intercom

English

Etymology

Clipping of intercommunicator.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

intercom (plural intercoms)

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

   emergency intercom

   talk on the intercom

Translations

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

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

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

Anagrams

• INCO term, INCOTERM, Incoterm, incoterm, micronet

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English intercom.

Noun

intercom n (uncountable)

1. intercom

   Synonym: interfon

Declension

declension of intercom (singular only)

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