modem
English edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of modulator-demodulator[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈməʊdəm/, /ˈməʊdɛm/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) enPR: mō'dəm, mō'dĕm, IPA(key): /ˈmoʊdəm/, /ˈmoʊdɛm/
Noun edit
modem (plural modems)
- (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 edit
Descendants edit
Descendants of modem in other languages
- → 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:
- → Spanish: módem
- → Swedish: modem
- → Turkish: modem
- → Vietnamese: modem
Translations edit
device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals
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Verb edit
modem (third-person singular simple present modems, present participle modeming or modemming, simple past and past participle modemed or modemmed)
- 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 […]
References edit
- ^ R. Stockwell and D. Minkova, 'English Words: History and Structure', Cambridge University Press (2001).
Anagrams edit
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Noun edit
modem m or n (plural modems, diminutive modempje n)
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Etymology edit
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modem m (plural modems)
Descendants edit
- Turkish: modem
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English modem. [1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
modem (plural modemek)
Declension edit
| 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 |
References edit
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Norman edit
Etymology edit
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modem m (plural modems)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
modem m inan (related adjective modemowy)
Declension edit
Declension of modem
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English modem for European Portuguese and orthographic borrowing from English for Brazilian Portuguese.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
modem m (plural modems or modens)
- (networking, computer hardware) modem (a device that encodes computer signals into telephone signals and vice versa)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
modem n (plural modemuri)
Declension edit
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 edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
mòdēm m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀де̄м)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Noun edit
modem m (plural modems)
- Misspelling of módem.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
modem n
Declension edit
| Declension of modem | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | modem | modemet | modem | modemen |
| Genitive | modems | modemets | modems | modemens |
Vietnamese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mo˧˧ ʔɗem˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [mow˧˧ ʔɗem˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [mow˧˧ ʔɗem˧˧]
- Phonetic: mô đêm
Noun edit
modem