interconnect

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Latin inter-bor.

English inter-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin nectō

Latin cōnectō

Latin connectō

English connect

English interconnect

From inter- + connect.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tə.kəˈnɛkt/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tɚ.kəˈnɛkt/, [ˌɪɾ̃ɚ.kəˈnɛkt], [ˌɪn.(ɾ)ɚ.kəˈnɛkt]
- Audio (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Inland Northern American); [ˌɪn.tɚ.kəˈnɛ̯̈ɐkt]: (file)
(Australia) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tə.kəˈnekt/
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌən.tə.kəˈnekt/

Verb

interconnect (third-person singular simple present interconnects, present participle interconnecting, simple past and past participle interconnected)

(transitive) To connect to one another.
Synonym: anastomose

The Internet interconnects a set of networks.

Synonyms

interlink

Derived terms

interconnectable

Related terms

Translations

to connect to one another

Czech: propojit
Finnish: yhdistää (fi)
French: interconnecter (fr)
Japanese: 相互接続 (そうごせつぞく, sōgo setsuzoku)
Portuguese: interligar (pt)
Russian: свя́зывать (ru) impf (svjázyvatʹ), связа́ть (ru) pf (svjazátʹ) (ме́жду собо́й), соединя́ть (ru) impf (sojedinjátʹ), соедини́ть (ru) pf (sojedinítʹ) (ме́жду собо́й), взаимосвязывать (ru) impf (vzaimosvjazyvatʹ), взаимосвязать (ru) pf (vzaimosvjazatʹ), связываться (ru) impf (svjazyvatʹsja), связаться (ru) pf (svjazatʹsja)

Noun

interconnect (plural interconnects)

(electronics) An interconnection.
- 2011, Ethiopia Enideg Nigussie, Variation Tolerant On-Chip Interconnects, page 118:
  These interconnects are suitable for any kind of point-to-point on-chip communication, such as in a SoC to connect nearby or far away system blocks and in a NoC between two routers.

Translations

interconnection in electronics

Finnish: johdinveto, johto (fi); johdotus (fi) (collective)