Incommunicado — Incommunicado, eigentlich: „incomunicado“ (Spanisch, Portugiesisch), bedeutet „nicht fähig zu sein, sich der Außenwelt mitzuteilen“, oder bezeichnet den Zustand, von jeglicher Kommunikation abgeschnitten zu sein. Man spricht in diesem… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Incommunicado — Incommunicado, as an adjective or adverb, refers to a situation or a behaviour due to which communication with outsiders is not possible, for either voluntary or involuntary reasons, especially due to confinement or reclusiveness. Incommunicado… … Wikipedia
incommunicado — ☆ incommunicado [in΄kə myo͞o΄ni kä′dō ] adj., adv. [Sp incomunicado < pp. of incomunicar, to isolate, cut off from communication < in (< L in , IN 2) + comunicar < L communicare, to COMMUNICATE] 1. without a means of communicating 2.… … English World dictionary
incommunicado — without a means of communicating. By statute in England a person detained is not supposed to be kept incommunicado: Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. In Scotland the position is much the same except for cases of detention under Section 2 of… … Law dictionary
incommunicado — 1844, American English, from Sp. incomunicado, pp. of incomunicar deprive of communication, from in not + comunicar communicate, from L. communicare to share, impart (see COMMUNICATION (Cf. communication)) … Etymology dictionary
incommunicado — meaning ‘having no communication with others’, is spelt with two ms … Modern English usage
incommunicado — ► ADJECTIVE & ADVERB ▪ not able to communicate with other people. ORIGIN Spanish incomunicado, from incomunicar deprive of communication … English terms dictionary
incommunicado — adverb or adjective Etymology: Spanish incomunicado, from past participle of incomunicar to deprive of communication, from in (from Latin) + comunicar to communicate, from Latin communicare Date: 1844 without means of communication ; in a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
incommunicado — 1. adjective In a state or condition in which one is unable or unwilling to communicate. The father of a woman living in the incommunicado world of the Big Brother house in Australia has died but his daughter has not been told. 2. adverb In a… … Wiktionary
incommunicado — adv. to hold smb. incommunicado * * * [ˌɪnkəmjuːnɪ kɑːdəʊ] to hold smb. incommunicado … Combinatory dictionary
