Meanings
plural intercoms
- An independent, telephonic communication system, set up around and throughout a building, complex, or residence, typically for access control.
emergency intercom
1 more example
talk on the intercom
present singular third person intercoms · participle present intercomming · participle present intercoming · participle past intercommed · past intercommed · participle past intercomed · past intercomed
- ambitransitiveTo communicate (with) by intercom.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna communication system linking different rooms within a building or ship etc
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Clipping of intercommunicator.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans interkom
- interkoman electronic communication system
Catalan intèrfon, intercomunicador
- intèrfonan electronic communication system
- intercomunicadoran electronic communication system
Chinese Mandarin 對講機 /对讲机
- 對講機 /对讲机 (duìjiǎngjī)an electronic communication system
Danish samtaleanlæg, dørtelefon
- samtaleanlægan electronic communication system
- dørtelefonan electronic communication system
Esperanto pordotelefono
- pordotelefonoan electronic communication system
Finnish sisäpuhelin
- sisäpuhelinan electronic communication system
French interphone, portier électronique
- interphonean electronic communication system
- portier électroniquean electronic communication system
- parlophonean electronic communication system
German Gegensprechanlage, Sprechanlage
- Gegensprechanlagean electronic communication system
- Sprechanlagean electronic communication system
Greek θυροτηλέφωνο
- θυροτηλέφωνο (thyrotiléfono)an electronic communication system
Hungarian (doorphone, entryphone) kaputelefon, kapucsengő
- (doorphone, entryphone) kaputelefonan electronic communication system
- kapucsengőan electronic communication system
- belső telefon/-hálózatan electronic communication system
- házi telefon/-hálózatan electronic communication system
Indonesian interkom
- interkoman electronic communication system
Italian citofono
- citofonoan electronic communication system
Japanese インターホン, インカム
- インターホン (intāhon)an electronic communication system
- インカム (inkamu)an electronic communication system
- インターカム (intākamu)an electronic communication system
Korean 인터폰
- 인터폰 (inteopon)an electronic communication system
Polish domofon (entryphone)
- domofon (entryphone)an electronic communication system
Portuguese interfone
- interfonean electronic communication system
Russian интерко́м, систе́ма двусторо́нней свя́зи
- интерко́м (intɛrkóm)an electronic communication system
- систе́ма двусторо́нней свя́зи (sistéma dvustorónnej svjázi)an electronic communication system
- перегово́рное устро́йство (peregovórnoje ustrójstvo)an electronic communication system
- домофо́н (domofón)an electronic communication system
- вну́тренняя связь (vnútrennjaja svjazʹ)an electronic communication system
Spanish portero automático, telefonillo
- portero automáticoan electronic communication system
- telefonilloan electronic communication system
- citófonoan electronic communication system
- intercoman electronic communication system
- interfonoan electronic communication system
Swedish porttelefon
- porttelefonan electronic communication system
Turkish interkom
- interkoman electronic communication system
Ukrainian домофо́н
- домофо́н (domofón)an electronic communication system
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Cite this entry
intercom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intercom
“intercom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intercom. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intercom,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intercom.
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