communication

English

Etymology

Old French communicacion, from Latin commūnicātiōnem, accusative singular of commūnicātiō (“imparting, communicating”), from commūnicō (“share, impart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kʌˌmjunɪˈkeɪʃən/, SAMPA: /kV%mjunI"keIS@n/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

Wikipedia communication (plural communications)

1. (uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging information between entities.

   Some say that communication is a necessary prerequisite for sentience; others say that it is a result thereof.

2. The potential for information exchange.

   The node had established communication with the network, but had as yet sent no data.

3. A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.

   Surveillance was accomplished by means of intercepting the spies' communications.

4. The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.

   The subpoena required that the company document their communication with the plaintiff.

5. An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.

   The professors' communications consisted of lively discussions via email.

6. A passageway or opening between two locations.

   A round archway at the far end of the hallway provided communication to the main chamber.

7. (anatomy) A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
   • 1855, William Stokes, The Diseases of the Heart and the Aorta Page 617

     ...and here a free communication had been established between the aorta and the vena cava.

Related terms

• communications (the science and technology of communicating, especially by electronic means)
• communicate
• communicator

Translations

concept of information exchange

Arabic: إتصالات (ar) ('ittiSalaat) f. pl. Bulgarian: общуване (bg) (obštuvane) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 通信 (cmn), 通信 (cmn) (tōngxìn) Czech: dorozumívání (cs) n. Danish: kommunikation (da) Dutch: communicatie (nl) French: communication (fr) f. German: Kommunikation (de) f. Greek: επικοινωνία (el) f. (epikoinonía) Greenlandic: attaveqaqatigiinneq (kl)

Hebrew: תקשורת (he) (tiqshóret) f. Hindi: संचार (hi) (sanchaar) m. Italian: comunicazione (it) Japanese: 通信 (ja) (つうしん, tsūshin), コミュニケーション (ja) (komyunikēshon) Korean: 통신 (ko) (tongsin) (通信 (ko)), 커뮤니케이션 (ko) (keomyunikeisyeon) Polish: komunikacja (pl) f. Portuguese: comunicação (pt) f. Romanian: comunicare (ro) f., comunicație (ro) f., Russian: коммуникация (ru) (kommunikácija) f., общение (ru) (obščénije) n. Swahili: mawasiliano (sw)

potential for information exchange

Bulgarian: връзка (bg) f., комуникация (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 交流 (cmn) (jiāoliú) German: Kommunikation (de) f. Greek: επικοινωνία (el) (epikoinonía) f. Hebrew: קשר (he) (qésher) m.

Japanese: 交流 (ja) (こうりゅう, kōryū) Polish: komunikacja (pl) f. Portuguese: comunicação f. Romanian: comunicație (ro) f., legătură (ro) f. Russian: связь (ru) f. Template:svjaz', соединение (ru) (sojedinénije) n. Swahili: mawasiliano (sw)

a message

Bulgarian: съобщение (bg) (sǎobšténie) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 訊息 (cmn), 讯息 (cmn) (xùnxí) German: Kommunikation (de) f. Greek: επικοινωνία (el) (epikoinonía) f.

Hebrew: מסר (he) (méser) m., הודעה (he) (hoda`á) f. Hindi: सन्देश  (hi) (sandesh) m. Portuguese: comunicação f., comunicado m. Romanian: comunicare (ro), veste (ro) n., știre (ro) f., mesaj (ro) n. Russian: сообщение (ru) (soobščénije) n.

body of data exchange

Bulgarian: съобщение (bg) (sǎobšténie) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 通訊設施 (cmn), 通讯设施 (cmn) (tōngxìn shèshī)

German: Kommunikationsdaten (de) f. Russian: сообщение (ru) (soobščénije) n. Swahili: mawasiyano (sw)

instance of data transfer

Chinese: Mandarin: 通信 (cmn), 通信 (cmn) (tōngxìn) German: Kommunikation (de) f.

Hebrew: מסר (he) (méser) m., הודעה (he) (hoda`á) f. Russian: сообщение (ru) (soobščénije) n. Swahili: mawasiyano (sw)

passageway or opening

German: Durchgang m. Hebrew: מעבר (he) (ma`avár) m. Portuguese: comunicação f. (1)

Romanian: comunicație (ro) f. Russian: сообщение (ru) (soobščénije) n. Swahili: mawasiyano (sw)

anatomical connection

German: Verbindung (de) f. Portuguese: comunicação f. (1), conexão

Romanian: legătură (ro) f. Swahili: mawasiliano (sw)

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Serbo-Croatian: komuniciranje French: communication f.

Norwegian: kommunikasjon m. Lithuanian: komunikacija Persian: ارتباط (ertebât) Spanish: comunicación f.

Derived terms

anticommunication communication disorder communication engineering communications satellite confidential communication

excommunication miscommunication noncommunication privileged communication telecommunication

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Noun

communication f. (plural communications)

1. communication

Related terms

• communiquer