noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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noun
Meaning 1
An independent, telephonic communication system, set up around and throughout a building, complex, or residence, typically for access control.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
emergency intercom
talk on the intercom
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To communicate (with) by intercom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a communication system linking different rooms within a building or ship etc
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intercommunication system
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: communication system
Narrower terms: interphone
History
Etymology
Clipping of intercommunicator.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
interkom
— an electronic communication system
Catalan:
intèrfon
— an electronic communication system
Catalan:
intercomunicador
— an electronic communication system
Chinese Mandarin:
對講機 /对讲机
(duìjiǎngjī)
— an electronic communication system
Danish:
samtaleanlæg
— an electronic communication system
Danish:
dørtelefon
— an electronic communication system
Esperanto:
pordotelefono
— an electronic communication system
Finnish:
sisäpuhelin
— an electronic communication system
French:
interphone
— an electronic communication system
French:
portier électronique
— an electronic communication system
French:
parlophone
— an electronic communication system
Galician:
porteiro automático
— an electronic communication system
Georgian:
ინტერკომი
(inṭerḳomi)
— an electronic communication system
Georgian:
ორმხრივი კავშირი
(ormxrivi ḳavširi)
— an electronic communication system
Georgian:
ორმხრივი შიდა კავშირი
(ormxrivi šida ḳavširi)
— an electronic communication system
German:
Gegensprechanlage
— an electronic communication system
German:
Sprechanlage
— an electronic communication system
Greek:
θυροτηλέφωνο
(thyrotiléfono)
— an electronic communication system
Hungarian:
(doorphone, entryphone) kaputelefon
— an electronic communication system
Hungarian:
kapucsengő
— an electronic communication system
Hungarian:
belső telefon/-hálózat
— an electronic communication system
Hungarian:
házi telefon/-hálózat
— an electronic communication system
Indonesian:
interkom
— an electronic communication system
Italian:
citofono
— an electronic communication system
Japanese:
インターホン
(intāhon)
— an electronic communication system
Japanese:
インカム
(inkamu)
— an electronic communication system
Japanese:
インターカム
(intākamu)
— an electronic communication system
Korean:
인터폰
(inteopon)
— an electronic communication system
Polish:
domofon (entryphone)
— an electronic communication system
Portuguese:
interfone
— an electronic communication system
Russian:
интерко́м
(intɛrkóm)
— an electronic communication system
Russian:
систе́ма двусторо́нней свя́зи
(sistéma dvustorónnej svjázi)
— an electronic communication system
Russian:
перегово́рное устро́йство
(peregovórnoje ustrójstvo)
— an electronic communication system
Russian:
домофо́н
(domofón)
— an electronic communication system
Russian:
вну́тренняя связь
(vnútrennjaja svjazʹ)
— an electronic communication system
Spanish:
portero automático
— an electronic communication system
Spanish:
telefonillo
— an electronic communication system
Spanish:
citófono
— an electronic communication system
Spanish:
intercom
— an electronic communication system
Spanish:
interfono
— an electronic communication system
Swedish:
porttelefon
— an electronic communication system
Turkish:
interkom
— an electronic communication system
Ukrainian:
домофо́н
(domofón)
— an electronic communication system