intern
English
Alternative forms
- interne (archaic)
Etymology 1
From French interner, from interne (“inner, internal”), from Latin internus (“within, internal”), compare Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɝn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɜːn/
Verb
intern (third-person singular simple present interns, present participle interning, simple past and past participle interned)
- (transitive) To imprison somebody, usually without trial.
- The US government interned thousands of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
- (of a state, especially a neutral state) To confine or hold (foreign military personnel who stray into the state's territory) within prescribed limits during wartime.
- The Swiss government interned the Italian soldiers who had strayed onto Swiss territory.
- (transitive, programming) To internalize.
- 2004, Mark Schmidt, Simon Robinson, Microsoft Visual C# .NET 2003 Developer's Cookbook (page 81)
- Strings are automatically interned if they are assigned to a literal string within code.
- 2004, Mark Schmidt, Simon Robinson, Microsoft Visual C# .NET 2003 Developer's Cookbook (page 81)
Derived terms
Translations
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Adjective
intern (comparative more intern, superlative most intern)
- (archaic) Internal.
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Etymology 2
From French interne 'inner, internal', from Latin internus "within, internal", from inter "between"; compare etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɪntɝn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪntɜːn/
Noun
intern (plural interns)
Derived terms
Translations
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Verb
intern (third-person singular simple present interns, present participle interning, simple past and past participle interned)
- (intransitive) To work as an intern. Usually with little or no pay or other legal prerogatives of employment, for the purpose of furthering a program of education.
- I'll be interning at Universal Studios this summer.
Catalan
Antonyms
Derived terms
- internament
- internar
Further reading
- “intern” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Etymology
From French interne (“inner, internal”), or directly from Latin internus (“within, internal”), from inter (“between”).
Pronunciation
intern (file)
Adjective
intern (comparative interner, superlative internst)
Inflection
Inflection of intern | ||||
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uninflected | intern | |||
inflected | interne | |||
comparative | interner | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | intern | interner | het internst het internste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | interne | internere | internste |
n. sing. | intern | interner | internste | |
plural | interne | internere | internste | |
definite | interne | internere | internste | |
partitive | interns | interners | — |
Synonyms
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [inˈtern]
Adjective
intern m or n (feminine singular internă, masculine plural interni, feminine and neuter plural interne)
Declension
Swedish
Declension
Inflection of intern | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | intern | — | — |
Neuter singular | internt | — | — |
Plural | interna | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | interne | — | — |
All | interna | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. |
Antonyms
Declension
Declension of intern | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | intern | internen | interner | internerna |
Genitive | interns | internens | interners | internernas |
Synonyms
- fånge
- fängelsekund
- intagen