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: /ɪnˈtɜːn/

Noun

intern (plural interns)

1. A person who is interned, forceably or voluntarily.

Verb

intern (third-person singular simple present interns, present participle interning, simple past and past participle interned)

1. (transitive) To imprison somebody, usually without trial.

   The US government interned thousands of Japanese-Americans during World War II.

   1. (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.

2. (transitive, computing) To internalize.
3. (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.

Derived terms

• internment
• internee

Translations

to imprison (transitive)

• Dutch: interneren (nl)
• Finnish: internoida (fi)
• French: interner (fr)
• German: internieren (de)

• Irish: imtheorannaigh (ga)
• Italian: internare (it)
• Japanese: 抑留する (ja) (yokuryū suru), 拘留する (ja) (kōryū suru)

to work as an intern (intransitive)

• Finnish: työharjoitella (fi)
• Japanese: インターンとして働く (ja) (intān to shite hataraku)

• Spanish: pasante (es) m

Adjective

intern (comparative more intern, superlative most intern)

1. (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: /ˈɪntən/

Noun

intern (plural interns)

1. A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field
2. A medical student or recent graduate working in a hospital as a final part of medical training

Derived terms

• internship

Related terms

• resident

Translations

a student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field

• Dutch: intern m
• Esperanto: staĝanto (eo)
• Finnish: työharjoittelija, harjoittelija
• French: stagiaire (fr)
• Italian: stagista (it)
• Japanese: 実習生 (ja) (jisshūsei), インターン (ja) (intān)

• Norwegian: praktikant (no) m
• Portuguese: estagiário (pt) m, estagiária (pt) f
• Russian: стажёр (ru) (stažór) m, интерн (ru) (intérn) m, практикант (ru) (praktikánt) m
• Spanish: pasante (es) m

medical trainee working in a hospital

• Dutch: intern m, co-assistent (nl) m and f
• Finnish: amanuenssi (fi)

• French: interne (des hôpitaux) m
• Japanese: インターン (ja) (intān)

Anagrams

• netrin, tinner

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Catalan

Adjective

intern m (feminine interna, masculine plural interns, feminine plural internes)

1. internal

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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)

1. internal, inside of something, of the body etc.

Synonyms

• inwendig

Related terms

• interneren
• internist m

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German

Adjective

intern

1. internal

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Romanian

Etymology

French interne, Latin internus

Pronunciation

• IPA: [inˈtern]

Adjective

intern ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. internal

Declension

declension of intern

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	intern		internă	interni	interne
	definite	internul		interna	internii	internele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	intern		interne	interni	interne
	definite	internului		internei	internilor	internelor

Antonyms

• extern

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Swedish

Adjective

intern (not comparable)

1. internal, something of no relevance for outsiders

Declension

Declension of intern

Inflections of intern
Indefinite singular	Common	intern
	Neuter	internt
Definite singular	Masc.	interne
	All	interna
Plural		interna

Antonyms

• extern

Noun

intern c

1. a prisoner, an inmate

Declension

Declension of intern

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	intern	internen	interner	internerna
genitive	interns	internens	interners	internernas

Synonyms

• fånge
• fängelsekund
• intagen

Related terms

• internera