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interphone

interphone

1 8.4
A system of phones that connects different rooms inside a building or ship
  • noun
  • /ˈɪntərˌfoʊn/
translation icon : intercom
  • I tried to call the flight attendants in the front on the interphone.

Examples

  • The B-2 Black Knight stealth bomber pilot, Major Henry Cobb, replied with a simple "Rog" on the interphone.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Go back and check the damage and report by interphone.

    Airport (1970)

  • The interphone did not work, this had never happened.

    Miracle Landing on the Hudson (2014)

  • Uh, no, I want an interphone like this one with the wire.

    The Walk (2015)

  • The interphone was silent the whole way home.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Dennis speaks over the interphone.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Suddenly, in the midst of the roaring, he heard a voice crying over the interphone.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • On the interphone to his crew, he said, "Give me a turn westbound and a climb to best altitude."

    Fiction book (1991)

  • As he closed the elastic seals on his gloves and neck of the protective smock, he spoke into the helmet's p137 interphone system: "Seal the bridge."

    Fiction book (1991)

  • I tried to call the flight attendants in the front on the interphone.

Synonyms

intercom
vsinterphone
70 3.4

A device that lets people in different rooms talk to each other

emphasizes telephone connections instead of general speaker or direct voice systems
intercommunication system
vsinterphone
  • Specialized
4.8

A system that lets people in different rooms talk to each other

uses telephone-based links rather than any general communication method

Surface Forms

interphone singular
interphones plural

Morphology

interphone = phone (transparent) = inter + phone

Meaning is directly derived from 'inter' (between) + 'phone' (telephone), i.e., a phone/system connecting different rooms.

Etymology

The word interphone joins the parts inter- meaning 'between' and phone meaning 'voice' or 'sound', like in telephone. So an interphone is a phone system for talking 'between' rooms or areas inside a building.