intercommunication

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English

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Etymology

From 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 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

Pronunciation

Noun

intercommunication f (plural intercommunications)

  1. intercommunication

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