cablegram
English
Etymology
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Noun
cablegram (plural cablegrams)
- A telegram transmitted via a submarine cable.
- 1929 November 30, “BRITISH LABOR HAILS PALESTINE WORKERS; […]”, in The New York Times[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 December 2025:
- A cablegram was received also from Susan Lawrence, chairman of the Labor party.
Descendants
- → French: câblogramme m (calque)
Verb
cablegram (third-person singular simple present cablegrams, present participle cablegramming, simple past and past participle cablegrammed)
- (rare) To communicate by cablegram.
References
- “cablegram”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- ^ Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016), “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future[1], Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225