Standard Lemma guide

helpline

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • General-American: /ˈhɛlpˌlaɪn/

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noun

Meaning 1

A telephone service (or (by extension) one using email, SMS, or the Web) which offers help to those who call, as either a public emergency service or customer service.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: careline

History

Etymology

From help + line.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: hjælpelinje — telephone service
  • Dutch: hulplijn — telephone service
  • Finnish: tukipalvelu — telephone service
  • Finnish: auttava puhelin — telephone service
  • Hungarian: segélyszolgálat — telephone service
  • Hungarian: segélyvonal — telephone service
  • Hungarian: lelkisegély-szolgálat — telephone service
  • Hungarian: lekisegély-vonal — telephone service
  • Hungarian: telefonos lelki elsősegély — telephone service
  • Māori: waea āwhina — telephone service
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hjelpetelefon — telephone service
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hjelpetelefon — telephone service
  • Polish: infolinia — telephone service
  • Swahili: simu ya msaada — telephone service