telegram
Meaning of telegram
noun
a message sent by telegraph and then delivered in written or printed form, used in the UK only for international messages since 1981.
mid 19th century: from tele- ‘at a distance’ + -gram1, on the pattern of telegraph .
Information about telegram
- It is a name.
- The plural form of telegram is: telegrams.
- Languages in which telegram is used:
(Press the button to hear it)
Hyphenation of telegram
tele-gram
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- telegram is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
telegram synonyms
Meaning wire:
Meaning a thick rope of wire or hemp used for construction, mooring ships, and towing vehicles:
Meaning a telegraph message sent by cable:
Meaning an international system of telegraphy with printed messages transmitted and received by teleprinters using the public telecommunications network:
Meaning a combined radio and record player built into a cabinet with a speaker:
Translation of telegram
- German: Telegramm
- French: télégramme
- Italian: telegramma
- Portuguese: telegrama
- Spanish: telegrama
Words that rhyme with telegram
Gram, gram, Agram, Bagram, Seagram, Wagram, anagram, ataxiagram, cardiagram, chronanagram, datagram, decagram, dekagram, diagram, emagram, esophagram, hexagram, kissagram, laminagram, metagram, myriagram, ondagram, orthodiagram, paragram, pentagram, primagram, skiagram, sonagram, stripagram, tetragram, traumagram, viagram, wagram, megagram, gigagram, teragram, petagram, exagram, zettagram, yottagram, Pegram, cablegram, curiegram, radiotelegram, Wolfgram, NegGram, antigram, arthroscintigram, bigram, calligram