English Explanatory Dictionary

teletype

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols, typically resembling a typewriter in appearance.
  2. A telegram produced by this device.
  3. An early input/output device for mainframe computers, resembling a typewriter.
verb
  1. To use a teletype.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɛlɪˌtaɪp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-teletype.wav

Word forms

teletype teletypes teletyping teletyped

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.

Synonyms

p r i n t g e l a h teleprinter teletyper teletypewriter telecryptograph telotype o y w x c d k telegram telex TTY

Derived words

glass teletype teletypic

Translations

Arabic: مُبْرِقَة كَاتِبَة Armenian: հեռատիպ Basque: teletipo Belarusian: тэлета́йп Bulgarian: телета́йп Bulgarian: телепри́нтер Chinese Mandarin: 電傳打字機 /电传打字机 Chinese Mandarin: 電傳 /电传 Czech: dálnopis Danish: fjernskriver Dutch: teleprinter Esperanto: teletajpilo Estonian: teletaip Finnish: kaukokirjoitin French: télétype French: téléscripteur French: téléimprimeur Georgian: ტელეტაიპი German: Fernschreiber Greek: τηλέτυπο Hebrew: טֶלֶפְּרִינְטֶר Hungarian: távgépiró Italian: telescrivente Japanese: テレタイプ Japanese: テレタイプライター Korean: 텔레타이프 Korean: 전신 타자기 Latvian: teletaips Lithuanian: teletaipas Macedonian: телепри́нтер Norwegian Bokmål: fjernskriver Persian: تله تایپ Persian: تله پرینتر Polish: dalekopis Portuguese: teletipo Romanian: teleimprimator Russian: телета́йп Russian: дальнопи́сец Serbo-Croatian: телепрѝнтер Serbo-Croatian: teleprìnter Slovak: ďalekopis Slovene: teleprinter Spanish: teletipo Swedish: teleprinter Swedish: fjärrskrivmaskin Turkish: teleprinter Ukrainian: телета́йп Uzbek: teletayp
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