Telegram

Synonyms for "telegram" (29 found)

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Closest matches (6)

Noun(2 words)
wirecable

Strong matches (9)

Related words (14)

Noun(1 words)
telegrapheme

Related word relations

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5 relation types

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Synonyms

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derived

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is a

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related to

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Translations

119 translations across 82 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • telegram noun (message sent by telegraph)

Albanian

1 entries
  • telegram noun (message sent by telegraph)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ቴሌግራም noun (message sent by telegraph)

Arabic

4 entries
  • بَرْقِيَّة noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • تلغراف noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • تَلِغْرَاف noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • تِلِغْرَاف noun (message sent by telegraph)

Armenian

1 entries
  • հեռագիր noun (message sent by telegraph)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • teleqram noun (message sent by telegraph)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • тэлегра́ма noun (message sent by telegraph)

Bengali

1 entries
  • টেলিগ্রাম noun (message sent by telegraph)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • телегра́ма noun (message sent by telegraph)

Burmese

3 entries
  • ကြေးနန်း noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • သံကြိုး noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • သံကြိုးစာ noun (message sent by telegraph)

Catalan

1 entries
  • telegrama noun (message sent by telegraph)

Chinese

2 entries
  • дянбо noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • 電報 /电报 noun (message sent by telegraph)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 電報 /电报 noun (message sent by telegraph)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 電報 /电报 noun (message sent by telegraph)

Czech

1 entries
  • telegram noun (message sent by telegraph)

Danish

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  • telegram noun (message sent by telegraph)

Dutch

1 entries
  • telegram noun (message sent by telegraph)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 電報 /电报 noun (message sent by telegraph)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • telegramo noun (message sent by telegraph)

Estonian

1 entries
  • telegramm noun (message sent by telegraph)

Finnish

1 entries
  • sähke noun (message sent by telegraph)

French

2 entries
  • dépêche noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • télégramme noun (message sent by telegraph)

Georgian

2 entries
  • დეპეშა noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • ტელეგრამა noun (message sent by telegraph)

German

1 entries
  • Telegramm noun (message sent by telegraph)

Greek

1 entries
  • τηλεγράφημα noun (message sent by telegraph)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 電報 /电报 noun (message sent by telegraph)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מִברָק noun (message sent by telegraph)

Hindi

3 entries
  • टेलिग्राम noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • टेलीग्राम noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • तार noun (message sent by telegraph)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • távirat noun (message sent by telegraph)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • símskeyti noun (message sent by telegraph)

Ido

1 entries
  • telegramo noun (message sent by telegraph)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • kabar kawat noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • telegram noun (message sent by telegraph)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • telegramma noun (message sent by telegraph)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • تِلِگْراف noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • تِلِگْرام noun (message sent by telegraph)

Italian

1 entries
  • telegramma noun (message sent by telegraph)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 針金便り noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • 電報 noun (message sent by telegraph)

Jin Chinese

1 entries
  • 電報 /电报 noun (message sent by telegraph)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • жеделхат noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • телеграмма noun (message sent by telegraph)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ខ្សែលួស noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • តេឡេក្រាម noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • ទូរលេខ noun (message sent by telegraph)

Korean

1 entries
  • 전보 noun (message sent by telegraph)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • телеграмма noun (message sent by telegraph)

Lao

1 entries
  • ໂທລະເລກ noun (message sent by telegraph)

Latvian

1 entries
  • telegramma noun (message sent by telegraph)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • telegrama noun (message sent by telegraph)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • телеграма noun (message sent by telegraph)

Malay

4 entries
  • berita kawat noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • kawat noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • khabar sawat noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • surat kawat noun (message sent by telegraph)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • телеграмм noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • цахилгаан noun (message sent by telegraph)

Māori

1 entries
  • kupu-ā-waea noun (message sent by telegraph)

Navajo

1 entries
  • béésh bee haneʼ noun (message sent by telegraph)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • simu noun (message sent by telegraph)

Norman

1 entries
  • télégramme noun (message sent by telegraph)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • birûske noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • telegram noun (message sent by telegraph)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • telegram noun (message sent by telegraph)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • telegram noun (message sent by telegraph)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries
  • телеграма noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • телеґрам noun (message sent by telegraph)

Pashto

2 entries
  • تلګراف noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • تلګرام noun (message sent by telegraph)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Tellegraum noun (message sent by telegraph)

Polish

2 entries
  • depesza noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • telegram noun (message sent by telegraph)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • telegrama noun (message sent by telegraph)

Romanian

2 entries
  • depeșă noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • telegramă noun (message sent by telegraph)

Russian

2 entries
  • депе́ша noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • телегра́мма noun (message sent by telegraph)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • bȑzojāv noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • tȅlegram noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • бр̏зоја̄в noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • те̏леграм noun (message sent by telegraph)

Sikkimese

1 entries
  • ཏར noun (message sent by telegraph)

Slovak

1 entries
  • telegram noun (message sent by telegraph)

Slovene

1 entries
  • telegram noun (message sent by telegraph)

Spanish

1 entries
  • telegrama noun (message sent by telegraph)

Swahili

1 entries
  • telegramu noun (message sent by telegraph)

Swedish

1 entries
  • telegram noun (message sent by telegraph)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pahatid-kawad noun (message sent by telegraph)

Tajik

1 entries
  • телеграмма noun (message sent by telegraph)

Tamil

1 entries
  • தந்தி noun (message sent by telegraph)

Thai

1 entries
  • โทรเลข noun (message sent by telegraph)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ተለግራም noun (message sent by telegraph)

Turkish

1 entries
  • telgraf noun (message sent by telegraph)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • telegramma noun (message sent by telegraph)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • телегра́ма noun (message sent by telegraph)

Urdu

4 entries
  • بَرْقِیَہ noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • تار noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • ٹیلِیگْرام noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • ٹیلی گِرام noun (message sent by telegraph)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • تېلېگرامما noun (message sent by telegraph)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • telegramma noun (message sent by telegraph)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • điện báo noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • điện tín noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • điện văn noun (message sent by telegraph)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 電報 /电报 noun (message sent by telegraph)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • טעלעגראַם noun (message sent by telegraph)
  • טעלעגראַמע noun (message sent by telegraph)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

When you send a telegram, brevity is essential because you will be charged for every word.

Source: tatoeba (1906)

Your telegram arrived just as I was about to telephone you.

Source: tatoeba (17452)

On his arrival in London, he sent me a telegram.

Source: tatoeba (29290)

The telegram was a trick to get her to come home.

Source: tatoeba (44822)

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