telegraph
English
/ˈtɛl.ə.ɡɹæf/
noun
Definitions
- (historical) An apparatus, or a process, for communicating rapidly between distant points, especially by means of established visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical means.
- (video games) A visible or audible cue that indicates to an opponent the action that a character is about to take.
Etymology
Derived from French télégraphe root from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (turn, move, going around, revolve, far, dwell, and therefore to sojourn, revolve around).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷel-
Gloss
turn, move, going around, revolve, far, dwell, and therefore to sojourn, revolve around
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🙃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Telegraph Hill English
- columnist English
- cult English
- decollate English
- decollation English
- electrotelegraphic English
- hill English
- horticulture English
- pantelegraph English
- pantelegraphic English
- phototelegraph English
- phototelegraphic English
- radiotelegraph English
- radiotelegrapher English
- radiotelegraphic English
- radiotelegraphist English
- telegram English
- telegrapher English
- telegraphese English
- telegraphic English
- telegraphical English
- telegraphically English
- telegraphist English
- telegraphoscope English
- teletype English
- telic English
- telicity English
- Colōnia Agrippīna Latin
- ad- Latin
- agricola Latin
- agricultura Latin
- collum Latin
- collāris Latin
- colo Latin
- colonia Latin
- colonus Latin
- columna Latin
- colōnia Latin
- cultura Latin
- cultus Latin
- cultōrem Latin
- cultūra Latin
- telegraphum Latin
- viscericola Latin
- telefonata Italian
- telefonatore Italian
- telefonatrice Italian
- tele- Dutch, Flemish
- telegraaf Dutch, Flemish
- telegraferen Dutch, Flemish
- telegrafisch Dutch, Flemish
- telescoop Dutch, Flemish
- télégraphe French
- télégraphie French
- télégraphiste French
- téléphone French
- télévision French
- телегра́ф Russian
- βουκολικός Ancient Greek
- κυκλοτερής Ancient Greek
- κύκλος Ancient Greek
- πάλαι Ancient Greek
- πέλω Ancient Greek
- περιπλόμενος Ancient Greek
- πλήμνη Ancient Greek
- πόλος Ancient Greek
- τέλειος Ancient Greek
- τέλος Ancient Greek
- τελέω Ancient Greek
- τηλεσκόπος Ancient Greek
- τῆλε Ancient Greek
- ἀνατολή Ancient Greek
- *(s)kel- Proto-Indo-European
- *-kʷolos Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷowkólos Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷowkólos, *gʷow-kólos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésmi Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂mbʰi-kʷol-ó-s, *h₂m̥bʰikʷolós Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷekʷlóm Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷl̥His Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷl̥tós Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷolso- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷolsom Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷukʷlos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷékʷlos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷéleti Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷélus Proto-Indo-European
- *wert- Proto-Indo-European
- *wes- Proto-Indo-European
- culto Portuguese
- आचार Sanskrit
- चर् Sanskrit
- चलति Sanskrit
- চৰতি, चरति Sanskrit
- teileagraf Irish
- inquilinus Old Norse
- *kolo Proto-Slavic
- تلگراف Persian
- چالش Persian
- چریدن Persian
- dychwelyd Welsh
- pell Welsh
- klaips Latvian
- հոլով Old Armenian
- စက်ဘီး Burmese
- טלגרף Hebrew (modern)
- *čárati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- aṅklautkatte Tocharian B
- telegrafy Malagasy
- *palaiós, *palai(y)ós Proto-Hellenic
- *kaklas bat-pro
- hill
- cult
- telic
- teletype
- telicity
- telegram
- columnist
- decollate
- decollation
- telegrapher
- telegraphic
- telegraphist
- horticulture
- pantelegraph
- telegraphese
- telegraphical
- Telegraph Hill
- pantelegraphic
- phototelegraph
- radiotelegraph
- telegraphoscope
- telegraphically
- radiotelegrapher
- phototelegraphic
- radiotelegraphic
- radiotelegraphist
- electrotelegraphic