interconnect

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verb

To connect to one another.

“The Internet interconnects a set of networks.”

Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

verbinterconnect (third-person singular simple present interconnects, present participle interconnecting, simple past and past participle interconnected)

present singular third person interconnects · participle present interconnecting · participle past interconnected · past interconnected

  1. transitiveTo connect to one another.

    The Internet interconnects a set of networks.

    Synonyms: anastomose, interlink

nouninterconnect (plural interconnects)

plural interconnects

  1. businessAn interconnection.

    These interconnects are suitable for any kind of point-to-point on-chip communication, such as in a SoC to connect nearby or far away system blocks and in a NoC between two routers.

    2011, Ethiopia Enideg Nigussie, Variation Tolerant On-Chip Interconnects, page 118

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo connect to one another.

More synonyms by meaning

verbbe interwoven or interconnected

verbcause to be interconnected or interwoven

Similar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  9. Proto-Italic*kom
  10. Proto-Italic*kom-
  11. Latincon-
  12. Latinnectō
  13. Latincōnectō
  14. Latinconnectō
  15. Englishconnect
  16. Englishinterconnect

From inter- + connect.

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Translations

Czech propojit
  • propojitto connect to one another
Finnish yhdistää, johdinveto
  • yhdistääto connect to one another
  • johdinvetointerconnection in electronics
  • johtointerconnection in electronics
  • johdotusinterconnection in electronics
French interconnecter
  • interconnecterto connect to one another
Japanese 相互接続
  • 相互接続 (sōgo setsuzoku)to connect to one another
Portuguese interligar
  • interligarto connect to one another
Russian свя́зывать, связа́ть
  • свя́зывать (svjázyvatʹ)to connect to one another
  • связа́ть (svjazátʹ)to connect to one another
  • соединя́ть (sojedinjátʹ)to connect to one another
  • соедини́ть (sojedinítʹ)to connect to one another
  • взаимосвязывать (vzaimosvjazyvatʹ)to connect to one another
  • взаимосвязать (vzaimosvjazatʹ)to connect to one another
  • связываться (svjazyvatʹsja)to connect to one another
  • связаться (svjazatʹsja)to connect to one another
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APA

interconnect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interconnect

MLA

“interconnect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interconnect. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interconnect,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interconnect.

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