Dictionary

teleprompter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈtɛləˌpɹɑmptəɹ/ (US)

Etymology

From tele- + prompter; genericized trademark, originally styled TelePrompTer.

Meanings

1. A device placed near or on a television camera that displays scrolling text, allowing a person to read a script while appearing to speak spontaneously to the camera.
   • Ahem ... GRBLB BLABT UNT MIT SPEEB!! OOT PIFFOO BLABOO... [pause] Would someone please give the Teleprompter a swift kick... 1984 April 20, Berkeley Breathed, Bloom County (comic):
   • He was more at ease in reading his speech off the dual screens of a teleprompter than looking up and down at a speech text on his lectern. 2009 March 6, Mark Knoller, CBS News:

Forms

Deriveds

teleprompterless

Synonyms

autocue

Translations (35)

uk суфле́р (device that displays scrolling text) · it suggeritore elettronico (device that displays scrolling text) · pt teleprompter (device that displays scrolling text) · sh блѐсиметар (device that displays scrolling text) · sh blèsimetar (device that displays scrolling text) · hu súgógép (device that displays scrolling text) · ca apuntador òptic (device that displays scrolling text) · ca teleapuntador (device that displays scrolling text) · es teleprónter (device that displays scrolling text) · ms telepanduan (device that displays scrolling text) · fr télésouffleur (device that displays scrolling text) · ru телесуфлёр (device that displays scrolling text) · sv teleprompter (device that displays scrolling text) · es teleapuntador (device that displays scrolling text) · es autocue (device that displays scrolling text) · de Prompter (device that displays scrolling text) · ga uathleideoir (device that displays scrolling text) · pt teleponto (device that displays scrolling text) · ja プロンプター (device that displays scrolling text) · ru телепро́мптер (device that displays scrolling text) · id layar baca (device that displays scrolling text) · fr téléprompteur (device that displays scrolling text) · id pengial baca (device that displays scrolling text) · ar شَاشَة الْقِرَاءَة (device that displays scrolling text) · ko 텔레프롬프터 (device that displays scrolling text) · cmn 提詞器 /提词器 (device that displays scrolling text) · fi teleprompteri (device that displays scrolling text) · it gobbo elettronico (device that displays scrolling text) · cmn 提字器 (device that displays scrolling text) · ca teleprompter (device that displays scrolling text) · fr prompteur (device that displays scrolling text) · pl prompter (device that displays scrolling text) · cy teleweinydd (device that displays scrolling text) · ja テレプロンプター (device that displays scrolling text) · ru телепро́мтер (device that displays scrolling text)