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telecommuting

noun · verb · 3 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

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɛləkəˌmjuːtɪŋ/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈtɛləkəˌmjutɪŋ/
  • Canada, General-American: [ˈtɛləkəˌmjuɾɪŋ]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈteləkəˈmjʉːtɪŋ/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈteləkəˈmjʉːtəŋ/
  • CMU ARPABET: T EH0 L AH0 K AH0 M Y UW1 T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The practice of using telecommunications technology to do one's work at a location remote from one's office, such as one's home, an Internet café, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: working from home, teleworking, cybercommuting

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of telecommute

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: teleworking

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: employment, work

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English commuting English telecommuting From tele- + commuting.

Across languages

Translations

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَمَل عَنْ بُعْدٍ (ʕamal ʕan buʕdin) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Arabic: عَمَل مِنَ الْمَنْزِل (ʕamal mina l-manzil) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Armenian: հեռավար աշխատանք (heṙavar ašxatankʻ) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Azerbaijani: uzaqdan iş — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Bengali: বাড়ি থেকে কাজ (baṛi theke kaj) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Bulgarian: ра́бота от вкъ́щи (rábota ot vkǎ́šti) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Bulgarian: дистанцио́нна ра́бота (distanciónna rábota) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遠程工作 /远程工作 (yuǎnchéng gōngzuò) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Chinese Mandarin: 在家辦公 /在家办公 (zàijiā bàngōng) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Czech: práce na dálku — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Danish: distancearbejde — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Dutch: telewerk — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Esperanto: telelaborado — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Esperanto: fora laborado — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Estonian: kaugtöö — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Finnish: etätyö — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • French: télétravail — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • French: travail à distance — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Galician: teletraballo — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Georgian: სახლიდან მუშაობა (saxlidan mušaoba) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Georgian: დისტანციური მუშაობა (disṭanciuri mušaoba) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • German: Telearbeit — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • German: Homeoffice — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • German: Heimarbeit — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Greek: τηλεργασία (tilergasía) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Hungarian: távmunka — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Icelandic: fjarvinna — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Indonesian: kerja jarak jauh — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Italian: telelavoro — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Italian: telependolarismo — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Italian: smart working — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Italian: lavoro agile — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Japanese: テレワーク (terewāku) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Japanese: 在宅勤務 (zaitaku kinmu) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Japanese: 在宅ワーク (zaitaku wāku) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Japanese: リモートワーク (rimōto wāku) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Korean: 재택근무 (jaetaekgeunmu) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Korean: 텔레워크 (tellewokeu) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Korean: 리모트 워크 (rimoteu wokeu) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Macedonian: работа на далечина (rabota na dalečina) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Malay: kerja jarak jauh — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fjernarbeid — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hjemmearbeid — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Iranian Persian: دورْکاری (durkâri) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Polish: praca zdalna — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Polish: telepraca — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Portuguese: teletrabalho — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Romanian: muncă de acasă — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Romanian: telemuncă — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Russian: удалённая рабо́та (udaljónnaja rabóta) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Russian: удалёнка (udaljónka) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Russian: дистанцио́нная рабо́та (distanciónnaja rabóta) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Russian: дистанцио́нка (distanciónka) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Russian: онла́йн-рабо́та (onlájn-rabóta) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Russian: телерабо́та (telerabóta) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Russian: рабо́та на дому́ (rabóta na domú) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Russian: рабо́та из до́ма (rabóta iz dóma) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Russian: рабо́та до́ма (rabóta dóma) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Serbo-Croatian: рад на даљину — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Serbo-Croatian: rad na daljinu — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Slovak: práca na diaľku — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Slovene: delo na daljavo — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Spanish: teletrabajo — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Swedish: distansarbete — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Turkish: evden çalışma — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Turkish: uzaktan çalışma — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Ukrainian: відда́лена робо́та (viddálena robóta) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Ukrainian: дистанці́йна робо́та (dystancíjna robóta) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Ukrainian: робо́та вдо́ма (robóta vdóma) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Ukrainian: робо́та з до́му (robóta z dómu) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location
  • Ukrainian: телеробо́та (telerobóta) — practice of using telecommunications technology to work from a remote location