Meanings
verbintraphone (plural intraphones)
plural intraphones
- Synonym of intercom.
"We were Tail-end Charlie in getting over the target," Paine explained. "Then I heard Lieutenant S. A. Komarek—he's from Muskegon, Michigan—yell through the intraphone, 'Bomb doors open! . . . Left! . . . Right a bit! . . . Hard right! More right!'"
1942 December 5, Donald Wilhelm, “The Flight of the Bomber Phyllis”, in Liberty, page 11Synonyms: intercom
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of intercom.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros
- Latin*interus
- Latinintrā
- Englishintra-
- Frenchtélé-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
- Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
- Frenchtéléphone
- Englishtelephoneclip.
- Englishphone
- Englishintraphone
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Cite this entry
APA
intraphone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intraphone
MLA
“intraphone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intraphone. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intraphone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intraphone.
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