Internet

See also: İnternet and internet

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪntəˌnɛt/
  • (US) enPR: ĭnʹtərnĕt', IPA(key): /ˈɪntɚˌnɛt/, /ˈɪɾ̃ɚˌnɛt/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Hyphenation: Inter‧net

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, some (chiefly British) media outlets such as the BBC and the Times refer to the global network with a lower-case i. Now typically prefaced by the article the.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:Internet

Translations

References

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Noun

Internet (uncountable)

  1. the Internet

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Proper noun

Internet m

  1. Internet

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈinternet/
  • Hyphenation: 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 — —

Synonyms

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

  • 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

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪntɐnɛt/

Noun

Internet n (genitive Internet or Internets, no plural)

  1. internet

Further reading

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪn̥tɛrˌnɛːt/

Proper noun

Internet n

  1. (usually definite) the Internet

Declension

Synonyms

See also

  • Veraldarvefur

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Noun

Internet f (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of internet

Anagrams

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈtɛr.nɛt/, /in.tɛrˈnɛt/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Internet m inan

  1. (Internet) the Internet

Declension

Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English 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

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
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