Telex

See also: telex and télex

English

Etymology

From Telex Printergram, a service offered beginning 15 Aug. 1932 by the British General Post Office's Central Telegraph Office, derived as a blend of tele- (“telegraph, teletype, teleprinter, etc.”) +‎ exchange. Subsequently branded in the United States by Western Union and then similarly genericized. In reference to the Vietnamese conventions, a borrowing of Vietnamese Telex, from French télex, from the English term.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛˌlɛks/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛlɛks/
• Rhymes: -ɛlɛks
• Homophone: telex

Proper noun

Telex

1. Alternative letter-case form of telex in its various senses.
2. A convention for encoding Vietnamese text for transmission across telex systems.
3. (computing) Input method for Vietnamese text based on this convention.

Coordinate terms

• VIQR, VNI

References

• “telex, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.
• “telex, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.

Anagrams

• Texel, texel

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

Telex n (strong, genitive Telexes or Telex, plural Telexe)

1. printed message sent via a telex machine

Further reading

• “Telex” in Duden online

Vietnamese

Etymology

From French télex.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [te˧˧ ləjk̟̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tej˧˧ let̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tej˧˧ ləːt̚˦˥]
• Phonetic spelling: tê lếch

Proper noun

Telex

1. Telex

Usage notes

The term for telex (“communications system consisting of a network of teletypewriters”) is điện tín.

Hypernyms

• kiểu gõ

Coordinate terms

• VIQR
• VNI