Octogenarian in Morse Code
Using our Alphabet to morse chart, the word octogenarian translates to
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Listen to how "octogenarian" sounds in morse code
You can see the letter breakdown of the word in the table below.
What is Morse code?
In Morse code, letters are represented by short and long marks. Back in the 19th century, Morse code emerged for long-distance communication. At first, it could only express a few characters with basic signals. Eventually, Morse code expanded to cover the full alphabet. In 1851, a standardised form called International Morse Code was introduced.
How to translate Morse code?
With MorseTranslator, translating English text into Morse is simple. As an example, octogenarian is encoded as --- -.-. - --- --. . -. .- .-. .. .- -.. You can even listen to it using the audio playback feature. To decode manually, you'll need to understand the basic symbols: dits and dahs. Each Morse character mirrors a letter in the English alphabet.