modem

See also: Modem, MoDem, módem, and mòdem

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)

  1. (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

Translations

Verb

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

  1. 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

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

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. modem

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ.dɛm/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

modem m (plural modems)

  1. modem

Descendants

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmodɛm]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧dem
  • Rhymes: -ɛm

Noun

modem (plural modemek)

  1. (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

  1. ^ 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

Borrowed from English modem.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈmodəm/ [ˈmo.dəm]
  • Rhymes: -odəm
  • Syllabification: mo‧dem

Noun

modem (plural modem-modem)

  1. (computing) modem

Derived terms

  • modem eksternal
  • modem faks
  • modem internal
  • modem kabel
  • modem koneksi langsung
  • modem serat

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

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)

  1. (computing) 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

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Noun

modem m (plural modems)

  1. (Jersey, computing) modem

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.dɛm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔdɛm
  • Syllabification: mo‧dem

Noun

modem m inan (related adjective modemowy)

  1. (computing) modem

Declension

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)

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Noun

modem n (plural modemuri)

  1. modem

Declension

Declension of modem
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative modem modemul modemuri modemurile
genitive-dative modem modemului modemuri modemurilor
vocative modemule modemurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mòdēm m inan (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

Spanish

Noun

modem m (plural modems)

  1. misspelling of módem

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English modem.

Noun

modem n

  1. modem

Declension

Declension of modem
nominative genitive
singular indefinite modem modems
definite modemet modemets
plural indefinite modem modems
definite modemen 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

  1. modem