telex

A noun referring to a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter, used historically for sending and receiving typed messages over telecommunication networks.

• 🇫🇷Nom masculin désignant un réseau de transmission de messages écrits par téléscripteur, ainsi que l'appareil lui-même, utilisé historiquement pour envoyer et recevoir des textes imprimés par télécommunication.

1. Teleprinter system C1 formal

   A character printer connected to a telegraph network that operates like a typewriter for sending and receiving messages.

   • The office used a telex to communicate with overseas branches.
   • He typed the message on the telex machine.
   • Telex systems were widely used before the internet.

   🇫🇷Système de télex

   Synonymes: teleprinterteletypewriter

2. Message sent via telex C1 formal

   A message transmitted through a telex network.

   • We received a telex confirming the shipment.
   • The telex contained urgent instructions from headquarters.
   • She sent a telex to the supplier about the order.

   🇫🇷Message envoyé par télex

• telexes plural form
• telexes' possessive plural form
• telex's possessive singular form

A verb meaning to send a message via a telex machine, a telecommunications system that was largely replaced by fax and email.

• 🇫🇷Verbe signifiant envoyer un message par télex, un système de télécommunication largement remplacé par le fax et le courrier électronique.

1. Communicate by telex C1 formal

   To send a message or communicate using a telex machine, a teleprinter network for text-based messages.

   • The office manager telexed the order to the supplier.
   • They telexed the urgent news to the headquarters.
   • He telexed the confirmation details to the client.

   🇫🇷communiquer par télex

• telexed past participle
• telexed past simple
• telexing present participle
• telexes third person singular