interfone
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.teʁˈfõ.ni/
interfone is spelled I-N-T-E-R-F-O-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 42,362nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interfone is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “intercom (an electronic communication system between rooms in a building)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of interfonar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “derivado do telefone que objetiva um usuário de fora de um prédio se comunicar com o porteiro ou com um…”.
What does interfone mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineintercom (an electronic communication system between rooms in a building)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. derivado do telefone que objetiva um usuário de fora de um prédio se comunicar com o porteiro ou com um morador que está dentro do apartamento
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of interfone
- interfones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce interfone?
- Brazil /ĩ.teʁˈfõ.ni/
- Brazil [ĩ.tehˈfõ.ni]
- /ĩ.teɾˈfõ.ni/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to interfone
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is interfone in Portuguese?
interfone appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).