intercommunication

English

Alternative forms

• entercommunication (obsolete)

Etymology

inter- +‎ communication

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntəkəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/

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  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

intercommunication (countable and uncountable, plural intercommunications)

1. Mutual communication.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     Even in beasts, that have no voice at all, by the reciprocall kindnesse, which we see in them, we easily inferre there is some other meane of entercommunication: their jestures treat, and their motions discourse.

   • 2003 January 13, Tom Service, The Guardian:

     Starting in their different musical worlds, they attempted endless ways of achieving a partnership, at last finding some kind of "intercommunication".

French

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Noun

intercommunication f (plural intercommunications)

1. intercommunication

Further reading

• “intercommunication”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.