hotline

See also: Hotline and hot line

English

Alternative forms

hot line

Etymology

hot +‎ line

Pronunciation

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Noun

hotline (plural hotlines)

A telephone line that is always staffed and able to give immediate assistance.
If you've got any problems with the product, ring our hotline.
A direct line between two people, especially one between heads of state to be used in an emergency.

Derived terms

crisis hotline

Descendants

→ German: Hotline

Translations

telephone line that is able to give immediate assistance

Arabic: خَطّ سَاخِن m (ḵaṭṭ sāḵin)
Azerbaijani: qaynar xətt
Belarusian: гара́чая лі́нія f (haráčaja línija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 熱線／热线 (zh) (rèxiàn)
Finnish: päivystysnumero, palvelunumero
French: assistance téléphonique
German: Hotline (de) f
Japanese: ホットライン (hottorain)
Kazakh: жедел желі (jedel jelı)
Korean: 핫라인 (ko) (hannain)
Polish: infolinia (pl) f
Russian: горя́чая ли́ния f (gorjáčaja línija)
Spanish: línea directa f
Swedish: heta linjen (sv) c
Ukrainian: гаря́ча лі́нія f (harjáča línija)
Vietnamese: đường dây nóng, đường dây khẩn cấp

direct line between two people

Chinese:
Mandarin: 熱線／热线 (zh) (rèxiàn)
Finnish: kuuma linja
French: téléphone rouge
Japanese: ホットライン (hottorain)
Korean: 핫라인 (ko) (hannain)
Russian: горя́чая ли́ния f (gorjáčaja línija), пряма́я ли́ния (ru) f (prjamája línija)
Vietnamese: đường dây nóng, đường dây khẩn cấp

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French: ^{(please verify)} hotline (fr) f, ^{(please verify)} aide en ligne (fr) f

Verb

hotline (third-person singular simple present hotlines, present participle hotlining, simple past and past participle hotlined)

To communicate over a telephone hotline.

Anagrams

neolith, thelion, theolin

French

Pronunciation

^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɔ.tlajn/

Noun

hotline f (plural hotlines)

hotline

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hotline.

Noun

hotline f (uncountable)

hotline

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