teletext

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noun

A text-based information retrieval system using television sets with a suitable decoder; developed by the BBC.

OriginEnglish text ← Middle English text ← Old French texte →
Less commonScrabble 15
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Meanings

teletext1

nounteletext (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of Teletext.

    Touch-tone teletext provides many of the services of viewdata and teletext at the low cost intended for teletext alone.

    1980, InfoWorld, volume 2, number 1
    1 more example

    A Swedish teletext employee has attributed the popularity of the world’s longest-running service of its kind to nostalgia and an appetite for trustworthy information, as it celebrates its 45th anniversary this year.

    2024 January 11, Miranda Bryant, “Teletext lives on in Sweden thanks to nostalgia and trusted content”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Teletext2

nounTeletext (uncountable)
  1. IrelandUKuncountableA text-based information retrieval system using television sets with a suitable decoder; developed by the BBC.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  2. Ancient Greekτῆλε (têle)
  3. Englishtele-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tek-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*téksti
  6. Proto-Italic*teksō
  7. Latintexō
  8. New Latintextus
  9. Old Frenchtexte
  10. Middle Englishtext
  11. Englishtext
  12. EnglishTeletext

From tele- + text.

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Translations

Czech teletext
  • teletextinformation retrieval system
Dutch teletekst
  • teletekstinformation retrieval system
Finnish teksti-TV, tekstitelevisio
  • teksti-TVinformation retrieval system
  • tekstitelevisioinformation retrieval system
French télétexte
  • télétexteinformation retrieval system
German Videotext, Teletext
  • Videotextinformation retrieval system
  • Teletextinformation retrieval system
Greek τηλεκείμενο
  • τηλεκείμενο (tilekeímeno)information retrieval system
Icelandic textavarp
  • textavarpinformation retrieval system
Irish fístéacs
  • fístéacsinformation retrieval system
Italian teletext, televideo
  • teletextinformation retrieval system
  • televideoinformation retrieval system
  • teletestoinformation retrieval system
Polish teletekst, telegazeta
  • teletekstinformation retrieval system
  • telegazetainformation retrieval system
Portuguese teletexto
  • teletextoinformation retrieval system
Romanian teletext
  • teletextinformation retrieval system
Russian телете́кст
  • телете́кст (teletékst)information retrieval system
Spanish teletexto
  • teletextoinformation retrieval system
Swedish text-tv
  • text-tvinformation retrieval system
Turkish teletekst
  • teletekstinformation retrieval system
Cite this entry
APA

teletext. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teletext

MLA

“teletext.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teletext. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teletext,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teletext.

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