Aug. 1932 by the British General Post Office's Central Telegraph Office, derived as a blend of tele- (“telegraph, teletype, teleprinter, etc.”) + exchange. Subsequently branded in the United States by Western Union and then similarly genericized. In reference to the Vietnamese conventions, a borrowing of Vietnamese Telex, from French télex, from the English term.
proper noun
- Alternative letter-case form of telex in its various senses.
- A convention for encoding Vietnamese text for transmission across telex systems.
- Input method for Vietnamese text based on this convention.
Translations
Talk about this word "telex." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/telex. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. telex. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/telex "telex." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/telex.Cite this
@misc{telex_2026,
title = {telex},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/telex},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
