telegraphic
電信式の
解説 Definition
電信の、電報のような。簡潔で経済的、または直接的な通信方法に関連する、また電信式の短い表現形式を指す。
Telegraphic can mean related to the telegraph, an old system for sending messages over long distances. More commonly, it describes a style of speaking or writing that is very short, direct, and missing extra words. It often suggests efficiency, but sometimes it can sound cold or abrupt.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
tele- は telephone / television と同じく「遠く」、-graph- は graphic / autograph で見る「書く・記す」の仲間。まず telegraph「電信」を思い出すと telegraphic は「電信のような」が核だと覚えやすい。そこから比喩で、冠詞や助動詞を省いた telegram 風の「ぶつ切りで簡潔な文体」にも広がる。telegraphic style, a telegraphic message の形で見ると定着しやすい。graphic「生々しい」と混同しないこと。
Use the parts: `tele-` means far, and `-graph-` relates to writing, as in `autograph` or `graphic`. That leads you to `telegraph`, so `telegraphic` means like a telegram or telegraph message. It is often used for very short, cut-down style in phrases like `telegraphic style`, and should not be mixed up with `graphic` meaning vivid or shocking.
例文
The telegraphic style of writing was common in early communications.
電信式の執筆スタイルは初期の通信では一般的だった。
His speech was telegraphic, using minimal words to convey meaning.
彼のスピーチは電信式で、最小限の言葉で意味を伝えた。
The telegram's telegraphic nature made it an efficient form of long-distance communication.
電報の電信式という性質は、長距離通信を効率的にした。
telegraphic の類義語・関連語
telegraphic の語源・成り立ち Etymology
telegraphic は telegraph + -ic でできた語です。telegraph はフランス語 télégraphe を経て、ギリシャ語 tele-「遠く」+ graph「書く」に由来するので、文字どおりは「遠くへ書いて伝えるもの」。そこから「電信の」、さらに「電報のように簡潔な」という意味が生まれました。関連語は telephone, biography。
Telegraphic comes from telegraph plus the adjective ending -ic. Telegraph came through French from Greek tele- "far" and graphein "to write," so it originally meant writing across a distance. From the name of the device, telegraphic later came to describe a very brief, clipped style like a telegram; telephone and biography share those Greek roots.
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