telecommunication

See also: télécommunication

English

Etymology

From French télécommunication.

Noun

telecommunication (countable and uncountable, plural telecommunications)

(uncountable) The science and technology of the communication of messages over a distance using electric, electronic or electromagnetic impulses. [1932]
(countable) A message so transmitted.
(in the plural) Systems used in transmitting such signals.

Alternative forms

(science): telecommunications

Synonyms

telecom, telecoms

Derived terms

telecommunications tower

Translations

science and technology of communication over distance

Armenian: հեռահաղորդակցություն (hy) (heṙahałordakcʿutʿyun)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 電訊 (zh), 电讯 (zh) (diànxùn), 電信 (zh), 电信 (zh) (diànxìn)
Czech: telekomunikace f
Finnish: televiestintä
French: télécommunication (fr)
German: Telekommunikation (de) f
Greek: τηλεπικοινωνίες (el) f pl (tilepikoinoníes)
Italian: telecomunicazioni (it)
Japanese: 電気通信 (でんきつうしん, denki tsūshin)

Kazakh: телекоммуникация (telekommwnïkacïya)
Kyrgyz: телекоммуникация (ky) (telekommunikatsiya)
Macedonian: телекомуникации pl (telekomunikacii)
Portuguese: telecomunicação (pt) f
Romanian: telecomunicații pl
Russian: телекоммуника́ции (ru) f pl (telekommunikácii), связь (ru) f (svjazʹ), электросвя́зь (ru) f (elektrosvjázʹ)
Thai: โทรคมนาคม (th) (tora gamanāgom)
Ukrainian: телекомунікації (telekomunikaciji)
Uzbek: telekommunikatsiya (uz)

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