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

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

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

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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

Proper noun

Telex

  1. Telex

Usage notes

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

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

  • VIQR
  • VNI
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