telegramme

From tele- +‎ -gramme.

telegramme (plural telegrammes)

1. Rare spelling of telegram.
   • 2016, Tinnean, “Warrick”, in Destiny’s End, [Petersburg, Va.]: JMS Books LLC, →ISBN, page 41:

     I hope you have a good trip, my love. Send me a telegramme to let me know when you arrive in Montreal.

telegramme (third-person singular simple present telegrammes, present participle telegramming, simple past and past participle telegrammed)

1. Rare spelling of telegram.
   • 1974, L.A.W.G. Letter‎^[1], volumes 2–3, Toronto, Ont.: Latin American Working Group, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     We urge everyone to telegramme their opposition to the arrest of Francisco Antonio Santos and all others detained, demanding their release and citing the imprisonments as a violation of fundamental political and human rights.

   • 2003, Nicholas Atkin, “Agents consulaires or agents provocateurs?”, in The Forgotten French: Exiles in the British Isles, 1940–44, Manchester; New York, N.Y.: Manchester University Press, →ISBN, chapter 4 (The surveillance of exile: the Vichy consulates), page 158:

     So it was that Chartier was forced to telegramme en clair, meaning that his contacts with Vichy were open for all to read and were thus largely confined to run-of-the-mill information.

   • 2016, Tinnean, “Warrick”, in Destiny’s End, [Petersburg, Va.]: JMS Books LLC, →ISBN, page 96:

     I was ashamed I hadn’t thought of letting Mother know John was dead. As for Father, it was unlikely he would have given his solicitor instructions to telegramme her.