intercom

== English == === Etymology === Clipping of intercommunicator. === Pronunciation === === Noun === intercom (plural intercoms) An independent, telephonic communication system, set up around and throughout a building, complex, or residence, typically for access control. ==== Derived terms ==== video intercom intercom system ==== Translations ==== === Verb === intercom (third-person singular simple present intercoms, present participle intercomming or intercoming, simple past and past participle intercommed or intercomed) (ambitransitive) To communicate (with) by intercom. === See also === door entry system entryphone === Anagrams === INCO term, INCOTERM, Incoterm, incoterm, micronet == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English intercom. === Noun === intercom n (uncountable) intercom Synonym: interfon ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English intercom. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /inteɾˈkom/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾˈkõm] Rhymes: -om IPA(key): /ˈinteɾkom/ [ˈĩn̪.t̪eɾ.kõm] Rhymes: -inteɾkom Syllabification: in‧ter‧com === Noun === intercom m (plural intercoms) (Latin America) intercom ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “intercom”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010