radiogram

English

Etymology 1

Blend of radio + telegram

Noun

radiogram (plural radiograms)

  1. A message, like a telegram, transmitted by radio rather than wires.
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Etymology 2

SABA radiogram

Blend of radio + gramophone

Noun

radiogram (plural radiograms)

  1. An entertainment device that combined a radio and a record player or gramophone.
    • 1947 January and February, “South African Royal Train”, in Railway Magazine, page 36:
      Inter-train radio communication facilities between the Royal and pilot trains are provided, as well as train to land station contact, and the lounges throughout the train have radiograms. The King's study will have a radio receiving set of wide range.
    • 2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 96:
      He opens he plywood door that conceals the radiogram. The record is already on the turntable: Mile Davis letting loose.
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Etymology 3

radio- + -gram

Noun

radiogram (plural radiograms)

  1. A radiograph
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Indonesian

Noun

radiogram (first-person possessive radiogramku, second-person possessive radiogrammu, third-person possessive radiogramnya)

  1. radiogram

Polish

Etymology

From radio- + -gram.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raˈdjɔ.ɡram/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɡram
  • Syllabification: ra‧dio‧gram

Noun

radiogram m inan

  1. radiogram, radiograph
  2. radiogram, radiotelegram
    Synonym: radiotelegram

Declension

Derived terms

noun

Further reading

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