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"2": "tele",
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"etymology_text": "tele- + -gram.",
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"tags": [
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"Communication",
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"derived": [
{
"word": "fast telegram"
},
{
"word": "radiotelegram"
},
{
"word": "singing telegram"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 394",
"text": "On 20 May 1937 when down in Bradford-on-Avon on business, Bulleid received a telegram with the cryptic news: 'Sir Herbert Walker wishes to see you twelve thirty tomorrow—Gresley'.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A message transmitted by telegraph."
],
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"message",
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"telegraph",
"telegraph"
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "wire"
},
{
"word": "cable"
},
{
"word": "telegrapheme"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telegram"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telegram"
},
{
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"topics": [
"telegram",
"telegraphy",
"telecommunications",
"electrical-engineering",
"communications",
"engineering",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "ቴሌግራም"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "barqiyya",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "بَرْقِيَّة"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "teleḡrāf",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "تلغراف"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "heṙagir",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "հեռագիր"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "teleqram"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "teljehráma",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тэлегра́ма"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "ṭeligram",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "টেলিগ্রাম"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "telegráma",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "телегра́ма"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "kre:nan:",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "ကြေးနန်း"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "samkrui:ca",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "သံကြိုးစာ"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "samkrui:",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "သံကြိုး"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telegrama"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "電報"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "din⁶ bou³",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "电报"
},
{
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "di͡anbo",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "дянбо"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "電報"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "电报"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "電報"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "diànbào",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "电报"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telegram"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "telegram"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "telegram"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telegramo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telegramm"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "sähke"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "télégramme"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dépêche"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "deṗeša",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "დეპეშა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṭelegrama",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "ტელეგრამა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Telegramm"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tilegráfima",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "τηλεγράφημα"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mivrák",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מִברָק"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "tār",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "तार"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ṭelīgrām",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "टेलीग्राम"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ṭeligrām",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "टेलिग्राम"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "távirat"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "símskeyti"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telegramo"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telegram"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telegramma"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telegramma"
},
{
"alt": "でんぽう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "denpō",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "電報"
},
{
"alt": "はりがねだより",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hariganedayori",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "針金便り"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jedelxat",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "жеделхат"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "telegramma",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "телеграмма"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "khsae luəh",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "ខ្សែលួស"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tuurĕəʼleek",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "ទូរលេខ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "teeleekraam",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "តេឡេក្រាម"
},
{
"alt": "電報",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeonbo",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "전보"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "birûske"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telegram"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "telegramma",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "телеграмма"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "thō la lēk",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "ໂທລະເລກ"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "telegramma"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "telegrama"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "telegrama",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "телеграма"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telegram"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "kawat"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "surat kawat"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "berita kawat"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "khabar sawat"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "kupu-ā-waea"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "caxilgaan",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "цахилгаан"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "telegramm",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "телеграмм"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "béésh bee haneʼ"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9"
],
"word": "simu"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "télégramme"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "telegram"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "telegrām",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تلګرام"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "telegrāf",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تلګراف"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "telegrâm",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "تلگرام"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "telegrâf",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "تلگراف"
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{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Tellegraum"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telegram"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "depesza"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telegrama"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "telegramă"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "depeșă"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "telegrámma",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "телегра́мма"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "depéša",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"dated",
"feminine"
],
"word": "депе́ша"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "те̏леграм"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "бр̏зоја̄в"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "tȅlegram"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "bȑzojāv"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telegram"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
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"word": "telegram"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
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"word": "telegrama"
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{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telegramu"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "telegram"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "pahatid-kawad"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "telegramma",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "телеграмма"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "tanti",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "தந்தி"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "too-rá-lêek",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "โทรเลข"
},
{
"code": "ti",
"lang": "Tigrinya",
"roman": "tälägram",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "ተለግራም"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telgraf"
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{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telegramma"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "telehráma",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "телегра́ма"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "tār",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تار"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ṭeligrām",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ٹیلیگرام"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "tëlëgramma",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "تېلېگرامما"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telegramma"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "điện báo"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "điện tín"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "điện văn"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "telegrame",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "טעלעגראַמע"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"telegram",
"telegraphy",
"telecommunications",
"electrical-engineering",
"communications",
"engineering",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "טעלעגראַם"
}
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"ref": "2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 23",
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telegram"
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{
"code": "sq",
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"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"topics": [
"telegram",
"telegraphy",
"telecommunications",
"electrical-engineering",
"communications",
"engineering",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "ቴሌግራም"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "barqiyya",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "بَرْقِيَّة"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "teleḡrāf",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "تلغراف"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "heṙagir",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "հեռագիր"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "teleqram"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "teljehráma",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тэлегра́ма"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "ṭeligram",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "টেলিগ্রাম"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "telegráma",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "телегра́ма"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "kre:nan:",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "ကြေးနန်း"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "samkrui:ca",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "သံကြိုးစာ"
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{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "samkrui:",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "သံကြိုး"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telegrama"
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{
"code": "yue",
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"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "電報"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "din⁶ bou³",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "电报"
},
{
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "di͡anbo",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "дянбо"
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{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "電報"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
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"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "电报"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "電報"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "diànbào",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "电报"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telegram"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "telegram"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "telegram"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telegramo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telegramm"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "sähke"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "télégramme"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dépêche"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "deṗeša",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "დეპეშა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṭelegrama",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "ტელეგრამა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Telegramm"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tilegráfima",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "τηλεγράφημα"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mivrák",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מִברָק"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "tār",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "तार"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ṭelīgrām",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "टेलीग्राम"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ṭeligrām",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "टेलिग्राम"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "távirat"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "símskeyti"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telegramo"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telegram"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telegramma"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telegramma"
},
{
"alt": "でんぽう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "denpō",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "電報"
},
{
"alt": "はりがねだより",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hariganedayori",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "針金便り"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jedelxat",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "жеделхат"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "telegramma",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "телеграмма"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "khsae luəh",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "ខ្សែលួស"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tuurĕəʼleek",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "ទូរលេខ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "teeleekraam",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "តេឡេក្រាម"
},
{
"alt": "電報",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeonbo",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "전보"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "birûske"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telegram"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "telegramma",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "телеграмма"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "thō la lēk",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "ໂທລະເລກ"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "telegramma"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "telegrama"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "telegrama",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "телеграма"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telegram"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "kawat"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "surat kawat"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "berita kawat"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "khabar sawat"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "kupu-ā-waea"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "caxilgaan",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "цахилгаан"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "telegramm",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "телеграмм"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "béésh bee haneʼ"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9"
],
"word": "simu"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "télégramme"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "telegram"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "telegrām",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تلګرام"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "telegrāf",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تلګراف"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "telegrâm",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "تلگرام"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "telegrâf",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "تلگراف"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Tellegraum"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telegram"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "depesza"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telegrama"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "telegramă"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "depeșă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "telegrámma",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "телегра́мма"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "depéša",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"dated",
"feminine"
],
"word": "депе́ша"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "те̏леграм"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "бр̏зоја̄в"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "tȅlegram"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "bȑzojāv"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telegram"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telegram"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telegrama"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telegramu"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "telegram"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "pahatid-kawad"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "telegramma",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "телеграмма"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "tanti",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "தந்தி"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "too-rá-lêek",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "โทรเลข"
},
{
"code": "ti",
"lang": "Tigrinya",
"roman": "tälägram",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "ተለግራም"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telgraf"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telegramma"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "telehráma",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "телегра́ма"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "tār",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تار"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ṭeligrām",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ٹیلیگرام"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "tëlëgramma",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "تېلېگرامما"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "telegramma"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "điện báo"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "điện tín"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"word": "điện văn"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "telegrame",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "טעלעגראַמע"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"sense": "message sent by telegraph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"telegram",
"telegraphy",
"telecommunications",
"electrical-engineering",
"communications",
"engineering",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "טעלעגראַם"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"telegram (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "telegram"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 3-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms prefixed with tele-",
"English terms suffixed with -gram",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"en:Telegraphy"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "tele",
"3": "gram"
},
"expansion": "tele- + -gram",
"name": "confix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "tele- + -gram.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "telegrams",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "telegramming",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "telegrammed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "telegrammed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "++"
},
"expansion": "telegram (third-person singular simple present telegrams, present participle telegramming, simple past and past participle telegrammed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 23",
"text": "He was a very posh chap from Oxfordshire, whose dad had been Chancellor and whose mum was obliged to keep telegramming round to find him a job because little Winnie had flunked out of his very expensive school.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To send a telegram."
],
"links": [
[
"send",
"send"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To send a telegram."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To send a telegram to (a person)."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To send a telegram to (a person)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To send (a message) in a telegram."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To send (a message) in a telegram."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɛləˌɡɹæm/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-telegram.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fe/En-us-telegram.ogg/En-us-telegram.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/En-us-telegram.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "telegramme"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"telegram (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "telegram"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": tiān-pò vs. zh-min-nan",
"path": [
"telegram"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "telegram",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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