Meaning

1 senses
  1. A televised fundraising event encouraging viewers to make donations via telephone.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The telethon is a French TV program organized every year to collect funds in order to finance medical research.

    ruТелетон - это французская ТВ-программа, проводимая ежегодно в целях сбора средств на финансирование медицинских исследований. — Biga

Translations

2 languages

Origin

A blend of telephone + marathon.

A blend of telephone + marathon.

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Forms

plural: telethons
Singulartelethon
Pluraltelethons

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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