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telegram

noun neutersubstantiv intetkjønn

telegram

EtymologyOpphav

fra engelsk, av tele-tele- og -gramsomething written or recorded from English, from tele-tele- and -gramsomething written or recorded

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. om eldre forhold: kort, skriftlig budskap sendt med telegraf (1)telegraph of former times: a short written message sent by telegraphtelegraf (1)
    • sende et telegram to send a telegram
    • telegrammene kom i formiddag the telegrams arrived this morning
    as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som chiffertelegramcoded telegram, festtelegramcongratulatory telegram, iltelegramurgent telegram, kondolansetelegramtelegram of condolence
  2. om eldre forhold: utskrift av telegram (1)a telegram;
    (utfylt) telegramblanketttelegram form
    of former times: a written copy of a telegramtelegram (1);
    (filled-in) telegram formtelegramblankett
    • hun holdt telegrammet i hånden she held the telegram in her hand