hotline

See also: Hotline and hot line

English

Alternative forms

• hot line

Etymology

hot +‎ line

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

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Noun

hotline (plural hotlines)

1. A telephone line that is always staffed and able to give immediate assistance.

   If you've got any problems with the product, ring our hotline.

2. A direct line between two people, especially one between heads of state to be used in an emergency.

Derived terms

• crisis hotline

Descendants

• → German: Hotline

Translations

telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance

• Arabic: خَطّ سَاخِن m (ḵaṭṭ sāḵin)
• Azerbaijani: qaynar xətt
• Belarusian: гара́чая лі́нія f (haráčaja línija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱線／热线 (zh) (rèxiàn)

• Finnish: päivystysnumero, palvelunumero
• French: assistance téléphonique
• German: Hotline (de) f
• Japanese: ホットライン (hottorain)
• Kazakh: жедел желі (jedel jelı)
• Korean: 핫라인 (ko) (hannain)
• Polish: infolinia (pl) f
• Russian: горя́чая ли́ния f (gorjáčaja línija)
• Spanish: línea directa f
• Swedish: heta linjen (sv) c
• Ukrainian: гаря́ча лі́нія f (harjáča línija)
• Vietnamese: đường dây nóng, đường dây khẩn cấp

direct line between two people

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱線／热线 (zh) (rèxiàn)

• Finnish: kuuma linja
• French: téléphone rouge
• Japanese: ホットライン (hottorain)
• Korean: 핫라인 (ko) (hannain)
• Russian: горя́чая ли́ния f (gorjáčaja línija), пряма́я ли́ния (ru) f (prjamája línija)
• Vietnamese: đường dây nóng, đường dây khẩn cấp

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• French: ^{(please verify)} hotline (fr) f, ^{(please verify)} aide en ligne (fr) f

Verb

hotline (third-person singular simple present hotlines, present participle hotlining, simple past and past participle hotlined)

1. To communicate over a telephone hotline.

Anagrams

• neolith, thelion, theolin

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɔ.tlajn/

Noun

hotline f (plural hotlines)

1. hotline

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hotline.

Noun

hotline f (uncountable)

1. hotline

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