Internet

See also: internet and Întèrnet

English

Alternative forms

• internet (see Usage notes below)

Etymology

(1986) Coined by the U.S. Defense Department, shortening of internetwork.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈɪntəˌnɛt/
• (US) enPR: ĭnʹtərnĕt', (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈɪntɚˌnɛt/, /ˈɪɾ̃ɚˌnɛt/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter)

  Audio (UK)

  (file)

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

     […] if you think the Internet existed in 1970, I can only guess that the education system has left at least one child behind.

Usage notes

• Usage in reference to the global network is normally capitalised, reserving internet with a lower-case i for any other set of computer networks connected by internetworking. However, popular usage (e.g. BBC and Timesonline) increasingly spells it with a lower-case i.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:Internet

Related terms

• extranet
• intranet

Translations

specific internet consisting of the global network of computers

• Afrikaans: Internet
• Albanian: internet
• American Sign Language: Open8@Finger-TipUp-Open8@CenterChesthigh-TipUp Twist-Twist
• Arabic: إِنْتِرْنِت (ar) m (ʾinternet), إِنْتَرْنِت (ar) m (ʔintarnit)
• Armenian: ինտերնետ (internet), (rare) համացանց (hamacʻancʻ)
• Belarusian: інтэрнэт m (internét)
• Bengali: আন্তর্জাল (bn) (āntarjāla)
• Bulgarian: интернет (bg) m (internét), мрежата (bg) (mrežata)
• Burmese: အင်တာနက် (angtanak)
• Catalan: Internet (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 互聯網／互联网 (wu⁶ lyun⁴ mong⁵), 互联网 (wu⁶ lyun⁴ mong⁵), 網際網絡／网际网络 (mong⁵ zai³ mong⁵ lok⁶), 网际网络 (mong⁵ zai³ mong⁵ lok⁶)

  Mandarin: 互聯網／互联网 (Hùliánwǎng), 互联网 (zh) (hùliánwǎng), 網絡／网络 (wǎngluò), 网络 (zh) (wǎngluò) (PRC), 網路／网路 (zh) (wǎnglù), 网路 (wǎnglù) (Taiwan), 因特網／因特网 (zh) (Yīntèwǎng), 因特网 (Yīntèwǎng), 網際網路／网际网路 (zh) (Wǎngjì Wǎnglù), 网际网路 (zh) (wǎngjì wǎnglù) (Taiwan)

• Chuvash: Тетел (Tet̬el)
• Cornish: kesrosweyth
• Czech: Internet (cs) m
• Danish: Internet n
• Dutch: Internet (nl) n
• Emilian: raid däl raid
• Esperanto: Interreto, (attributive) interreta, reto (eo)
• Faroese: Alnetið n, Internet
• Finnish: Internet (fi), netti (fi)
• French: Internet (fr) m
• Galician: Internet f
• Georgian: ინტერნეტი (inṭerneṭi)
• German: Internet (de) n, Netz n, Weltnetz n, Zwischennetz n

  Kölsch: Engornät

• Greek: Διαδίκτυο n (Diadíktyo)
• Guaraní: Ñanduti Guasu, Momarandu Ñanduti
• Haitian Creole: entènèt
• Hausa: yanar gizo
• Hebrew: מרשתת (he) f (mirśetet)
• Hindi: अंतरजाल (antarjāl)
• Hungarian: világháló (hu), Internet
• Icelandic: Veraldarvefurinn m, Internet n, netið n
• Ido: interneto, Interreto (io), Reto
• Inuktitut: ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ (qarisaoyakkot titiraqsimayot)
• Irish: Idirlíon (ga) m
• Italian: Internet (it) f
• Japanese: インターネット (ja) (intānetto), ネット (ja) (netto)
• Norman: Întèrnet m
• Khmer: អ៊ីនធឺណិត (intʰɨɨnet), អន្តរៈបណ្ដាញ (ɑndɑɑbandarnh)
• Korean: 인터넷 (ko) (South Korea); 인터네트 (ko) (North Korea)
• Lao: ອິນເຕີເນັດ (in-toe-net)
• Latgalian: škārsteiklys
• Latin: interrete n, internexus m
• Latvian: internets m, starptīkls
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Lithuanian: internetas m, žiniatinklis
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: draod, internet

• Macedonian: интернет m (ínternet), семрежје m (sémrežje)
• Malay: Internet
• Manx: Eddyr-voggyl
• Maori: ipurangi
• Marathi: महाजाल (mr) (mahājāl)
• Mirandese: Anternete
• Mongolian: интернэт (internet)
• Nahuatl: Mātlatzālantli
• Navajo: Béésh Łichíiʼii Bee Ééhoozinígíí, hiiłos
• Nepali: अन्तरजाल (ne) (antarjāl)
• Norman: Enternette
• Norwegian: Internett (no)
• Old Church Slavonic: Мєждоусѣтиѥ (Meždusětije)
• Persian: اینترنت (fa) (internet)
• Piedmontese: Ragnà
• Polish: Internet (pl) m, międzysieć
• Portuguese: Internet (pt) f
• Quechua: T'inkinakusqa llikakuna
• Romagnol: raid däl raid
• Russian: интернет (ru) m (intɛrnɛ́t), Сеть (Setʹ) (informally)
• Sango: Gbândasango
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-lìon m, Eadar-lìon m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: интернет m

  Roman: internet m

• Silesian: mjyndzynec
• Sinhalese: අන්තර්ජාලය (si) (antarjālaya)
• Slovak: sieť (informally)
• Slovene: medmrežje
• Spanish: Internet (es) c, Red f
• Swedish: Internet (sv), nätet (sv)
• Tagalog: Internet
• Tajik: интернет (internet)
• Tamil: இணையம் (ta) (iṇaiyam)
• Tatar: Пәрәвез (Päräwez)
• Telugu: అంతర్జాలం (te) (antarjālaṁ)
• Thai: อินเทอร์เน็ต (in-têr-nét)
• Turkish: İnternet (tr)
• Ukrainian: інтернет m (internét)
• Urdu: انٹرنیٹ (inṭarneṭ), شبکہ (śabka)
• Volapük: bevüresod, (shortened form) vüresod, Bevüresod, (shortened form) Vüresod
• Võro: ilmavõrk
• Walloon: etrernete (wa)
• Welsh: Rhyngrwyd
• West Frisian: ynternet

Anagrams

• renitent

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) Internet.

Noun

Internet (uncountable)

1. the Internet

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Finnish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) Internet.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [ˈin̪t̪e̞rne̞t̪]
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: in‧ter‧net

Proper noun

Internet

1. (deprecated template usage) (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	—
abessive		Internetittä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Internet (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Internetini — accusative nom. Internetini — gen. Internetini genitive Internetini — partitive Internetiäni — inessive Internetissäni — elative Internetistäni — illative Internetiini — adessive Internetilläni — ablative Internetiltäni — allative Internetilleni — essive Internetinäni — translative Internetikseni — abessive Internetittäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Internetisi — accusative nom. Internetisi — gen. Internetisi genitive Internetisi — partitive Internetiäsi — inessive Internetissäsi — elative Internetistäsi — illative Internetiisi — adessive Internetilläsi — ablative Internetiltäsi — allative Internetillesi — essive Internetinäsi — translative Internetiksesi — abessive Internetittäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Internetimme — accusative nom. Internetimme — gen. Internetimme genitive Internetimme — partitive Internetiämme — inessive Internetissämme — elative Internetistämme — illative Internetiimme — adessive Internetillämme — ablative Internetiltämme — allative Internetillemme — essive Internetinämme — translative Internetiksemme — abessive Internetittämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Internetinne — accusative nom. Internetinne — gen. Internetinne genitive Internetinne — partitive Internetiänne — inessive Internetissänne — elative Internetistänne — illative Internetiinne — adessive Internetillänne — ablative Internetiltänne — allative Internetillenne — essive Internetinänne — translative Internetiksenne — abessive Internetittänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Internetinsä — accusative nom. Internetinsä — gen. Internetinsä genitive Internetinsä — partitive Internetiään Internetiänsä — inessive Internetissään Internetissänsä — elative Internetistään Internetistänsä — illative Internetiinsä — adessive Internetillään Internetillänsä — ablative Internetiltään Internetiltänsä — allative Internetilleen Internetillensä — essive Internetinään Internetinänsä — translative Internetikseen Internetiksensä — abessive Internetittään Internetittänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• (colloquial) netti
• (colloquial) verkko
• (colloquial, imprecisely) veppi, weppi
• (imprecisely) www

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) Internet.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.nɛt/

Proper noun

Internet m

1. the Internet

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• internet

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) Internet.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈɪntɐnɛt/

Noun

Internet n

1. internet (internet)

External links

• “Internet” in Duden online

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Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) Internet.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn̥tɛrˌnɛːt/

Proper noun

Internet n

1. (deprecated template usage) (usually definite) the Internet

Declension

declension of Internet

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Internet	Internetið	Internet	Internetin
accusative	Internet	Internetið	Internet	Internetin
dative	Interneti	Internetinu	Internetum	Internetunum
genitive	Internets	Internetsins	Interneta	Internetanna

Synonyms

• (Internet): net, alnet

See also

• Veraldarvefur

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Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) Internet.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter)

  Audio

  (file)

Noun

Internet f (invariable)

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of internet

Anagrams

• nitrente, trentine

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Polish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English Internet

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /inˈtɛrnɛt/ or /intɛrˈnɛt/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter)

  Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Internet m

1. (deprecated template usage) (Internet) the Internet

Declension

Declension of Internet

	singular
nominative	Internet
genitive	Internetu
dative	Internetowi
accusative	Internet
instrumental	Internetem
locative	Internecie
vocative	Internecie

Derived terms

• internetowy

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) Internet.

Proper noun

Internet f

1. World Wide Web (an information space on the Internet)
2. Internet (specific internet consisting of the global network of computers)

Synonyms

• (World Wide Web): web, rede, net

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) Internet.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /înternet/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: In‧ter‧net

Proper noun

1. Internet

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Swedish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) Internet

Proper noun

Internet

1. the global Internet