modem
English
editEtymology
editClipping of modulator-demodulator[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈməʊdəm/, /ˈməʊdɛm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) enPR: mō'dəm, mō'dĕm, IPA(key): /ˈmoʊdəm/, /ˈmoʊdɛm/
Noun
editmodem (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
editDescendants
editDescendants of modem
- → 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
editdevice that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals
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Verb
editmodem (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
edit- ^ R. Stockwell and D. Minkova, 'English Words: History and Structure', Cambridge University Press (2001).
Anagrams
editDutch
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editNoun
editmodem m or n (plural modems, diminutive modempje n)
French
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmodem m (plural modems)
Descendants
edit- Turkish: modem
Hungarian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English modem. [1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmodem (plural modemek)
Declension
editInflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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
edit- ^ 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
editEtymology
editNoun
editmodem m (plural modems)
Polish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmodem m inan (related adjective modemowy)
Declension
editDeclension of modem
Further reading
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English modem for European Portuguese and orthographic borrowing from English for Brazilian Portuguese.
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editmodem m (plural modems or modens)
- (networking, computer hardware) modem (a device that encodes computer signals into telephone signals and vice versa)
Romanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editmodem n (plural modemuri)
Declension
editDeclension of modem
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) modem | modemul | (niște) modemuri | modemurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) modem | modemului | (unor) modemuri | modemurilor |
vocative | modemule | modemurilor |
Serbo-Croatian
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editNoun
editmòdēm m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀де̄м)
Declension
editSpanish
editNoun
editmodem m (plural modems)
- Misspelling of módem.
Swedish
editEtymology
editNoun
editmodem n
Declension
editDeclension of modem
Vietnamese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mo˧˧ ʔɗem˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [mow˧˧ ʔɗem˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [mow˧˧ ʔɗem˧˧]
- Phonetic spelling: mô đêm
Noun
editmodem
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