intercommunication
French, noun/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.kɔ.my.ni.ka.sjɔ̃/
intercommunication is spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-I-O-N (18 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 142,934th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intercommunication is a French feminine noun meaning “intercommunication” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Communication réciproque, de l'un à l'autre”.
What does intercommunication mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineintercommunication
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Communication réciproque, de l'un à l'autre. 2. Appareil, dispositif assurant la liaison entre les voitures d'un train et la locomotive et permettant aux voyageurs de communiquer avec les agents du train et de provoquer l'arrêt immédiat de celui-ci en cas d'urgence.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of intercommunication
- intercommunications plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intercommunication?
- /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.kɔ.my.ni.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.kɔ.my.ni.ka.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is intercommunication in French?
intercommunication appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).