télégraphe

French

Etymology

From télé- +‎ -graphe, coined by André François Miot de Mélito in 1792 as a replacement for Claude Chappe's tachygraphe (literally “fast writer”), a communication system based on semaphores.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /te.le.ɡʁaf/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)
  • Rhymes: -af
  • Homophone: télégraphes

Noun

télégraphe m (plural télégraphes)

  1. telegraph

Descendants

  • → Ottoman Turkish: تلغراف (telgraf)
    • Turkish: telgraf
  • → Persian: تلگراف (telegrâf)

Further reading

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