Standard Lemma guide

Teletext

noun · 2 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.

  • CMU ARPABET: T EH1 L AH0 T EH1 K S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A text-based information retrieval system using television sets with a suitable decoder; developed by the BBC.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative form of Teletext.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-seti Proto-Indo-European *téḱseti Proto-Italic *teksō? Latin texō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus New Latin textusbor. Old French textebor. Middle English text English text English Teletext From tele- + text.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: teletext — information retrieval system
  • Dutch: teletekst — information retrieval system
  • Finnish: teksti-TV — information retrieval system
  • Finnish: tekstitelevisio — information retrieval system
  • French: télétexte — information retrieval system
  • German: Videotext — information retrieval system
  • German: Teletext — information retrieval system
  • Greek: τηλεκείμενο (tilekeímeno) — information retrieval system
  • Icelandic: textavarp — information retrieval system
  • Irish: fístéacs — information retrieval system
  • Italian: teletext — information retrieval system
  • Italian: televideo — information retrieval system
  • Italian: teletesto — information retrieval system
  • Polish: teletekst — information retrieval system
  • Polish: telegazeta — information retrieval system
  • Portuguese: teletexto — information retrieval system
  • Romanian: teletext — information retrieval system
  • Russian: телете́кст (teletékst) — information retrieval system
  • Serbo-Croatian: те̏летекст — information retrieval system
  • Serbo-Croatian: tȅletekst — information retrieval system
  • Spanish: teletexto — information retrieval system
  • Swedish: text-tv — information retrieval system
  • Turkish: teletekst — information retrieval system