modem

See also: Modem, módem, and mòdem

English

Etymology

Clipping of modulator-demodulator

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊdəm/, /ˈməʊdɛm/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (US) enPR: mō'dəm, mō'dĕm, IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊdəm/, /ˈmoʊdɛm/

Noun

modem (plural modems)

1. (computing) A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line.
   • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 416:

     Choose and rent, over PC and modem and fiber-optic line, from tens of thousands of second-run films, documentaries, the occasional sport, old beloved non—‘Happy Days’ programs, wholly new programs, cultural stuff, and c. […]

Derived terms

• cable modem
• fax modem
• modemless
• nonmodem
• null modem
• radio modem
• smartmodem
• softmodem
• USB modem
• Winmodem
• wireless modem

 

Descendants

Descendants

• → Armenian: մոդեմ (modem)
• → Catalan: mòdem
• → Dutch: modem
• → Esperanto: modemo
• → Finnish: modeemi
• → French: modem
• → German: Modem
• → Hebrew: מודם (módem)
• → Hungarian: modem
• → Ido: modemo
• → Japanese: モデム (modemu)
• → Korean: 모뎀 (modem)
• → Norman: modem
• → Polish: modem
• → Portuguese: modem
• → Russian: моде́м (modém)
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: модем
  • Latin script: modem
• → Spanish: módem
• → Swedish: modem
• → Turkish: modem
• → Vietnamese: modem

Translations

device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals

• Afrikaans: modem
• Albanian: modem m
• Arabic: مُودِم m (mūdim), مُودِم m (modem)
• Armenian: մոդեմ (hy) (modem)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܘܿܕܹܡ m (mōdēm)
• Azerbaijani: modem
• Belarusian: мадэ́м m (madém)
• Bengali: মডেম (moḍem)
• Bulgarian: модем m (modem)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: mòdem (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調制解調器／调制解调器 (zh) (tiáozhìjiětiáoqì), 數據機／数据机 (shùjùjī)

• Czech: modem (cs) m
• Dutch: modem (nl) m or n
• Esperanto: modemo
• Estonian: modem (et)
• Finnish: modeemi (fi)
• French: modem (fr) m
• Georgian: მოდემი (modemi)
• German: Modem (de) n
• Greek: διαποδιαμορφωτής (el) m (diapodiamorfotís), μοντέμ (montém)
• Hebrew: מוֹדֶם (he) m (módem)
• Hindi: मॉडेम (mŏḍem)
• Hungarian: modem (hu)
• Indonesian: modem (id)
• Italian: modem (it) m
• Japanese: モデム (ja) (modemu)
• Kazakh: модем (modem)
• Khmer: ម៉ូដឹម (km) (moodəm)
• Korean: 모뎀 (modem)
• Kyrgyz: модем (modem)
• Lao: ໂມເດັມ (mō dem)
• Latvian: modems m
• Lithuanian: modemas m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Modem n, Toonwandler m

• Macedonian: мо́дем m (módem)
• Malay: modem (ms)
• Maori: pouwhanga
• Mongolian: модем (modem)
• Norman: modem m (Jersey)
• Persian: مودم (fa) (môdem)
• Polish: modem (pl) m
• Portuguese: modem (pt) m
• Romanian: modem (ro) n
• Russian: моде́м (ru) m (modɛ́m)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мо̀де̄м m

  Roman: mòdēm (sh) m

• Slovak: modem m
• Slovene: modem (sl) m
• Spanish: módem (es) m
• Swedish: modem (sv) n
• Tajik: модем (modem)
• Tatar: модем (modem)
• Thai: โมเด็ม (moh-dem)
• Turkish: modem (tr)
• Turkmen: modem
• Ukrainian: моде́м m (modém)
• Urdu: موڈیم (moḍem)
• Uzbek: modem
• Vietnamese: modem (vi), bộ điều giải
• West Frisian: modem, oerset
• Yiddish: מאָדעם (modem)

Verb

modem (third-person singular simple present modems, present participle modeming or modemming, simple past and past participle modemed or modemmed)

1. To transmit by modem.
   • 1992, Jim Kimble, How to get started with modems, page 73:

     Personal modeming is most prevalent in the U.S., where a modem generally doesn't have huge taxes slapped on it, and after-tax income is comparatively high.

   • 1994, Carole Marsh, Jurassic Ark! Alaska Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures, page 7:

     “Books” can even be faxed or modemed to you!

   • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 19:

     He had to modem in to the agency and say that there was an emergency […]

Anagrams

• domme, ommed

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːdəm/, /ˈmoːdɛm/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

modem m or n (plural modems, diminutive modempje n)

1. modem

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.dɛm/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

modem m (plural modems)

1. modem

Descendants

• Turkish: modem

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmodɛm]
• Hyphenation: mo‧dem
• Rhymes: -ɛm

Noun

modem (plural modemek)

1. (computer hardware) modem

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	modem	modemek
accusative	modemet	modemeket
dative	modemnek	modemeknek
instrumental	modemmel	modemekkel
causal-final	modemért	modemekért
translative	modemmé	modemekké
terminative	modemig	modemekig
essive-formal	modemként	modemekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	modemben	modemekben
superessive	modemen	modemeken
adessive	modemnél	modemeknél
illative	modembe	modemekbe
sublative	modemre	modemekre
allative	modemhez	modemekhez
elative	modemből	modemekből
delative	modemről	modemekről
ablative	modemtől	modemektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	modemé	modemeké
non-attributive possessive - plural	modeméi	modemekéi

Possessive forms of modem
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	modemem	modemeim
2nd person sing.	modemed	modemeid
3rd person sing.	modeme	modemei
1st person plural	modemünk	modemeink
2nd person plural	modemetek	modemeitek
3rd person plural	modemük	modemeik

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Noun

modem m (plural modems)

1. (Jersey, computing) modem

Polish

modemy

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.dɛm/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔdɛm
• Syllabification: mo‧dem

Noun

modem m inan (related adjective modemowy)

1. (computing) modem

Declension

Declension of modem

	singular	plural
nominative	modem	modemy
genitive	modemu	modemów
dative	modemowi	modemom
accusative	modem	modemy
instrumental	modemem	modemami
locative	modemie	modemach
vocative	modemie	modemy

Further reading

• modem in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• modem in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English modem for European Portuguese and orthographic borrowing from English for Brazilian Portuguese.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.dẽj̃/ [ˈmo.dẽɪ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.dɛm/ [ˈmɔ.ðɛm]

Noun

modem m (plural modems or modens)

1. (networking, computer hardware) modem (a device that encodes computer signals into telephone signals and vice versa)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Noun

modem n (plural modemuri)

1. modem

Declension

Declension of modem

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) modem	modemul	(niște) modemuri	modemurile
genitive/dative	(unui) modem	modemului	(unor) modemuri	modemurilor
vocative	modemule		modemurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǒdeːm/
• Hyphenation: mo‧dem

Noun

mòdēm m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀де̄м)

1. modem

Declension

Declension of modem

	singular	plural
nominative	mòdēm	modemi
genitive	modéma	modema
dative	modemu	modemima
accusative	modem	modeme
vocative	modeme	modemi
locative	modemu	modemima
instrumental	modemom	modemima

Spanish

Noun

modem m (plural modems)

1. Misspelling of módem.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Noun

modem n

1. modem

Declension

Declension of modem
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	modem	modemet	modem	modemen
Genitive	modems	modemets	modems	modemens

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• mô đêm

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mo˧˧ ʔɗem˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mow˧˧ ʔɗem˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [mow˧˧ ʔɗem˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: mô đêm

Noun

modem

1. modem