hotline en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keHy- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰeti Proto-Indo-European *kéHidʰeti Proto-Indo-European *kéHidos Proto-Germanic *haitaz Proto-West Germanic *hait Old English hāt Middle English hot English hot Proto-Indo-European *līno-der.? Proto-Germanic *līną Proto-Germanic *līnǭ Proto-West Germanic *līnā Old English līne Middle English line English line English hotline From hot + line.
Meanings
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A telephone line that is always staffed and able to give immediate assistance.
Suicidal people can have discussions about suicide on pro-life peer-to-peer forums and hotlines without fear of judgment or intervention.
2016 December 11, Jennings Brown, “The sordid history of the first sanctioned suicide forum”, in Daily Dot, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2016:If you've got any problems with the product, ring our hotline.
Tim McIntyre, executive vice president of communication for Domino’s, said in an email the company has developed other features to help disabled customers, like voice-activated ordering devices and a hotline that customers with screen-readers can use to report difficulties with the site.
2019 December 22, Abdel Jimenez, “Software can help the blind access the internet, but not every site supports it”, in Chicago Tribune, 172nd year, number 356, section 2 (Business), page 3, column 1:Increasing access to mental health services in remote and rural areas, where suicide rates tend to be higher, is a priority, and the 988 hotline is a useful bridge to those communities, Dr. Crawford said.
2024 December 7, Vjosa Isai, “Canada’s 988 Crisis Hotline, a ‘Pathway to Survival,’ One Year Later”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2024:[M]any mobile phone companies have nuisance call hotlines, to which you can report a bully's phone number.
2004 August 11, Catherine Nixey, “Victim support in the playground”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 29 Dec 2015:
- A direct line between two people, especially one between heads of state to be used in an emergency.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hot line | alternative | lexicographic | |
| hotlines | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Descendants
핫라인 · hotline · hotline · ホットライン · Hotline
Translations (31)
pl infolinia (telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance) · uk гаря́ча лі́нія (telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance) · de Hotline (telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance) · vi đường dây khẩn cấp (telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance) · cmn 熱線 /热线 (direct line between two people) · bg гореща линия (telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance) · ar خَطّ سَاخِن (telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance) · ru горя́чая ли́ния (direct line between two people) · fr assistance téléphonique (telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance) · ru пряма́я ли́ния (direct line between two people) · sv heta linjen (telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance) · vi đường dây nóng (direct line between two people) · ru горя́чая ли́ния (telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance) · hu forródrót (direct line between two people) · fi palvelunumero (telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance) · hu forródrót (telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance) · vi đường dây nóng (telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance) · fi päivystysnumero (telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance) · az qaynar xətt (telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance) · ja ホットライン (telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance) · hu segélyvonal (telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance) · cmn 熱線 /热线 (telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance) · fr téléphone rouge (direct line between two people) · fi kuuma linja (direct line between two people) · be гара́чая лі́нія (telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance) · ja ホットライン (direct line between two people) · ko 핫라인 (telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance) · ko 핫라인 (direct line between two people) · vi đường dây khẩn cấp (direct line between two people) · es línea directa (telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance) · kk жедел желі (telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance)