Meanings
plural teleprompters
- A device placed near or on a television camera that displays scrolling text, allowing a person to read a script while appearing to speak spontaneously to the camera.
Ahem ... GRBLB BLABT UNT MIT SPEEB!! OOT PIFFOO BLABOO... [pause] Would someone please give the Teleprompter a swift kick...
1984 April 20, Berkeley Breathed, Bloom County (comic)1 more example
He was more at ease in reading his speech off the dual screens of a teleprompter than looking up and down at a speech text on his lectern.
2009 March 6, Mark Knoller, CBS NewsSynonyms: autocue
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA device placed near or on a television camera that displays scrolling text, allowing a person to read a script while appearing to speak spontaneously to the camera.
Origin
From tele- + prompter; genericized trademark, originally styled TelePrompTer.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic شَاشَة الْقِرَاءَة
- شَاشَة الْقِرَاءَة (šāšat al-qirāʔa)device that displays scrolling text
Catalan teleprompter, apuntador òptic
- teleprompterdevice that displays scrolling text
- apuntador òpticdevice that displays scrolling text
- teleapuntadordevice that displays scrolling text
Chinese Mandarin 提字器, 提詞器 /提词器
- 提字器 (tízìqì)device that displays scrolling text
- 提詞器 /提词器 (tícíqì)device that displays scrolling text
Finnish teleprompteri
- teleprompteridevice that displays scrolling text
French prompteur, télésouffleur
- prompteurdevice that displays scrolling text
- télésouffleurdevice that displays scrolling text
- téléprompteurdevice that displays scrolling text
German Prompter
- Prompterdevice that displays scrolling text
Hungarian súgógép
- súgógépdevice that displays scrolling text
Indonesian pengial baca, layar baca
- pengial bacadevice that displays scrolling text
- layar bacadevice that displays scrolling text
Irish uathleideoir
- uathleideoirdevice that displays scrolling text
Italian gobbo elettronico, suggeritore elettronico
- gobbo elettronicodevice that displays scrolling text
- suggeritore elettronicodevice that displays scrolling text
Japanese プロンプター, テレプロンプター
- プロンプター (puronputā)device that displays scrolling text
- テレプロンプター (terepuronputā)device that displays scrolling text
Korean 텔레프롬프터
- 텔레프롬프터 (tellepeurompeuteo)device that displays scrolling text
Malay telepanduan
- telepanduandevice that displays scrolling text
Polish prompter
- prompterdevice that displays scrolling text
Portuguese teleponto, teleprompter
- telepontodevice that displays scrolling text
- teleprompterdevice that displays scrolling text
Russian телесуфлёр, телепро́мптер
- телесуфлёр (telesufljór)device that displays scrolling text
- телепро́мптер (teleprómptɛr)device that displays scrolling text
- телепро́мтер (teleprómtɛr)device that displays scrolling text
Spanish teleprónter, teleapuntador
- teleprónterdevice that displays scrolling text
- teleapuntadordevice that displays scrolling text
- autocuedevice that displays scrolling text
Swedish teleprompter
- teleprompterdevice that displays scrolling text
Ukrainian суфле́р
- суфле́р (suflér)device that displays scrolling text
Welsh teleweinydd
- teleweinydddevice that displays scrolling text
Cite this entry
teleprompter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teleprompter
“teleprompter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teleprompter. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teleprompter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teleprompter.
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