modem

Clipping of modulator-demodulator^[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊdəm/, /ˈməʊdɛm/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (US) enPR: mō'dəm, mō'dĕm, IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊdəm/, /ˈmoʊdɛm/

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. […]

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 […]

• domme, ommed

Borrowed from English modem.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːdəm/, /ˈmoːdɛm/

• Audio:

  (file)

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

1. modem

Borrowed from English modem.

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.dɛm/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

modem m (plural modems)

1. modem

• Turkish: modem

Unadapted borrowing from English modem. ^[1]

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

modem (plural modemek)

1. (computer hardware) modem

Borrowed from English modem.

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

modem (plural modem-modem)

1. (computing) modem

• “modem”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from English modem.

• Audio:

  (file)

modem m (invariable)

1. modem

Borrowed from English modem.

• (Standard Literary) IPA^(key): /ˈmodem/ [ˈmo.dem]
  • Rhymes: -odem

• (Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA^(key): /ˈmodəm/ [ˈmo.dəm] (English-based, colloquial)
  • Rhymes: -odəm
• Hyphenation: mo‧dem

modém (Jawi spelling مودم, plural modem-modem or modem²)

1. (computing) modem

• "modem" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Borrowed from English modem.

modem m (plural modems)

1. (Jersey, computing) modem

Borrowed from English modem.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.dɛm/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔdɛm
• Syllabification: mo‧dem

modem m inan (related adjective modemowy)

1. modem (device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line)

• “modem”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “modem”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• modem in PWN's encyclopedia

Unadapted borrowing from English modem.

modem m (plural modems or modens)

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

• “modem”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “modem”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from English modem.

modem n (plural modemuri)

1. modem

Borrowed from English modem.

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

mòdēm m inan (Cyrillic spelling мо̀де̄м)

1. modem

Unadapted borrowing from English modem.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmodem/ [ˈmo.ð̞ẽm]
• Rhymes: -odem
• Syllabification: mo‧dem

modem m (plural modems)

1. alternative form of módem

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “modem”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA

Borrowed from English modem.

modem n

1. modem

• mô đêm

Borrowed from English modem.

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

modem

1. modem