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intercom

intercom noun: an independent, telephonic communication system, set up around and throughout a building, complex, or residence, typically for access control.

Noun

intercom (plural intercoms)

  1. An independent, telephonic communication system, set up around and throughout a building, complex, or residence, typically for access control.
    • emergency intercom
    • talk on the intercom

Verb

intercom (third-person singular simple present intercoms, present participle intercomming or intercoming, simple past and past participle intercommed or intercomed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To communicate (with) by intercom.

intercom meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Indonesian

intercom in Tamil

உள்ளிடச் செய்தித் தொடர்பு, அகத் தொடர்பு

intercom in Kannada

ಒಳಸಂಪರ್ಕ, ಅಂತಸ್ಸಂಪರ್ಕ, ಒಳಪತ್ತುಗೆ

intercom in Indonesian

an electronic communication system
interkom

Examples of intercom in a sentence

  • It looks like somebody finally clued them in that the intercom was broken the whole time.
  • Her third-floor flat in the old Edwardian house had no entry phone or intercom system.
  • Leaving it on his desk, he pressed down the intercom button on his multilined phone.

All 10 example sentences with intercom

Forms of intercom

Noun
pluralintercoms
Verb
third-person singular presentintercoms
present participleintercomming
present participleintercoming
past participleintercommed
pastintercommed
past participleintercomed
pastintercomed

Plural of intercom: intercoms

Origin of intercom

Clipping of intercommunicator.

Words formed from intercom

Questions about intercom

What does intercom mean?
Intercom means an independent, telephonic communication system, set up around and throughout a building, complex, or residence, typically for access control.
What is intercom in Tamil?
Intercom in Tamil is உள்ளிடச் செய்தித் தொடர்பு, அகத் தொடர்பு. See Intercom meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is intercom?
Intercom can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of intercom?
The plural of intercom is intercoms.

Words near intercom in the dictionary

  1. intercolumnations
  2. intercolumniated
  3. intercolumniation
  4. intercolumniations
  5. intercolumns
  6. intercom
  7. intercom system
  8. intercombat
  9. intercombination
  10. intercombinations
  11. intercombine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: intercom (page history and authors); intercom (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intercom (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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