Telex
English edit
Etymology edit
From Telex Printergram, a service offered beginning 15 Aug. 1932 by the British General Post Office's Central Telegraph Office, derived as a blend of tele- (“telegraph, teletype, teleprinter, etc.”) + exchange. Subsequently branded in the United States by Western Union and then similarly genericized. In reference to the Vietnamese conventions, a borrowing of Vietnamese Telex, from French télex, from the English term.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɛˌlɛks/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɛlɛks/
- Rhymes: -ɛlɛks
- Homophone: telex
Proper noun edit
Telex
- Alternative letter-case form of telex in its various senses.
- A convention for encoding Vietnamese text for transmission across telex systems.
- (computing) Input method for Vietnamese text based on this convention.
Coordinate terms edit
References edit
- “telex, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2019. - “telex, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2019.
Anagrams edit
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Noun edit
Telex n (strong, genitive Telexes or Telex, plural Telexe)
- printed message sent via a telex machine
Further reading edit
- “Telex” in Duden online
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [te˧˧ ləjk̟̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tej˧˧ let̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tej˧˧ ləːt̚˦˥]
- Phonetic: tê lếch
Proper noun edit
Telex
Usage notes edit
The term for telex (“communications system consisting of a network of teletypewriters”) is điện tín.