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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
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Alternative form of Teletext.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
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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.
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Czech:
teletext
— information retrieval system
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Dutch:
teletekst
— information retrieval system
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Finnish:
teksti-TV
— information retrieval system
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Finnish:
tekstitelevisio
— information retrieval system
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French:
télétexte
— information retrieval system
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German:
Videotext
— information retrieval system
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German:
Teletext
— information retrieval system
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Greek:
τηλεκείμενο
(tilekeímeno)
— information retrieval system
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Icelandic:
textavarp
— information retrieval system
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Irish:
fístéacs
— information retrieval system
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Italian:
teletext
— information retrieval system
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Italian:
televideo
— information retrieval system
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Italian:
teletesto
— information retrieval system
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Polish:
teletekst
— information retrieval system
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Polish:
telegazeta
— information retrieval system
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Portuguese:
teletexto
— information retrieval system
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Romanian:
teletext
— information retrieval system
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Russian:
телете́кст
(teletékst)
— information retrieval system
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Serbo-Croatian:
те̏летекст
— information retrieval system
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Serbo-Croatian:
tȅletekst
— information retrieval system
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Spanish:
teletexto
— information retrieval system
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Swedish:
text-tv
— information retrieval system
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Turkish:
teletekst
— information retrieval system