modem
Portuguese, noun/ˈmo.dẽj̃/
modem is spelled M-O-D-E-M (5 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,488th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modem is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “modem (a device that encodes computer signals into telephone signals and vice versa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dispositivo de entrada e saída, modulador e desmodulador, utilizado para transmissão e processamento de dados…”.
What does modem mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemodem (a device that encodes computer signals into telephone signals and vice versa)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dispositivo de entrada e saída, modulador e desmodulador, utilizado para transmissão e processamento de dados entre computadores através de uma linha de comunicação
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 modem
- modems plural
- modens plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce modem?
- Brazil /ˈmo.dẽj̃/
- Brazil [ˈmo.dẽɪ̯̃]
- Portugal /ˈmɔ.dɛm/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
modem appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).