Internet

See also: internet and İnternet

English

Alternative forms

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]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Inter‧net
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Proper noun

Internet

  1. 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.

Usage notes

Synonyms

Related terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

Noun

Internet (uncountable)

  1. the Internet

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Proper noun

Internet m

  1. Internet

Finnish

 
Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈint(ː)ernet/, [ˈin̪t̪(ː)e̞rne̞t̪]
  • Rhymes: -internet
  • Syllabification(key): in‧ter‧net

Proper noun

Internet

  1. (Internet) the Internet

Declension

Inflection of Internet (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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)
possessor singular plural
1st person Internetini Internetimme
2nd person Internetisi Internetinne
3rd person Internetinsä

Synonyms

French

 
French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Internet m

  1. the Internet
    Synonyms: internet, Net

Usage notes

Generally used without the definite article in French, unlike English; thus "on the Internet" in French is sur Internet.

German

 
German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

Noun

Internet n (strong, genitive Internets or Internet, no plural)

  1. internet

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

  • Internet” in Duden online
  • Internet” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Portuguese Internet.

Pronunciation

Noun

Internet n

  1. internet
    Ich hon’s im Internet gesihn.
    I've seen it on the internet.

Further reading

Icelandic

 
Icelandic Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia is

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪn̥tɛrˌnɛːt/

Proper noun

Internet n

  1. (usually definite) the Internet
    Synonyms: net, alnet, lýðnet

Declension

See also

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Internet.

Pronunciation

Noun

Internet f (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of internet

References

  1. ^ Internet in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Plautdietsch

Noun

Internet n

  1. Internet

Polish

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Internet m inan

  1. the Internet

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

  • Internet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Internet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Internet.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Internet f

  1. World Wide Web (an information space on the Internet)
    Synonyms: web, rede, net
  2. Internet (specific internet consisting of the global network of computers)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /înternet/
  • Hyphenation: In‧ter‧net

Proper noun

Ȉnternet m (Cyrillic spelling И̏нтернет)

  1. Internet

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Proper noun

Internet n (genitive Internets)

  1. the (global) Internet