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Morse code
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English
Etymology
Named for its inventor, Samuel Morse.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Morse code.wav Southern England
Noun
en telecommunications A character code represented by dots and dashes (or short and long pulses), originally used to send messages by telegraph, later by flashes of light or by radio.
en iddy-umpty Morse alphabet slang
en Wabun code
Translations
character code
Albanian: sq abetare morze
Arabic: ar شِفْرَة مُورْس f šifrat murs
Catalan: ca codi Morse m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 摩爾斯電碼 Mó'ěrsī diànmǎ, cmn 莫斯電碼 Mòsī diànmǎ, cmn 莫士碼 Mòshì-mǎ
Dutch: nl morsecode m, nl morsealfabet n
Esperanto: eo morsa kodo, eo morskodo
Estonian: et morsetähestik
Finnish: fi Morsen aakkoset, fi morseaakkoset
French: fr code Morse m, fr alphabet Morse m
Galician: gl morse, gl código morse
Georgian: ka მორზეს ანბანი, ka მორზეს კოდი
German: de Morsecode f, de Morsealphabet n
Greek: el κώδικας Μορς m, el αλφάβητο Μορς n
Hebrew: he קוד מורס kod mors
Italian: it codice Morse m, it alfabeto Morse m
Japanese: ja モールス信号 モールスしんごう, Mōrusu-shingō
Macedonian: mk Мо́рзеова азбука f
Malay: ms kod Morse
Mongolian: mn Морзын код
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb morsealfabet n
Nynorsk: nn morsealfabet n
Polish: pl kod Morse’a m-in, pl alfabet Morse’a m-in
Portuguese: pt código morse m
Romanian: ro codul Morse n, ro alfabetul Morse n
Russian: ru а́збука Мо́рзе f, ru код Мо́рзе m-in
Spanish: es código Morse m, es alfabeto Morse m
Vietnamese: vi mã Moóc-xơ, vi mã Morse
See also
en dit dah
en eponyms
en Communication Telegraphy