intercom

English

Etymology

Clipping of intercommunicator.

Pronunciation

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Noun

 intercom on Wikipedia

intercom (plural intercoms)

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

   emergency intercom

   talk on the intercom

Derived terms

• video intercom
• intercom system

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), (esp. for ringing remotely) kapucsengő (hu); (between rooms in a building) belső telefon/-hálózat, házi telefon/-hálózat Indonesian: interkom (id) 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 (es) m, citófono m Swedish: porttelefon (sv) Turkish: interkom Ukrainian: домофо́н m (domofón)

Verb

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

1. (ambitransitive) To communicate (with) by intercom.

See also

• door entry system

Anagrams

• INCO term, INCOTERM, Incoterm, incoterm, micronet

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English intercom.

Noun

intercom n (uncountable)

1. intercom

   Synonym: interfon

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	intercom	intercomul
genitive-dative	intercom	intercomului
vocative	intercomule