cablegram

C2+ Topic:Communication

US /ˈkeɪbəlˌɡræm/ UK /ˈkeɪbəlˌɡræm/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a message sent by submarine telegraph cable

News of the treaty arrived by cablegram within the hour.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a message sent by submarine... telegram cable wire message dispatch

Word family

Related forms cable telegram

Etymology

A compound of cable + -gram (from Greek gramma 'something written'), coined in the 19th century on the model of telegram. Cable is from Old North French cable, from Late Latin capulum ('lasso, rope').

capulum la-lat gramma Ancient Greek

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Topics

Communication

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# cablegram

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkeɪbəlˌɡræm/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkeɪbəlˌɡræm/

## Meanings
1. a message sent by submarine telegraph cable

## Examples
- News of the treaty arrived by cablegram within the hour.

## Synonyms
- telegram
- cable
- wire
- message
- dispatch

## Related Forms
- cable
- telegram

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: capulum
- Root: gramma

## Etymology
A compound of cable + -gram (from Greek gramma 'something written'), coined in the 19th century on the model of telegram. Cable is from Old North French cable, from Late Latin capulum ('lasso, rope').

## AI Etymology
Cablegram is a compound of cable + -gram (from Greek gramma 'something written'), coined in the 19th century on the model of telegram. Cable is from Old North French cable, from Late Latin capulum ('lasso, rope'). The historical trail runs through capulum in Latin and gramma in Ancient Greek. Morphologically, cablegram is transparent: it is a compound of cable + -gram (from Greek gramma 'something written'), coined in the 19th century on the model of telegram. Used as a noun, cablegram now means "a message sent by submarine telegraph cable", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as cable and telegram. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Communication

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