modem

See also: Modem, módem, and mòdem

English

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modem

Wikipedia

Etymology

Clipping of modulator-demodulator^[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

modem (plural modems)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

Descendants of modem in other languages

Armenian: մոդեմ (modem)
Catalan: mòdem
Dutch: modem
Esperanto: modemo
Finnish: modeemi
French: modem
German: Modem
Hebrew: מודם (módem)
Hungarian: modem
Ido: modemo
Japanese: モデム (modemu)

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Korean: 모뎀 (modem)
Norman: modem
Polish: modem
Portuguese: modem
Russian: моде́м (modém)
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: модем
- Latin script: modem
Spanish: módem
Swedish: modem
Vietnamese: modem

Translations

device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals

Afrikaans: modem
Albanian: modem m
Arabic: مُودِم m (mūdim), مُودِم m (modem)
Armenian: մոդեմ (hy) (modem)
Azerbaijani: modem
Belarusian: мадэ́м m (madém)
Bengali: মডেম (moḍem)
Bulgarian: модем m (modem)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: mòdem (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 調制解調器／调制解调器 (zh) (tiáozhìjiětiáoqì), 调制解调器 (tiáozhìjiětiáoqì)
Czech: modem (cs) m
Dutch: modem (nl) m or n
Esperanto: modemo
Estonian: modem (et)
Finnish: modeemi (fi)
French: modem (fr) m
Georgian: მოდემი (modemi)
German: Modem (de) n
Greek: διαποδιαμορφωτής (el) m (diapodiamorfotís), μοντέμ (montém)
Hebrew: מוֹדֶם (he) m (módem)
Hindi: मॉडेम (mŏḍem)
Hungarian: modem (hu)
Indonesian: modem (id)
Italian: modem (it) m
Japanese: モデム (ja) (modemu)
Kazakh: модем (modem)
Khmer: ម៉ូដឹម (km) (moodəm)
Korean: 모뎀 (modem)
Kyrgyz: модем (modem)
Lao: ໂມເດັມ (mō dem)
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Latvian: modems m
Lithuanian: modemas m
Low German:
German Low German: Modem n, Toonwandler m
Macedonian: мо́дем m (módem)
Malay: modem (ms)
Maori: pouwhanga
Mongolian: модем (modem)
Norman: modem m (Jersey)
Persian: مودم (fa) (mōdem)
Polish: modem (pl) m
Portuguese: modem (pt) m
Romanian: modem (ro) n
Russian: моде́м (ru) m (modɛ́m)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мо̀де̄м m

Roman: mòdēm (sh) m
Slovak: modem m
Slovene: modem (sl) m
Spanish: módem (es) m
Swedish: modem (sv) n
Tajik: модем (modem)
Tatar: модем (modem)
Thai: โมเด็ม (moh-dem)
Turkish: modem (tr)
Turkmen: modem
Ukrainian: моде́м m (modém)
Urdu: موڈیم (moḍem)
Uzbek: modem
Vietnamese: modem (vi), bộ điều giải
West Frisian: modem, oerset

Verb

modem (third-person singular simple present modems, present participle modeming, simple past and past participle modemed)

To transmit by modem.
- 1992, Jim Kimble, How to get started with modems, page 73:
  Personal modeming is most prevalent in the U.S., where a modem generally doesn't have huge taxes slapped on it, and after-tax income is comparatively high.
- 1994, Carole Marsh, Jurassic Ark! Alaska Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures, page 7:
  “Books” can even be faxed or modemed to you!

References

^ R. Stockwell and D. Minkova, 'English Words: History and Structure', Cambridge University Press (2001).

Anagrams

domme

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmoːdəm/, /ˈmoːdɛm/
Audio: (file)

Noun

modem m or n (plural modems, diminutive modempje n)

modem

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɔ.dɛm/
Audio: (file)

Noun

modem m (plural modems)

modem

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem. ^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmodɛm]
Hyphenation: mo‧dem

Noun

modem (plural modemek)

(computer hardware) modem

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	modem	modemek
accusative	modemet	modemeket
dative	modemnek	modemeknek
instrumental	modemmel	modemekkel
causal-final	modemért	modemekért
translative	modemmé	modemekké
terminative	modemig	modemekig
essive-formal	modemként	modemekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	modemben	modemekben
superessive	modemen	modemeken
adessive	modemnél	modemeknél
illative	modembe	modemekbe
sublative	modemre	modemekre
allative	modemhez	modemekhez
elative	modemből	modemekből
delative	modemről	modemekről
ablative	modemtől	modemektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	modemé	modemeké
non-attributive possessive - plural	modeméi	modemekéi

Possessive forms of modem
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	modemem	modemeim
2nd person sing.	modemed	modemeid
3rd person sing.	modeme	modemei
1st person plural	modemünk	modemeink
2nd person plural	modemetek	modemeitek
3rd person plural	modemük	modemeik

References

^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Noun

modem m (plural modems)

(Jersey, computing) modem

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.dɛm/
Audio: (file)

Noun

modem m inan

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): /ˈmo.dẽj̃/

Noun

modem m (plural s or modens)

(networking, computer hardware) modem (a device that encodes computer signals into telephone signals and vice versa)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mǒdeːm/
Hyphenation: mo‧dem

Noun

mòdēm m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀де̄м)

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

Spanish

Noun

modem m (plural modems)

Misspelling of módem.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Noun

modem n

modem

Declension

Declension of modem
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	modem	modemet	modem	modemen
Genitive	modems	modemets	modems	modemens

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

mô đêm

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mo˧˧ ʔɗem˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mow˧˧ ʔɗem˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [mow˧˧ ʔɗem˧˧]
Phonetic spelling: mô đêm

Noun

modem

modem

[1] R. Stockwell and D. Minkova, 'English Words: History and Structure', Cambridge University Press (2001).

[2] Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

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French

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Hungarian

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Norman

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Polish

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Portuguese

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Serbo-Croatian

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Vietnamese

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