telex

See also: Telex and télex

English

Alternative forms

• Telex

Etymology

From genericization of Telex Printergram and Telex, derived as a blend of tele- (“telegraph, teletype, teleprinter, etc.”) +‎ exchange.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɛl.ɛks/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

telex (countable and uncountable, plural telexes)

1. A network of teletypes.
2. A teletype message sent through such a network.
3. A teletype device connected to such a network.

Translations

teletype network

• Arabic: تِلِكْس m (tiliks), تِلِكْس m (teliks)
• Belarusian: тэ́лекс m (téljeks)
• Bulgarian: те́лекс m (téleks)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電傳 / 电传 (zh) (diànchuán)

• Danish: telex c
• Dutch: telex (nl) m
• French: télex (fr) m
• German: Telex (de) n
• Greek: τέλεξ (el) n (télex)
• Italian: telex (it) m
• Japanese: テレックス (terekkusu), 加入電信 (かにゅうでんしん, kanyū denshin)
• Kazakh: телекс (teleks)
• Korean: 텔렉스 (tellekseu), 가입전신(加入電信) (gaipjeonsin)
• Macedonian: телекс m (teleks)
• Persian: تلکس (fa) (teleks)
• Romanian: telex (ro) n
• Russian: те́лекс (ru) m (téleks)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тѐлекс m

  Roman: tèleks (sh) m

• Swedish: telex (sv) c
• Turkish: teleks (tr)
• Ukrainian: те́лекс m (téleks)
• Vietnamese: viễn tín

Verb

telex (third-person singular simple present telexes, present participle telexing, simple past and past participle telexed)

1. (transitive) To send a message over a telex network.

References

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

Further reading

• “telex”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “telex”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “telex”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “telex”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

Anagrams

• Texel, texel

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English telex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteː.lɛks/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: te‧lex

Noun

telex m (plural telexen, diminutive telexje n)

1. telex

Derived terms

• telexbericht
• telexen

Anagrams

• Texel

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.leks/
• Rhymes: -ɛleks
• Hyphenation: tè‧lex

Noun

telex m (invariable)

1. telex

Adjective

telex (invariable)

1. (relational) telex

Anagrams

• texel

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French télex.

Noun

telex n (plural telexuri)

1. telex

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	telex	telexul		telexuri	telexurile
genitive-dative	telex	telexului		telexuri	telexurilor
vocative	telexule			telexurilor