# فِي ٱللُّغَةِ ٱلْإِنْجْلِيزِيَّةِ:
### Etymology

The word telecommunication was adapted from the French word télécommunication. It is a compound of the Greek prefix tele- (τηλε-), meaning 'far off', and the Latin communicare, meaning 'to share'. The French word télécommunication was coined in 1904 by French engineer and novelist Édouard Estaunié.

### اسم

telecommunications (اسم غير قابل للعد)
* the science and technology of communication at a distance, especially the electronic transmission of signals; telecommunication
* the systems used in transmitting such signals
* صِيغَةُ جَمْعٍ مُفْرَدُهَا telecommunication

#### Translations

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* Finnish: televiestintä
* French: télécommunication
* German: Telekommunikation
* Greek: τηλεπικοινωνίες (tilepikinonies)
* Italian: telecomunicazioni

### Synonyms

* telecom, telecoms

### Derived terms

* telecommunications tower

### See also

* transmitter, receiver
* radio, telegraphy, telephony
* cell phone, mobile phone, mobile telephone

### References

* ↑ Telecommunication, tele- and communication, New Oxford American Dictionary (2nd edition), 2005.
* ↑ Jean-Marie Dilhac, From tele-communicare to Telecommunications, 2004.