telco
telco · telcos
A telephone company; a telecommunications company, a telecomA telephone company (historically); a telecommunications company, a telecom.
/ˈtɛlˌkəʊ/
Meaning
1 senses(informal)A telephone company (historically); a telecommunications company, a telecom.
Telefongesellschaft
телефо́нная компа́нияtelefónnaja kompánija
More definitions
- a public utility that provides telephone service
Translations
3 languagesРусский
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Origin
Diachronically, from tel + Co., from the collocation of Tel. Co. as seen, for example, inDiachronically, from tel + Co., from the collocation of Tel. Co. as seen, for example, in Bell Tel. Co. or the names of countless local telephone exchange companies (e.g., Savannah Valley Tel. Co., Mutual Tel. Co., Tarrytown Tel. Co.), by abbreviation in the late 19th through mid-20th centuries; synchronically also a clipped compound as tel(ephone) + co(mpany).
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Forms
plural: telcosSynonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- a public utility that provides telephone service:telephone companytelephone servicephone companyphone service