adj
Meaning 1
Of, or relating to the telegraph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
telegraphic
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adj
Meaning 2
Brief or concise, especially resembling a telegram with clipped syntax.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to or transmitted by telegraph
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a telegraphic machine
- telegraphic news reports
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
having the style of a telegram with many short words left out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- telegraphic economy of words
- the strange telegraphic speech of some aphasics
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. French télé- Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γράφος (-gráphos)bor. Latin -graphuslbor. French -graphe French télégraphebor. English telegraph Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English telegraphic From telegraph + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: بَرْقِيّ (barqiyy) — of, or relating to the telegraph
- Armenian: հեռագրական (heṙagrakan) — of, or relating to the telegraph
- Armenian: հեռագրային (heṙagrayin) — of, or relating to the telegraph
- Catalan: telegràfic — of, or relating to the telegraph
- Czech: telegrafní — of, or relating to the telegraph
- French: télégraphique — of, or relating to the telegraph
- Galician: telegráfico — of, or relating to the telegraph
- German: telegraphisch — of, or relating to the telegraph
- German: telegrafisch — of, or relating to the telegraph
- Italian: telegrafico — of, or relating to the telegraph
- Norwegian Bokmål: telegrafisk — of, or relating to the telegraph
- Norwegian Nynorsk: telegrafisk — of, or relating to the telegraph
- Polish: telegraficzny — of, or relating to the telegraph
- Portuguese: telegráfico — of, or relating to the telegraph
- Russian: телегра́фный (telegráfnyj) — of, or relating to the telegraph
- Spanish: telegráfico — of, or relating to the telegraph
- Ukrainian: телегра́фний (telehráfnyj) — of, or relating to the telegraph
- Catalan: telegràfic — brief or concise, resembling a telegram
- Galician: telegráfico — brief or concise, resembling a telegram
- German: im Telegrammstil — brief or concise, resembling a telegram
- Polish: telegraficzny — brief or concise, resembling a telegram
- Portuguese: telegráfico — brief or concise, resembling a telegram
- Spanish: telegráfico — brief or concise, resembling a telegram
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