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

Blend of radio + gramophone

Noun

radiogram (plural radiograms)

  1. An entertainment device that combined a radio and a record player or gramophone.
    • 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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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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