interphone

noun

interphone

noun

Etymology From inter- + phone.

1

Synonym of intercom.

I arrive on time and ring the interphone. Mrs C opens the door with the buzzer and I cross the courtyard and take the lift. When I reach her floor she is waiting for me in front of the door.2003, Alessandra Piontelli, From Fetus to Child: An Observational and Psychoanalytic Study:

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