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in·ter·com

(ĭn′tər-kŏm′)

An electronic intercommunication system, as between two rooms.

[Short for intercommunication.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

intercom

(ˈɪntəˌkɒm)

(Telecommunications) informal an internal telephone system for communicating within a building, an aircraft, etc

[C20: short for intercommunication]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

in•ter•com

(ˈɪn tərˌkɒm)

n.

a communication system within a building, airplane, etc., with a loudspeaker or receiver for listening and a microphone for speaking at each of two or more points.

[1935–40; shortening of intercommunication system]

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Noun

intercom - a communication system linking different rooms within a building or ship etc

intercommunication system

communication system - a system for communicating

interphone - a telephonic intercommunication system linking different rooms in a building or ship etc

intercom speaker, squawk box, squawker - the loudspeaker on an intercom or public address system

Translations

نِظَامُ الإِتِّصَالُ الدَّاخِلِيُّنِظام الإتصال الداخلي

domácí telefonpalubní telefon

samtaleanlæg

Sprechanlage

σύστημα ενδοεπικοινωνίας

intercomunicador interfono

sisäpuhelin

interphone

interkom

házitelefon

kallkerfi

citofono interfono

インターコム

내부 통신 시스템

vidaus komunikacijos ryšys

iekšējais telefons

intercom

hustelefon intercom interkom

telefon wewnętrzny

intercomunicador interfone

интерком

palubný telefón

domofon

interntelefon

การติดต่อทางโทรศัพท์ภายในอาคาร

iç haberleşme sistemiinterkom

hệ thống liên lạc nội bộ

内部通讯联络系统对讲电话装置

intercom

[ˈɪntəkɒm] N → intercomunicador m, interfono m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

intercom

[ˈɪntə^rkɒm] n → interphone m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

intercom

n → (Gegen)sprechanlage f; (in ship, plane) → Bordverständigungsanlage f; (in schools etc) → Lautsprecheranlage f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

intercom

[ˈɪntəˌkɒm] n (fam) → interfono

intercom

(ˈintəkom) noun

a system of communication within an aeroplane, factory etc usually by means of microphones and loudspeakers. The pilot spoke to the passengers over the intercom.

intercom

→ نِظَامُ الإِتِّصَالُ الدَّاخِلِيُّ domácí telefon samtaleanlæg Sprechanlage σύστημα ενδοεπικοινωνίας intercomunicador, interfono sisäpuhelin interphone interkom citofono インターコム 내부 통신 시스템 intercom intercom telefon wewnętrzny intercomunicador, interfone интерком interntelefon การติดต่อทางโทรศัพท์ภายในอาคาร interkom hệ thống liên lạc nội bộ 对讲电话装置

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