English Explanatory Dictionary

telex

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A network of teletypes.
  2. A teletype message sent through such a network.
  3. A teletype device connected to such a network.
verb
  1. To send a message over a telex network.
name
  1. Alternative letter-case form of telex in its various senses.
  2. A convention for encoding Vietnamese text for transmission across telex systems.
  3. Input method for Vietnamese text based on this convention.

Pronunciation

/tɛl.ɛks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-telex.wav /ˈtɛˌlɛks/ /ˈtɛlɛks/

Word forms

telex telexes telexing telexed

Etymology

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

Translations

Arabic: تِلِكْس Belarusian: тэ́лекс Bulgarian: те́лекс Chinese Mandarin: 電傳 /电传 Danish: telex Dutch: telex French: télex German: Telex Greek: τέλεξ Indonesian: teleks Italian: telex Japanese: テレックス Japanese: 加入電信 Kazakh: телекс Korean: 텔렉스 Korean: 가입전신 Macedonian: телекс Persian: تلکس Romanian: telex Russian: те́лекс Serbo-Croatian: тѐлекс Serbo-Croatian: tèleks Swedish: telex Turkish: teleks Ukrainian: те́лекс Vietnamese: viễn tín
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