Internet
English
Alternative forms
- internet (see Usage notes below)
Etymology
Coined by the U.S. Defense Department in 1986, shortening of internetwork.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪntəˌnɛt/
- (US) enPR: ĭnʹtərnĕt', IPA(key): /ˈɪntɚˌnɛt/, [ˈɪɾ̃ɚˌnɛt]
Audio (UK) (file) - Hyphenation: Inter‧net
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Proper noun
Internet
- The specific internet consisting of a global network of computers that communicate using Internet Protocol (IP) and that use Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) to identify the best paths to route those communications.
- 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreword", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi
- [I]f you think the Internet existed in 1970, I can only guess that the education system has left at least one child behind.
- 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreword", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi
Usage notes
- When referring to the global internet, the proper noun was originally usually capitalised (Internet), reserving internet with a lowercase i for the common noun, referring to any other set of computer networks connected by internetworking; however, increasingly, the proper noun sense also takes a lowercase i. Compare similar examples in how the proper names for the Sun (the sun), the Moon (the moon), the Universe (the universe), and the World (the world) are variably capitalized in English orthography.
- The internet, the World Wide Web (the Web, the web), and cyberspace are often loosely treated as synonymous, but in careful usage, each of those terms has a more precise meaning, overlapping in a semantic field.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:Internet
Related terms
Translations
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References
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
Borrowed from English Internet.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
Internet (uncountable)
- the Internet
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from English Internet.
Proper noun
Internet m
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English Internet.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Internet
Declension
Inflection of Internet (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Internet | — | |
genitive | Internetin | — | |
partitive | Internetiä | — | |
illative | Internetiin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Internet | — | |
accusative | nom. | Internet | — |
gen. | Internetin | ||
genitive | Internetin | — | |
partitive | Internetiä | — | |
inessive | Internetissä | — | |
elative | Internetistä | — | |
illative | Internetiin | — | |
adessive | Internetillä | — | |
ablative | Internetiltä | — | |
allative | Internetille | — | |
essive | Internetinä | — | |
translative | Internetiksi | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
abessive | Internetittä | — | |
comitative | — | — |
Possessive forms of Internet (type risti) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | Internetini | Internetimme |
2nd person | Internetisi | Internetinne |
3rd person | Internetinsä |
Synonyms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English Internet.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Internet m
Usage notes
Generally used without the definite article in French, unlike English; thus "on the Internet" in French is sur Internet.
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English Internet.
Pronunciation
Noun
Internet n (strong, genitive Internets or Internet, no plural)
Usage notes
- While the genitive Internet is often seen, the more Germanic Internets is more frequently used. For example:
- Der Einfluss des Internets nimmt weiter zu.
- The influence of the internet continues to grow.
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Portuguese Internet.
Pronunciation
Noun
Internet n
- internet
- Ich hon’s im Internet gesihn.
- I've seen it on the internet.
Further reading
Icelandic
Etymology
Borrowed from English Internet.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Internet n
Declension
n-s | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | Internet | Internetið | Internet | Internetin |
accusative | Internet | Internetið | Internet | Internetin |
dative | Interneti | Internetinu | Internetum | Internetunum |
genitive | Internets | Internetsins | Interneta | Internetanna |
See also
- veraldarvefur (“World Wide Web”)
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Internet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈin.ter.net/, /in.terˈnɛt/[1]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -internet, -ɛt
- Syllabification: Ìn‧ter‧net, In‧ter‧nèt
Noun
Internet f (invariable)
- Alternative form of internet
References
- ^ Internet in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
Plautdietsch
Noun
Internet n
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Internet.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Internet m inan
- the Internet
Declension
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | Internet |
genitive | Internetu |
dative | Internetowi |
accusative | Internet |
instrumental | Internetem |
locative | Internecie |
vocative | Internecie |
Derived terms
Further reading
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Internet.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛt(ʃ)i
Proper noun
Internet f
- World Wide Web (an information space on the Internet)
- Internet (specific internet consisting of the global network of computers)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from English Internet.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ȉnternet m (Cyrillic spelling И̏нтернет)
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Internet.
Proper noun
Internet n (genitive Internets)
- the (global) Internet