modem
French, noun/mɔ.dɛm/
modem is spelled M-O-D-E-M (5 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written French, the 9,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modem is a French masculine noun meaning “modem” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dispositif qui transforme un signal numérique en un signal, souvent analogique, adapté aux caractéristiques…”.
What does modem mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemodem
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dispositif qui transforme un signal numérique en un signal, souvent analogique, adapté aux caractéristiques d’une ligne de transmission, et inversement.
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 modem
- modems plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce modem?
- /mɔ.dɛm/
- \mɔ.dɛm\
- [mɔ.dɛmɐ̆]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to modem
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is modem in French?
modem appears 6.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).