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telethon

UK/ˈtɛl.əˌθɒn/

telethon noun: a televised fundraising event encouraging viewers to make donations via telephone.

Noun

telethon (plural telethons)

  1. A televised fundraising event encouraging viewers to make donations via telephone.

telethon meaning in Tamil

telethon in Tamil

நெடுநிகழ்ச்சி

Forms of telethon

pluraltelethons

Origin of telethon

A blend of telephone + marathon.

Questions about telethon

What does telethon mean?
Telethon means a televised fundraising event encouraging viewers to make donations via telephone.
What is telethon in Tamil?
Telethon in Tamil is நெடுநிகழ்ச்சி. See Telethon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is telethon?
Telethon is a noun.
How do you pronounce telethon?
Telethon is pronounced /ˈtɛl.əˌθɒn/ (UK).
What is the plural of telethon?
The plural of telethon is telethons.

Words near telethon in the dictionary

  1. telethermometers
  2. telethermometric
  3. telethermometry
  4. telethermoscope
  5. telethermoscopes
  6. telethon
  7. telethonin
  8. telethons
  9. teletimer
  10. teletimers
  11. teletopometer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: telethon (page history and authors); telethon (Tamil 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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