Internet definition

English Internet definition

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

the 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

• 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

• extranet
• Internet of Things
• intranet
• break the Internet

Translations

References

• Internet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• renitent

Afrikaans Internet definition

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

Internet (uncountable)

1. the Internet

Catalan Internet definition

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Proper noun

Internet m

1. Internet

Finnish Internet definition

Alternative forms

• internet

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	—
abessive		Internetittä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Internet (type risti)

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

• netti
• (imprecisely) verkko (“Web”), www
• (colloquially, imprecisely) veppi, weppi, webbi

French Internet definition

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.nɛt/

• Audio

  (file)

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 Internet definition

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪntɐnɛt/

• Audio

  (file)

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

• Internet der Dinge

Further reading

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

Hunsrik Internet definition

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /intɐˈnet/

Noun

Internet n

1. internet

   Ich hon’s im Internet gesihn.

   I've seen it on the internet.

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Icelandic Internet definition

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

• veraldarvefur (“World Wide Web”)

Italian Internet definition

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.ter.net/, /in.terˈnɛt/^[1]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -internet, -ɛt
• Hyphenation: Ìn‧ter‧net, In‧ter‧nèt

Noun

Internet f (invariable)

1. Alternative form of internet

References

Anagrams

• nitrente, trentine

Plautdietsch Internet definition

Noun

Internet n

1. Internet

Polish Internet definition

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈtɛr.nɛt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛrnɛt
• Syllabification: In‧ter‧net

Proper noun

Internet m inan

1. the Internet

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Portuguese Internet definition

Alternative forms

• internet

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 Internet definition

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ȉnternet m (Cyrillic spelling И̏нтернет)

1. Internet

Swedish Internet definition

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Proper noun

Internet n (genitive Internets)

1. the (global) Internet