telegraf

Borrowed from Russian телеграф (telegraf).

• Hyphenation: te‧leg‧raf

telegraf

1. telegraph

• “telegraf”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Borrowed from French télégraphe. Compound of Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “at a distance, far away”) + -γράφος (-gráphos).^[1][2][3] As if tele- +‎ -graf.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlɛɡraf]
• Rhymes: -raf
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧graf

telegraf m inan

1. (historical) telegraph [18th c.]
   • 1894, Karel Ryska, “Edison”, in Ottův slovník naučný‎^[1], volume 8, Praha: J. Otto, page 382:

     Naučiv se na stanicích zacházeti s telegrafem a seznav jeho podstatu, vymýšlel od té doby různé apparáty elektrické, až r. 1862 obdržel místo v telegrafické kanceláři v Port Huroně.

     Having learned how to work with the telegraph and having understood its nature, he kept inventing various electrical apparatuses from that time, until he finally received a job in a telegraphic office in Port Huron.

2. (historical) institution providing telegraphic services
   • 1894, Vladimír Pech, “Morava”, in Ottův slovník naučný‎^[2], volumes 28 – Doplňky, Praha: J. Otto, page 382:

     Telegraf státní má na Moravě 331 úřadů.

     The state telegraph has 331 offices in Moravia.

• “telegraf”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “telegraf”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /teleɡraːf/, [tˢeleɡ̊ʁɑːˀf]

telegraf c (singular definite telegrafen, plural indefinite telegrafer)

1. telegraph

• telegrafi

• “telegraf” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Dutch telegraaf, from French télégraphe.

• IPA^(key): [teˈleɡraf]
• Hyphenation: té‧lé‧graf

telegraf (plural telegraf-telegraf)

1. telegraph

• “telegraf” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• celigráf (Lasovia)

Internationalism; compare English telegraph, French télégraphe, German Telegraph. By surface analysis, tele- +‎ -graf.

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈlɛ.ɡraf/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡraf
• Syllabification: te‧le‧graf

telegraf m inan (related adjective telegraficzny or (less common) telegrafowy, abbreviation (rare) tel.)

1. (historical, telegraphy) telegraph (electrical device)

• telegraf in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• telegraf in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French télégraphe. By surface analysis, tele- +‎ -graf.

telegraf n (plural telegrafe)

1. telegraph

• “telegraf”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

• IPA^(key): /telěɡraf/
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧graf

telègraf m inan (Cyrillic spelling телѐграф)

1. telegraph

telegraf c

1. telegraph

• telegrafi

• telegram

telegraf m

1. telegraph