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telegram

name · noun · verb · 8 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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  • /ˈtɛləˌɡɹæm/ without æ-raising
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  • /ˈtɛləˌɡɹeə̯m/ æ-raising
  • /ˈtɛləˌɡɹɛə̯m/ æ-raising
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1

name

Meaning 1

An encrypted, cloud-based instant messaging service.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A message transmitted by telegraph.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wire, cable, telegrapheme

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A Telegram channel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Does anyone have the Telegram link?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To send a telegram.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To send a telegram to (a person).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To send (a message) in a telegram.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To send a message using the Telegram instant messaging service.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

a message transmitted by telegraph

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wire

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: message

Narrower terms: cable, cablegram, overseas telegram, letter telegram, night letter

History

Etymology

From telegram.

From tele- + -gram.

Across languages

Translations

125 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: telegram — message sent by telegraph
  • Albanian: telegram — message sent by telegraph
  • Amharic: ቴሌግራም — message sent by telegraph
  • Arabic: بَرْقِيَّة (barqiyya) — message sent by telegraph
  • Arabic: تِلِغْرَاف (tiliḡrāf) — message sent by telegraph
  • Arabic: تَلِغْرَاف (taliḡrāf) — message sent by telegraph
  • Arabic: تلغراف (teleḡrāf) — message sent by telegraph
  • Armenian: հեռագիր (heṙagir) — message sent by telegraph
  • Azerbaijani: teleqram — message sent by telegraph
  • Belarusian: тэлегра́ма (teljehráma) — message sent by telegraph
  • Bengali: টেলিগ্রাম (ṭeligram) — message sent by telegraph
  • Bulgarian: телегра́ма (telegráma) — message sent by telegraph
  • Burmese: ကြေးနန်း (kre:nan:) — message sent by telegraph
  • Burmese: သံကြိုးစာ (samkrui:ca) — message sent by telegraph
  • Burmese: သံကြိုး (samkrui:) — message sent by telegraph
  • Catalan: telegrama — message sent by telegraph
  • Chinese Cantonese: 電報 /电报 (din6 bou3) — message sent by telegraph
  • Chinese: дянбо (dianbo) — message sent by telegraph
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 電報 /电报 (diêng-bó̤) — message sent by telegraph
  • Hakka Chinese: 電報 /电报 (thien-po) — message sent by telegraph
  • Chinese: 電報 /电报 (zh-min-nan) — message sent by telegraph
  • Jin Chinese: 電報 /电报 (die3 bau3) — message sent by telegraph
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電報 /电报 (diànbào) — message sent by telegraph
  • Wu Chinese: 電報 /电报 (6di-pau5) — message sent by telegraph
  • Ngazidja Comorian: simu — message sent by telegraph
  • Czech: telegram — message sent by telegraph
  • Danish: telegram — message sent by telegraph
  • Dutch: telegram — message sent by telegraph
  • Esperanto: telegramo — message sent by telegraph
  • Estonian: telegramm — message sent by telegraph
  • Finnish: sähke — message sent by telegraph
  • French: télégramme — message sent by telegraph
  • French: dépêche — message sent by telegraph
  • Georgian: დეპეშა (deṗeša) — message sent by telegraph
  • Georgian: ტელეგრამა (ṭelegrama) — message sent by telegraph
  • German: Telegramm — message sent by telegraph
  • Greek: τηλεγράφημα (tilegráfima) — message sent by telegraph
  • Hebrew: מִבְרָק (mivrák) — message sent by telegraph
  • Hindi: तार (tār) — message sent by telegraph
  • Hindi: टेलीग्राम (ṭelīgrām) — message sent by telegraph
  • Hindi: टेलिग्राम (ṭeligrām) — message sent by telegraph
  • Hungarian: távirat — message sent by telegraph
  • Icelandic: símskeyti — message sent by telegraph
  • Ido: telegramo — message sent by telegraph
  • Indonesian: kabar kawat — message sent by telegraph
  • Indonesian: surat kawat — message sent by telegraph
  • Indonesian: telegram — message sent by telegraph
  • Ingrian: telegramma — message sent by telegraph
  • Italian: telegramma — message sent by telegraph
  • Japanese: 電報 (denpō) — message sent by telegraph
  • Japanese: 針金便り (hariganedayori) — message sent by telegraph
  • Kazakh: жеделхат (jedelxat) — message sent by telegraph
  • Kazakh: телеграмма (telegramma) — message sent by telegraph
  • Khmer: ខ្សែលួស (khsae luəh) — message sent by telegraph
  • Khmer: ទូរលេខ (tuurĕəʼleek) — message sent by telegraph
  • Khmer: តេឡេក្រាម (teeleekraam) — message sent by telegraph
  • Korean: 전보 (jeonbo) — message sent by telegraph
  • Northern Kurdish: birûske — message sent by telegraph
  • Northern Kurdish: telegram — message sent by telegraph
  • Kyrgyz: телеграмма (telegramma) — message sent by telegraph
  • Lao: ໂທລະເລກ (thō la lēk) — message sent by telegraph
  • Latvian: telegramma — message sent by telegraph
  • Lithuanian: telegrama — message sent by telegraph
  • Macedonian: телеграма (telegrama) — message sent by telegraph
  • Malay: telegram — message sent by telegraph
  • Malay: kawat — message sent by telegraph
  • Malay: surat kawat — message sent by telegraph
  • Malay: berita kawat — message sent by telegraph
  • Malay: khabar sawat — message sent by telegraph
  • Māori: kupu-ā-waea — message sent by telegraph
  • Mongolian: цахилгаан (caxilgaan) — message sent by telegraph
  • Mongolian: телеграмм (telegramm) — message sent by telegraph
  • Muna: fonoharamu — message sent by telegraph
  • Navajo: béésh bee haneʼ — message sent by telegraph
  • Norman: télégramme — message sent by telegraph
  • Norwegian Bokmål: telegram — message sent by telegraph
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: telegram — message sent by telegraph
  • Pannonian Rusyn: телеграма (telehrama) — message sent by telegraph
  • Pannonian Rusyn: телеґрам — message sent by telegraph
  • Pashto: تلګرام (telegrām) — message sent by telegraph
  • Pashto: تلګراف (telegrāf) — message sent by telegraph
  • Iranian Persian: تِلِگْرام (telegrâm) — message sent by telegraph
  • Iranian Persian: تِلِگْراف (telegrâf) — message sent by telegraph
  • Plautdietsch: Tellegraum — message sent by telegraph
  • Pohnpeian: wailes — message sent by telegraph
  • Polish: telegram — message sent by telegraph
  • Polish: depesza — message sent by telegraph
  • Portuguese: telegrama — message sent by telegraph
  • Romanian: telegramă — message sent by telegraph
  • Romanian: depeșă — message sent by telegraph
  • Russian: телегра́мма (telegrámma) — message sent by telegraph
  • Russian: депе́ша (depéša) — message sent by telegraph
  • Serbo-Croatian: те̏леграм — message sent by telegraph
  • Serbo-Croatian: бр̏зоја̄в — message sent by telegraph
  • Serbo-Croatian: tȅlegram — message sent by telegraph
  • Serbo-Croatian: bȑzojāv — message sent by telegraph
  • Sikkimese: ཏར (tar) — message sent by telegraph
  • Slovak: telegram — message sent by telegraph
  • Slovene: telegram — message sent by telegraph
  • Spanish: telegrama — message sent by telegraph
  • Swahili: telegramu — message sent by telegraph
  • Swedish: telegram — message sent by telegraph
  • Tagalog: pahatid-kawad — message sent by telegraph
  • Tajik: телеграмма (telegramma) — message sent by telegraph
  • Tamil: தந்தி (tanti) — message sent by telegraph
  • Thai: โทรเลข (too-rá-lêek) — message sent by telegraph
  • Tibetan: ཏར (tar) — message sent by telegraph
  • Tibetan: ཏར་ཡིག (tar yig) — message sent by telegraph
  • Tibetan: ཏར་འཕྲིན (tar 'phrin) — message sent by telegraph
  • Tigrinya: ተለግራም (tälägram) — message sent by telegraph
  • Turkish: telgraf — message sent by telegraph
  • Turkmen: telegramma — message sent by telegraph
  • Ukrainian: телегра́ма (telehráma) — message sent by telegraph
  • Urdu: تار (tār) — message sent by telegraph
  • Urdu: ٹیلی گِرام (ṭelī girām) — message sent by telegraph
  • Urdu: ٹیلی گْرام (ṭelī grām) — message sent by telegraph
  • Urdu: ٹیلِیگْرام (ṭelīgrām) — message sent by telegraph
  • Urdu: بَرْقِیَہ (barqiya) — message sent by telegraph
  • Uyghur: تېلېگرامما (tëlëgramma) — message sent by telegraph
  • Uzbek: telegramma — message sent by telegraph
  • Vietnamese: điện báo — message sent by telegraph
  • Vietnamese: điện tín — message sent by telegraph
  • Vietnamese: điện văn — message sent by telegraph
  • Yiddish: טעלעגראַמע (telegrame) — message sent by telegraph
  • Yiddish: טעלעגראַם — message sent by telegraph