telegraf

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian телеграф (telegraf).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: te‧leg‧raf

Noun

telegraf

  1. telegraph

Declension

Declension of telegraf
singular plural
nominative telegraf telegraflar
genitive telegrafnıñ telegraflarnıñ
dative telegrafqa telegraflarğa
accusative telegrafnı telegraflarnı
locative telegrafta telegraflarda
ablative telegraftan telegraflardan

References

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Rhymes: -raf
  • Hyphenation: te‧le‧graf

Noun

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telegraf m inan

  1. (historical) telegraph
    • 1894, Karel Ryska, “Edison”, in Ottův slovník naučný‎, 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, volumes 28 – Doplňky, Praha: J. Otto, page 382:
      Telegraf státní má na Moravě 331 úřadů.
      The state telegraph has 331 offices in Moravia.

Declension

Declension of telegraf (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative telegraf telegrafy
genitive telegrafu telegrafů
dative telegrafu telegrafům
accusative telegraf telegrafy
vocative telegrafe telegrafy
locative telegrafu telegrafech
instrumental telegrafem telegrafy

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “telegraf”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 716
  2. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “tele-”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 716
  3. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “-graf”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 596

Further reading

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

Danish

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Pronunciation

Noun

telegraf c (singular definite telegrafen, plural indefinite telegrafer)

  1. telegraph

Inflection

Declension of telegraf
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative telegraf telegrafen telegrafer telegraferne
genitive telegrafs telegrafens telegrafers telegrafernes

Further reading

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch telegraaf, from French télégraphe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: té‧lé‧graf

Noun

telegraf (first-person possessive telegrafku, second-person possessive telegrafmu, third-person possessive telegrafnya)

  1. telegraph.

Alternative forms

Hyponyms

Further reading

Polish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛˈlɛ.ɡraf/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡraf
  • Syllabification: te‧le‧graf

Noun

telegraf m inan

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

Declension

Declension of telegraf
singular plural
nominative telegraf telegrafy
genitive telegrafu telegrafów
dative telegrafowi telegrafom
accusative telegraf telegrafy
instrumental telegrafem telegrafami
locative telegrafie telegrafach
vocative telegrafie telegrafy

Derived terms

adjective
nouns
verbs
adverb
nouns

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

telegraf n (plural telegrafe)

  1. telegraph

Declension

Declension of telegraf
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) telegraf telegraful (niște) telegrafe telegrafele
genitive/dative (unui) telegraf telegrafului (unor) telegrafe telegrafelor
vocative telegrafule telegrafelor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

telègraf m (Cyrillic spelling телѐграф)

  1. telegraph

Declension

Declension of telegraf
singular plural
nominative telegraf telegrafi
genitive telegrafa telegrafa
dative telegrafu telegrafima
accusative telegraf telegrafe
vocative telegrafe telegrafi
locative telegrafu telegrafima
instrumental telegrafom telegrafima

Swedish

Noun

telegraf c

  1. telegraph

Declension

Declension of telegraf 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative telegraf telegrafen telegrafer telegraferna
Genitive telegrafs telegrafens telegrafers telegrafernas

See also

Vilamovian

Noun

telegraf m

  1. telegraph
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