modem
English
Etymology
Clipping of modulator-demodulator[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈməʊdəm/, /ˈməʊdɛm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) enPR: mō'dəm, mō'dĕm, IPA(key): /ˈmoʊdəm/, /ˈmoʊdɛm/
Noun
modem (plural modems)
- (computing) A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line.
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 416:
- Choose and rent, over PC and modem and fiber-optic line, from tens of thousands of second-run films, documentaries, the occasional sport, old beloved non—‘Happy Days’ programs, wholly new programs, cultural stuff, and c. […]
Derived terms
Descendants
Descendants
- → 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)
- → Korean: 모뎀 (modem)
- → Norman: modem
- → Polish: modem
- → Portuguese: modem
- → Russian: моде́м (modém)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Spanish: módem
- → Swedish: modem
- → Turkish: modem
- → Vietnamese: modem
Translations
device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals
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Verb
modem (third-person singular simple present modems, present participle modeming or modemming, simple past and past participle modemed or modemmed)
- 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!
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 19:
- He had to modem in to the agency and say that there was an emergency […]
References
- ^ R. Stockwell and D. Minkova, 'English Words: History and Structure', Cambridge University Press (2001).
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmoːdəm/, /ˈmoːdɛm/
Audio: (file)
Noun
modem m or n (plural modems, diminutive modempje n)
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔ.dɛm/
Audio: (file)
Noun
modem m (plural modems)
Descendants
- Turkish: modem
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from English modem. [1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmodɛm]
- Hyphenation: mo‧dem
- Rhymes: -ɛm
Noun
modem (plural modemek)
Declension
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 |
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
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈmodəm/ [ˈmo.dəm]
- Rhymes: -odəm
- Syllabification: mo‧dem
Noun
modem (plural modem-modem)
Derived terms
- modem eksternal
- modem faks
- modem internal
- modem kabel
- modem koneksi langsung
- modem serat
Further reading
- “modem” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Baku) IPA(key): /ˈmodem/ [ˈmo.dem]
- Rhymes: -odem
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /ˈmodəm/ [ˈmo.dəm] (English-based, colloquial)
- Rhymes: -odəm
- Hyphenation: mo‧dem
Noun
modém (Jawi spelling مودم, plural modem-modem)
Derived terms
- modem akustik
- modem dalaman
- modem data
- modem faks
- modem jalur asas
- modem jalur lebar
- modem luaran
- modem panggil balik
- penyisih modem
Further reading
- “modem” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Norman
Etymology
Noun
modem m (plural modems)
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.dɛm/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔdɛm
- Syllabification: mo‧dem
Noun
modem m inan (related adjective modemowy)
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 |
Further reading
- modem in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- modem in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English modem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmo.dẽj̃/ [ˈmo.dẽɪ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.dɛm/ [ˈmɔ.ðɛm]
Noun
modem m (plural modems or modens)
- (networking, computer hardware) modem (a device that encodes computer signals into telephone signals and vice versa)
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
modem n (plural modemuri)
Declension
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | modem | modemul | modemuri | modemurile | |
genitive-dative | modem | modemului | modemuri | modemurilor | |
vocative | modemule | modemurilor |
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mǒdeːm/
- Hyphenation: mo‧dem
Noun
mòdēm m inan (Cyrillic spelling мо̀де̄м)
Declension
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
Noun
modem n
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | modem | modems |
definite | modemet | modemets | |
plural | indefinite | modem | modems |
definite | modemen | modemens |
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- mô đêm
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mo˧˧ ʔɗem˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [mow˧˧ ʔɗem˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [mow˧˧ ʔɗem˧˧]
- Phonetic spelling: mô đêm
Noun
modem