noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
A telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols, typically resembling a typewriter in appearance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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2
noun
Meaning 2
A telegram produced by this device.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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3
noun
Meaning 3
An early input/output device for mainframe computers, resembling a typewriter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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4
verb
Meaning 4
To use a teletype.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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History
Etymology
From tele- (“far, distant, telegraph”) + type (“text, typewriter”), q.v. In the United States, chiefly understood as a genericization of the Morkrum or Teletype Corporation's branded teletype machines. Doublet of telotype.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مُبْرِقَة كَاتِبَة
(mubriqa kātiba)
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Armenian:
հեռատիպ
(heṙatip)
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Basque:
teletipo
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Belarusian:
тэлета́йп
(teljetájp)
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Bulgarian:
телета́йп
(teletájp)
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Bulgarian:
телепри́нтер
(teleprínter)
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Chinese Mandarin:
電傳打字機 /电传打字机
(diànchuán-dǎzìjī)
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Chinese Mandarin:
電傳 /电传
(diànchuán)
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Czech:
dálnopis
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Danish:
fjernskriver
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Dutch:
teleprinter
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Esperanto:
teletajpilo
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Estonian:
teletaip
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Finnish:
kaukokirjoitin
— automatically translated electric telegraph
French:
télétype
— automatically translated electric telegraph
French:
téléscripteur
— automatically translated electric telegraph
French:
téléimprimeur
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Georgian:
ტელეტაიპი
(ṭeleṭaiṗi)
— automatically translated electric telegraph
German:
Fernschreiber
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Greek:
τηλέτυπο
(tilétypo)
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Hebrew:
טֶלֶפְּרִינְטֶר
(teleprínter)
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Hungarian:
távgépiró
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Italian:
telescrivente
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Japanese:
テレタイプ
(teretaipu)
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Japanese:
テレタイプライター
(teretaipuraitā)
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Korean:
텔레타이프
(telletaipeu)
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Korean:
전신 타자기
(jeonsin tajagi)
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Latvian:
teletaips
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Lithuanian:
teletaipas
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Macedonian:
телепри́нтер
(teleprínter)
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Norwegian Bokmål:
fjernskriver
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Persian:
تله تایپ
(tele tâyp)
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Persian:
تله پرینتر
(tele perinter)
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Polish:
dalekopis
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Portuguese:
teletipo
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Romanian:
teleimprimator
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Russian:
телета́йп
(teletájp)
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Russian:
дальнопи́сец
(dalʹnopísec)
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Serbo-Croatian:
телепрѝнтер
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Serbo-Croatian:
teleprìnter
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Slovak:
ďalekopis
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Slovene:
teleprinter
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Spanish:
teletipo
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Swedish:
teleprinter
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Swedish:
fjärrskrivmaskin
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Turkish:
teleprinter
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Ukrainian:
телета́йп
(teletájp)
— automatically translated electric telegraph
Uzbek:
teletayp
— automatically translated electric telegraph