internet

See also: Internet, İnternet, and интернет

English

Etymology

Coined by United States Department of Defense in 1986, as a shortening of internetwork, from inter- +‎ network.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɪntəˌnɛt/
• (US) enPR: ĭnʹtərnĕt', IPA^(key): /ˈɪɾ̃ɚˌnɛt/, /ˈɪntɚˌnɛt/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Proper noun

internet

1. Alternative letter-case form of Internet; the Internet, the largest global internet.
   • 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:

     The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing", "share the things you love with the world" and so on.

Usage notes

• When referring to the global internet, the term is frequently capitalized: Internet. Over time, however, this is becoming less common.
• The internet, the World Wide Web, and cyberspace are often erroneously considered synonymous.

Translations

the Internet, largest global internet — see Internet

Noun

internet (plural internets)

1. (countable) Any set of computer networks that communicate using the Internet Protocol. (An intranet.)
2. (uncountable) An internet connection, internet connectivity, access to the internet.

   Do you have internet at your place?  My internet is down and I want to check my email.

3. (countable, Internet slang, humorous) A fictitious unit of scoring, awarded for making outstanding posts.
   • 2008, Anonology, Re: Narconon Exposed tonight on Canadian TV, alt.religion.scientology, Usenet

     You did a nice job there Patty... you came off as intelligent, well-spoken, and concerned about the well being of the victims, in stark contrast to the self-serving, uncaring, unconcerned attitude of the Narconon spokeswoman. 100 internets for you!

   • 2010, Bilbo, Looking for a Billiard, alt.smokers.pipes, Usenet

     That's not a must, but 1000 internets go to the first person to find one.

   • 2010, Re: What Did You Watch? 2011-11-10 (Thursday), rec.arts.tv, Usenet

     You win one internet.

   • 2011, 10 Not So Insanely Great Things Apple Released Under Steve Jobs, rec.sport.pro-wrestling, Usenet

     I hope this is sarcastic. Otherwise -100 internets for you.

   • 2013, Devon H. O'Dell, [1], comp.os.plan9, Usenet

     Do I win an internet?

Derived terms

• cable internet
• internet of things
• interweb, interwebs

See also

• Web
• Appendix:English internet slang
• intranet

Verb

internet (third-person singular simple present internets, present participle internetting, simple past and past participle internetted)

1. (computing, informal) To use the Internet; to search for something using the Internet; to surf the Internet.

   Having no idea what that means, I am internetting like mad.

Anagrams

• renitent

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Azerbaijani

Etymology

From English Internet.

Noun

internet (definite accusative interneti, plural internetlər)

1. the Internet, the web

   internet səhifəsi ― webpage

   internet saytı ― internet site

   internet istifadəçisi ― internet user

   internet şəbəkəsi ― the internet network

   internet xidmətləri ― web-based services

   internet resursları ― internet resources

   internet senzurası ― internet censorship

   internet vasitəsilə ― via internet

   internetə girmək ― to go on the internet

   internetə qoşulmaq ― to connect to the internet

   yüksək sürətli internet ― high-speed internet

   geniş zolaqlı internet ― broadband internet

Declension

Declension of internet

	singular	plural
nominative	internet	internetlər
definite accusative	interneti	internetləri
dative	internetə	internetlərə
locative	internetdə	internetlərdə
ablative	internetdən	internetlərdən
definite genitive	internetin	internetlərin

Possessive forms of internet

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	internetim	internetlərim
sənin (“your”)	internetin	internetlərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	interneti	internetləri
bizim (“our”)	internetimiz	internetlərimiz
sizin (“your”)	internetiniz	internetləriniz
onların (“their”)	interneti or internetləri	internetləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	internetimi	internetlərimi
sənin (“your”)	internetini	internetlərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	internetini	internetlərini
bizim (“our”)	internetimizi	internetlərimizi
sizin (“your”)	internetinizi	internetlərinizi
onların (“their”)	internetini or internetlərini	internetlərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	internetimə	internetlərimə
sənin (“your”)	internetinə	internetlərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	internetinə	internetlərinə
bizim (“our”)	internetimizə	internetlərimizə
sizin (“your”)	internetinizə	internetlərinizə
onların (“their”)	internetinə or internetlərinə	internetlərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	internetimdə	internetlərimdə
sənin (“your”)	internetində	internetlərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	internetində	internetlərində
bizim (“our”)	internetimizdə	internetlərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	internetinizdə	internetlərinizdə
onların (“their”)	internetində or internetlərində	internetlərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	internetimdən	internetlərimdən
sənin (“your”)	internetindən	internetlərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	internetindən	internetlərindən
bizim (“our”)	internetimizdən	internetlərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	internetinizdən	internetlərinizdən
onların (“their”)	internetindən or internetlərindən	internetlərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	internetimin	internetlərimin
sənin (“your”)	internetinin	internetlərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	internetinin	internetlərinin
bizim (“our”)	internetimizin	internetlərimizin
sizin (“your”)	internetinizin	internetlərinizin
onların (“their”)	internetinin or internetlərinin	internetlərinin

Further reading

• “internet” in Obastan.com.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /in.təɾˈnət/

• (Central) IPA^(key): /in.tərˈnɛt/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.teɾˈnet/

Noun

internet m (plural internets)

1. internet

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English internet.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧net

Noun

internet

1. internet
   1. any set of computer networks that communicate using the Internet Protocol
   2. the Internet, the largest global internet
   3. an internet connection, internet connectivity, access to the internet

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Noun

internet m

1. the Internet
2. internet (any set of computer networks)

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	internet	internety
genitive	internetu	internetů
dative	internetu	internetům
accusative	internet	internety
vocative	internete	internety
locative	internetu	internetech
instrumental	internetem	internety

Derived terms

• internetový

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Noun

internet n (singular definite internettet, not used in plural form)

1. internet

Synonyms

• nettet

Related terms

• internetforbindelse

See also

• WWW, World Wide Web

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪntərˌnɛt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧net

Noun

internet n (uncountable)

1. Internet (specific internet consisting of the global network of computers)

Derived terms

• breedbandinternet
• internetaansluiting
• internetbankieren
• internetcafé
• internetprovider
• internetten
• internettoegang
• internetverkeer
• kabelinternet

 

Verb

internet

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of internetten
2. imperative of internetten

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Noun

internet

1. 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

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.nɛt/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

internet m (uncountable)

1. (singular only) the Internet

   Il a rencontré beaucoup d'amis sur internet la semaine dernière.

   He met a lot of friends on the internet last week.

Further reading

• “internet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• inertent

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Noun

internet f (uncountable)

1. internet

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈintɛrnɛt]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧net
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

internet (plural internetek)

1. (computing, Internet) Internet (specific internet consisting of the global network of computers)

   Synonym: net (informal)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	internet	internetek
accusative	internetet	interneteket
dative	internetnek	interneteknek
instrumental	internettel	internetekkel
causal-final	internetért	internetekért
translative	internetté	internetekké
terminative	internetig	internetekig
essive-formal	internetként	internetekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	internetben	internetekben
superessive	interneten	interneteken
adessive	internetnél	interneteknél
illative	internetbe	internetekbe
sublative	internetre	internetekre
allative	internethez	internetekhez
elative	internetből	internetekből
delative	internetről	internetekről
ablative	internettől	internetektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	interneté	interneteké
non-attributive possessive - plural	internetéi	internetekéi

Possessive forms of internet
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	internetem	interneteim
2nd person sing.	interneted	interneteid
3rd person sing.	internete	internetei
1st person plural	internetünk	interneteink
2nd person plural	internetetek	interneteitek
3rd person plural	internetük	interneteik

Derived terms

• internetes
• internetezik

 

Compound words

• internetadó
• internetbank
• internethasználat
• internethasználó
• internetkávézó
• internetprotokoll
• internetszolgáltatás
• internetszolgáltató

 

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Icelandic

Etymology

From English internet.

Noun

internet n (genitive singular internets, no plural)

1. internet

Declension

declension of internet

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	internet	internetið
accusative	internet	internetið
dative	interneti	internetinu
genitive	internets	internetsins

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Indonesian

Etymology

From English internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɪntərˈnɛt̚]
• Hyphenation: in‧têr‧nèt

Noun

internet (first-person possessive internetku, second-person possessive internetmu, third-person possessive internetnya)

1. internet.

Derived terms

• penginternet

 

Further reading

• “internet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Alternative forms

• Internet

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.ter.nɛt/, [ˈin̪t̪er̺n̺ɛt̪], /ˈin.ter.net/, [ˈin̪t̪er̺n̺et̪]
• Hyphenation: ìn‧ter‧net

Noun

internet f (uncountable)

1. internet

Adjective

internet (invariable)

1. web, internet (attributive)

Anagrams

• nitrente, trentine

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English internet.

Noun

internet f (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of Internet

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:internet.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ȉnternet m (Cyrillic spelling и̏нтернет)

1. internet

References

• “internet” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Noun

internet m (genitive singular internetu, nominative plural internety, genitive plural internetov, declension pattern of dub)

1. the Internet
2. internet (any set of computer networks)

Declension

Declension of internet

	singular	plural
nominative	internet	internety
genitive	internetu	internetoch
dative	internetu	internetom
accusative	internet	internety
locative	internete	internetoch
instrumental	internetom	internetmi

Derived terms

• internetový
• internetista
• internetovať
• internetovo

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inteɾˈnet/, [ĩn̪.t̪eɾˈnet̪]

Noun

internet m or f (uncountable)

1. internet

   lo encontré en internet

   I found it on the internet

Usage notes

• Internet is an ambiguous noun with no definite gender; both el and la are used.

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• Internet

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪntɛrnɛt/, /ɪntɛrˈnɛt/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

internet n (indeclinable)

1. internet

Derived terms

• internetabonnemang
• internetadress
• internetanslutning
• internetanvändare
• internetanvändning
• internetbank
• internetbedrägeri
• internetcafé
• internetforum
• internetförbindelse
• internetföretag
• internetkafé
• internetkonsult
• internetkund
• internetleverantör
• internetsajt
• internetsida
• internettidning
• internettjänst
• internetuppkoppling

 

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Turkish

Etymology

From English internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.tɛɾ.nɛt/

Noun

internet (definite accusative interneti, plural internetler)

1. internet

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	internet
Definite accusative	interneti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	internet	internetler
Definite accusative	interneti	internetleri
Dative	internete	internetlere
Locative	internette	internetlerde
Ablative	internetten	internetlerden
Genitive	internetin	internetlerin