telecom

Other forms of telecom

plural

telecoms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about telecom

What does telecom mean?

telecom means "(often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically".

How many syllables are in telecom?

telecom has 3 syllables: tel-e-com. The stress falls on "tel". In IPA it is /ˈtɛləkɑm/.

What is another word for telecom?

Close synonyms include telecommunication. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is telecom a common word?

telecom is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.