Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

teletypewriter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: tele-type-writ-er
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of teletype (“telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols”).

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English typewriter English teletypewriter From tele- (“far, distant, telegraph”) + typewriter.

Inflected Forms

teletypewriters (plural)

Derived Forms

radioteletypewriter teletypewriting teletypewritten

Synonyms

teletype teleprinter teletype machine telex telex machine

Questions

What does teletypewriter mean?: Synonym of teletype (“telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols”).
Where does teletypewriter come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English typewriter English teletypewriter From tele- (“far, distant, telegraph”) + typewriter.

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