intercom

English edit

Etymology edit

Clipping of intercommunicator.

Pronunciation edit

Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun edit

intercom on Wikipedia

intercom (plural intercoms)

An electronic communication system, especially one between rooms in a building.
emergency intercom

talk on the intercom

Translations edit

an electronic communication system

Afrikaans: interkom
Catalan: intèrfon m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 對講機／对讲机 (zh) (duìjiǎngjī)
Danish: samtaleanlæg n
Esperanto: pordotelefono
Finnish: sisäpuhelin
French: interphone (fr) m, portier électronique m, parlophone (fr) m (Belgium)
Galician: porteiro automático m
Georgian: ინტერკომი (inṭerḳomi), ორმხრივი კავშირი (ormxrivi ḳavširi), ორმხრივი შიდა კავშირი (ormxrivi šida ḳavširi)
German: Gegensprechanlage (de) f, Sprechanlage (de) f
Greek: θυροτηλέφωνο (el) n (thyrotiléfono)
Hungarian: (doorphone, entryphone) kaputelefon (hu); (between rooms in a building) belső telefon/-hálózat, házi telefon/-hálózat
Italian: citofono (it) m
Japanese: インターホン (intāhon), インカム (inkamu), インターカム (intākamu)
Korean: 인터폰 (ko) (inteopon)
Polish: domofon (pl) m (entryphone)
Portuguese: interfone (pt)
Russian: интерко́м (ru) m (intɛrkóm), систе́ма двусторо́нней свя́зи f (sistéma dvustorónnej svjázi), перегово́рное устро́йство n (peregovórnoje ustrójstvo), домофо́н (ru) m (domofón) (entryphone), вну́тренняя связь f (vnútrennjaja svjazʹ)
Spanish: portero automático m, telefonillo m, intercomunicador m, citófono m
Swedish: porttelefon (sv)
Turkish: interkom
Ukrainian: домофо́н m (domofón)

Verb edit

intercom (third-person singular simple present intercoms, present participle intercomming, simple past and past participle intercommed)

(transitive, intransitive) To communicate (with) by intercom.

Anagrams edit

INCO term, INCOTERM, Incoterm, incoterm, micronet

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English intercom.

Noun edit

intercom n (uncountable)

intercom
Synonym: interfon

Declension edit

declension of intercom (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) intercom	intercomul
genitive/dative	(unui) intercom	intercomului
vocative	intercomule