modem

See also Modem

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Short for modulator-demodulator.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈməʊdəm/, /ˈməʊdɛm/, X-SAMPA: /"m@Ud@m/, /"m@UdEm/
• (US) enPR: mō'dəm, mō'dĕm, IPA: /ˈmɔʊdəm/, /ˈmɔʊdɛm/, X-SAMPA: /"mOUd@m/, /"mOUdEm/

Noun

modem (plural modems)

1. A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals and vice versa and allows computers to communicate over a phone line.

Translations

A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals and vice versa and allows computers to communicate over a phone line

• Arabic: مودم (ar) (muudim) m
• Armenian: մոդեմ (hy) (modem)
• Catalan: mòdem (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調制解調器 (cmn), 调制解调器 (cmn) (tiáozhìjiětiáoqì)

• Czech: modem (cs) m
• Dutch: modem (nl) m and n
• Esperanto: modemo (eo)
• Finnish: modeemi (fi)
• French: modem (fr) m
• German: Modem (de) n
• Greek: διαποδιαμορφωτής (el) (δiapoδiamorfotís) m
• Hebrew: מוֹדֶם (he) (módem) m

• Hindi: मॉडेम (hi) (mŏḍēm)
• Italian: modem (it) m
• Japanese: モデム (ja) (modemu)
• Jèrriais: modem m
• Korean: 모뎀 (ko) (modem)
• Macedonian: модем (mk) (módem) m
• Malay: modem (ms)
• Polish: modem (pl) m
• Russian: модем (ru) (modém) m
• Spanish: módem (es) m
• Swedish: modem (sv) n
• Thai: โมเด็ม (th) (modĕm)
• Vietnamese: modem (vi)
• West Frisian: modem (fy), oerset (fy)

Anagrams

• domme

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmoːdəm/, /ˈmoːdɛm/

Etymology

English modem

Noun

modem m, n (plural modems, diminutive modempje)

1. modem

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French

Etymology

English modem

Pronunciation

• IPA: /modˈɛm/

Noun

modem m (plural modems)

1. modem

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From English modem.

Noun

modem m (plural modems)

1. (computing) modem

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɔd̪ɛm/

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Noun

modem m

1. modem

Declension

    declension of modem

	singular	plural
nominative	modem	modemy
genitive	modemu	modemów
dative	modemowi	modemom
accusative	modem	modemy
instrumental	modemem	modemami
locative	modemie	modemach
vocative	modemie	modemy

Derived terms

• modemowy

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English modem.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mǒdeːm/
• Hyphenation: mo‧dem

Noun

mòdēm m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀де̄м)

1. modem

Declension

    declension of modem

	singular	plural
nominative	mòdēm	modemi
genitive	modéma	modema
dative	modemu	modemima
accusative	modem	modeme
vocative	modeme	modemi
locative	modemu	modemima
instrumental	modemom	modemima

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Spanish

Noun

modem m

1. Common misspelling of módem.

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Swedish

Etymology

English modem

Noun

modem n (plural modem, definite singular modemet, definite plural modemen)

1. modem

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmodem/
• Vietnamese transliteration: mô-đêm

Etymology

English modem

Noun

modem m

1. modem