communication

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) communicacion, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) commūnicātiōnem, accusative singular of (deprecated template usage) commūnicātiō, from (deprecated template usage) commūnicō.

Pronunciation

• , Template:SAMPA

Noun

communication (plural communications)

1. Template: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. Template: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 f or pl ('ittiSalaat)
• Bulgarian: общуване n (obštuvane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 通信 (tōngxìn), 通信 (tōngxìn)

• Czech: dorozumívání n
• Danish: kommunikation
• Dutch: communicatie (nl)
• French: communication (fr) f
• German: Kommunikation (de) f
• Greek: επικοινωνία (el) f (epikoinonía) (epikoinonía)
• Greenlandic: attaveqaqatigiinneq
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: תקשורת f (tiqshóret)
• Hindi: संचार m (sanchaar)
• Italian: comunicazione
• Japanese: 通信 (つうしん, tsūshin), コミュニケーション (komyunikēshon)
• Korean: 통신 (ko) (tongsin) (通信 (ko)), 커뮤니케이션 (keomyunikeisyeon)
• Polish: komunikacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: comunicação (pt) f
• Romanian: comunicare f, comunicație f,
• Russian: коммуникация (ru) f (kommunikácija), общение (ru) n (obščénije)
• Swahili:

potential for information exchange

• Bulgarian: връзка f (vrǎzka), комуникация f (komunikacija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 交流 (jiāoliú)

• German: Kommunikation (de) f
• Greek: επικοινωνία (el) f (epikoinonía)
• Hebrew: קשר m (qésher)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 交流 (ja) (こうりゅう, kōryū)
• Polish: komunikacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: comunicação Template:f
• Romanian: comunicație f, legătură f
• Russian: , соединение (ru) n (sojedinénije)
• Swahili:

a message

• Bulgarian: съобщение (bg) n (sǎobšténie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 訊息／讯息 (xùnxī), 讯息 (xùnxí)

• German: Kommunikation (de) f
• Greek: επικοινωνία (el) f (epikoinonía)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: מסר (he) m (méser), הודעה f (hoda`á)
• Hindi: सन्देश m (sandesh)
• Portuguese: comunicação Template:f, comunicado
• Romanian: comunicare, veste n, știre f, mesaj n
• Russian: сообщение (ru) n (soobščénije)

body of data exchange

• Bulgarian: съобщение (bg) n (sǎobšténie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 通訊設施／通讯设施, 通讯设施 (tōngxìn shèshī)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Kommunikationsdaten (de) f
• Russian: сообщение (ru) n (soobščénije)
• Swahili:

instance of data transfer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 通信 (tōngxìn), 通信 (tōngxìn)

• German: Kommunikation (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: מסר (he) m (méser), הודעה f (hoda`á)
• Russian: сообщение (ru) n (soobščénije)
• Swahili:

passageway or opening

• German: Durchgang
• Hebrew: מעבר m (ma`avár)
• Portuguese: comunicação Template:f (1)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: comunicație f
• Russian: сообщение (ru) n (soobščénije)
• Swahili:

anatomical connection

• German: Verbindung (de) f
• Portuguese: comunicação Template:f (1), conexão
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: legătură f
• Swahili:

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Serbo-Croatian: komuniciranje
• (deprecated template usage) French: communication Template:f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• (deprecated template usage) Norwegian: kommunikasjon
• (deprecated template usage) Lithuanian: komunikacija
• (deprecated template usage) Persian: Template:fa-Arab (ertebât)
• (deprecated template usage) Spanish: comunicación Template:f

Derived terms

• anticommunication
• communication disorder
• communication engineering
• communications satellite
• confidential communication

• excommunication
• miscommunication
• noncommunication
• privileged communication
• telecommunication

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French

Noun

communication f (plural communications)

External links

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1. communication

Related terms

• communiquer