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cablegram

cablegram noun: a telegram transmitted via a submarine cable.

Noun

cablegram (plural cablegrams)

  1. A telegram transmitted via a submarine cable.
    • A cablegram was received also from Susan Lawrence, chairman of the Labor party.1929 November 30, “BRITISH LABOR HAILS PALESTINE WORKERS; […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2025

Verb

cablegram (third-person singular simple present cablegrams, present participle cablegramming, simple past and past participle cablegrammed)

  1. (rare) To communicate by cablegram.

cablegram meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

cablegram in Tamil

கடல் வழித் தந்திச் செய்தி, கடல்வழித்தந்திச் செய்தி, தந்திச் செய்தி, வடத்தொலைவரி, கடல்தந்திச் செய்தி

cablegram in Malayalam

കേബിൾ വഴി അയയ്ക്കുന്ന കമ്പിസന്ദേശം

cablegram in Kannada

ಕೇಬಲ್‌ಗ್ರಾಮ್‌, ಕಡಲ ತಂತಿ ವಾರ್ತೆ

Forms of cablegram

Noun
pluralcablegrams
Verb
third-person singular presentcablegrams
present participlecablegramming
past participlecablegrammed
pastcablegrammed

Origin of cablegram

From cable + -gram.

Questions about cablegram

What does cablegram mean?
Cablegram means a telegram transmitted via a submarine cable.
What is cablegram in Tamil?
Cablegram in Tamil is கடல் வழித் தந்திச் செய்தி, கடல்வழித்தந்திச் செய்தி, தந்திச் செய்தி. See Cablegram meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cablegram?
Cablegram can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of cablegram?
The plural of cablegram is cablegrams.

Words near cablegram in the dictionary

  1. cablecos
  2. cabled
  3. cabled up
  4. cablegami
  5. Cablegate
  6. cablegram
  7. cablegrammed
  8. cablegramming
  9. cablegrams
  10. cablelaid
  11. cableless

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cablegram (page history and authors); cablegram (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cablegram (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cablegram (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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