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See also: Internet and İnternet

English

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Etymology 1

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The noun is a variant of Internet. The verb is derived from the noun.[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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the internet

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Internet (“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”)
    • 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “Conscious computing: How to take control of your life online”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 March 2022:
      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.
    • 2024 May 4, John Naughton, “The internet is in decline – it needs rewilding”, in The Guardian‎[2]:
      He was able to do this because the internet, which had been publicly available since January 1983, enabled it.
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Noun

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internet (countable and uncountable, plural internets)

  1. (uncountable) Internet access or connection; internet connectivity.
    Do you have internet at your place? My internet is down and I want to check my email.
  2. (countable) Any set of computer networks that communicate using the Internet Protocol; an intranet.
  3. (uncountable) Collectively, the users of the Internet.
    As soon as the trailer was released, the internet went nuts.
    Hello everyone, this is your daily dose of internet.
    • 2015, Emojis : the secret behind the smile, page 41:
      In 2014, a hot dog entrepreneur, Laura Ustick, general manager of Superdawg in Chicago, Illinois, asked the internet to get behind her in support of the Emoji Hot Dog.
    • 2016, Star Tribune 2016-10-19, page 5:
      On Friday, as the internet reacted to the video of Thomas getting arrested for walking in the street, the city rushed out a statement explaining what happened around noon last Wednesday.
    • 2021, The Complete Guide to Digital Marketing for Museums, page 64:
      One of their most recognised challenges was posting a photo of an animal from their collection and challenging users to Photoshop that image into other paintings. @TheMERL gave the call to action and the internet answered.
  4. (Internet slang, humorous) A fictitious unit of scoring awarded for making outstanding posts on the internet.
    • 2008 April 5, “Anonology”, “Narconon Exposed tonight on Canadian TV”, in alt.religion.scientology‎[3] (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 August 7, “Bilbo”, “Looking for a Billiard”, in alt.smokers.pipes‎[4] (Usenet):
      I have been looking through CupOJoes and kind of want something dark with a silver band between the bit and the bowl [of the pipe]. That's not a must, but 1000 internets go to the first person to find one.
    • 2011 November 12, David Johnston, “What Did You Watch? 2011-11-10 (Thursday)”, in rec.arts.tv‎[5] (Usenet):
      You win one internet.
    • 2011 October 14, Unifarva@sticklerboi.com, “10 Not So Insanely Great Things Apple Released Under Steve Jobs”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling‎[6] (Usenet):
      I hope this is sarcastic. Otherwise -100 internets for you.
    • 2013 February 26, Devon H. O’Dell, “[9fans] Ancient History: ‘Electronic Mail Without Aliases’”, in comp.os.plan9‎[7] (Usenet):
      Do I win an internet?
Usage notes
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The lowercase spelling "internet" is much more common in popular usage than the capitalized spelling "Internet", whereas, among the ISP companies, the capitalized spelling is still the more-typical form.

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Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, Internet, informal) To use the internet; specifically, to search for information by using the internet.
    Having no idea what that means, I am internetting like mad.
    • 2002, Soshana Keiny, “The Conceptual Framework of the Book”, in Ecological Thinking: A New Approach to Educational Change, Lanham, Md., New York, N.Y.: University Press of America, →ISBN, page 14:
      We have several groups of Internetters, from Alaska, from New Zealand, and a group from San Francisco interested in deserts as a context where different faiths developed. Internetting with them could stimulate discussion. Internetting with other countries is seen as a way of broadening the students' areas of interest and triggering their questions.
    • 2005, Vincente L. Rafael, “The Cell Phone and the Crowd: Messianic Politics in the Contemporary Philippines”, in Daniel Rosenberg, Susan Harding, editors, Histories of the Future, Durham, N.C., London: Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 87:
      Most of us, before and after the second uprising, can be found in schools, offices, or factories, going about our everyday lives. Dreaming, working hard for a future. Texting, internetting, entertaining ourselves in the present.
    • 2021, Shirley Goldberg, chapter 15, in Eat Your Heart Out (Starting Over; 2), [Adams Basin, N.Y.?]: The Wild Rose Press, →ISBN:
      I collect cookbooks, too. And recipes, you know, that I've internetted.
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Etymology 2

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From inter- (prefix meaning ‘amid, among; between’) +‎ net (“to form a netting or network”).[1]

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Verb

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

  1. (archaic, rare) To entwine or link (several things) together, so as to form a network; to interconnect, to network.
    Synonym: interweave
    • 1856 March, John O’Fallon et al., “Article IV. Report on the ‘Overland Mail’ from Missouri to California.”, in M. Tarver, H. Cobb, editors, The Western Journal and Civilian, Devoted to Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanic Arts, Internal Improvement, Commerce, Public Policy, and Polite Literature, volume XV, number 4, St. Louis, Mo.: […] M. Niedner & Co., […], →OCLC, page 250:
      A railroad performs in a single day as much work as a ship in a whole year. This is done, too, in the midst of society, internetted among the cities, the farms, the dwellings of the people.
    • 1862 September, “The Two Sicilies in 1862. [First Notice.]”, in [Charles Patrick Meehan], editor, Duffy’s Hibernian Sixpenny Magazine, volume II (New Series), number 9, Dublin, London: James Duffy, […], →OCLC, page 284:
      With 1849 began the organization of the secret societies, which, regulated from Piedmont, internetted the entire southern peninsula.
    • 1864 November 1, Elihu Burritt, “Material Bonds of Peace”, in Bond of Brotherhood, number 172 (New Series), London: Job Caudwell, […]; Simpkin, Marshall & Co. and Kent & Co., →OCLC, page 370:
      Thus silent and imperceptible is the webwork of material interests which are internetting the great family of nations with the bonds of peace.
    • 1909 November 13, H. P. FitzGerald Marriott, “Correspondence. The Wonders of Tropical Africa.”, in The Spectator: A Weekly Review of Politics, Literature, Theology, and Art, volume 103, number 4,246, London: F. C. Westley, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 780, column 1:
      As the light filters through some gap in the topmost boughs into the damp atmosphere, it magnifies and confuses the foliage, and lights up thousands of monkey-ropes, or lianas, that hang from every branch through the forests and which stretch without beginning and without end, hanging loosely like gymnasium ropes, or swung up again in a giant loop, often twisting into fantastic knots as it internets with some other portion of the mighty cable.
    • 1913 June 9, Hermann Edward Hasse, “Systematic Treatment”, in The Lichen Flora of Southern California (Smithsonian Institution, Bulletin of the United States National Museum, Contributions from the United States National Herbarium; 17, part 1), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 11:
      ARTHROPYRENIA. Mass. Paraphyses loosely branching and internetting or absent; spores 2 to 6-locular, colorless, ovoid or oblong.
    • 2002 January, Rameshwar K. Sharma, “Evolution of the Membrane Guanylate Cyclase Transduction System”, in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry: An International Journal for Chemical Biology in Health and Disease, volume 230, number 1, Kluwer Academic Publishers, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12, column 2:
      These studies finally resulted in the discovery of a membrane guanylate cyclase transduction system that is internetted with seven transmembrane receptor signaling system.
    • 2004, “Phase I Report: Operational Test Design and Evaluation of the Interim Armored Vehicle”, in Improved Operational Testing and Evaluation and Methods of Combining Test Information for the Stryker Family of Vehicles and Related Army Systems: Phase II Report, Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, →ISBN, page 118:
      The synergistic effects achieved by internetting highly trained soldiers and leaders with platforms and organizational design enable the force to avoid surprise, develop rapid decisions, control the time and place to engage in combat, conduct precision maneuver, shape the battlespace with precision fires and effects, and achieve decisive outcomes.
  2. (specifically, networking) To connect (a computer, an electronic device, etc.) into a computer network (in particular, the Internet).
    • 1966 February 14, Robert S[trange] McNamara (witness), “Statement of the Secretary of Defense”, in Department of Defense Appropriations for 1967: Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eighty-ninth Congress, Second Session [...] Part 1 […], Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 59:
      We are continuing our program of internetting our radar system with that of the Federal Aviation Agency.
    • 1975 March 7, Malcolm R[oderick] Currie (witness), “Statement of Dr. Malcolm R. Currie, Director, Defense Research and Engineering, Accompanied by Laurin A. Knutson, Assistant Director (Programing) O.D.D.R. & E.”, in Fiscal Year 1976 and July–September 1976 Transition Period Authorization for Military Procurement, Research and Development, and Active Duty, Selected Reserve, and Civilian Personnel Strengths: Hearings before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, Ninety-forth Congress, First Session on S. 920 […] Part 6: Research and Development […], Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 2756:
      More efficient means of internetting the computers in the system must also be developed.
    • 1981 September 29, Stephen J[oseph] Lukasik (witness), “Statement of Stephen J. Lukasik, Chief Scientist, Office of Science and Technology, Federal Communications Commission”, in Emergency Management Information and Technology: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session […] (no. 55), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, published [1982], →OCLC, page 119:
      Other less dynamic examples of information networks include intelligence or military command centers, internetted with communications including different kinds of voice circuits, (i.e., encrypted and non encrypted), data communications, teletype, facsimile, and the like.
    • 1985 spring, Robert J. DeSutter, Jr., “SALT Nonviolations and the Evolution of a Compliance Policy”, in Robert J. DeSutter, Jr., compiler, Selected Readings and Documents on Postwar American Defense Policy, volume III, [Colorado Springs, Colo.: United States Air Force Academy]; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page [1041]:
      […] Soviet interceptors have been internetted with radars, enabling the use of early-warning radars to track reentry vehicles for interception. […] [T]he Soviets have evidently internetted their SA-5, not with earlier mechanical radars, but with phased-array systems that are far more adequate for reentry vehice tracking purposes.
    • 1988 February 25, “Breakout”, in The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20:
      We hear that Air Force Intelligence has officially concluded the Soviets have rolled production lines to break out of the ABM treaty and deploy a nationwide anti-missile system, which could possibly be in place by next year. […] [T]he Soviets are internetting their early-warning radars […]
    • 1990 April 5, John J. Welch Jr. (witness), Edward R. Bracken (witness), Thomas R. Ferguson (witness), “Missile and Other Procurement, Air Force”, in Department of Defense Appropriations for 1991: Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session: Part 5 […], Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 432:
      Question. How will the various radars of the Caribbean Basin Radar Network be internetted together? / Answer. […] These operation centers will also be internetted so as to share surveillance data and coordinate tracking/interdiction efforts.
    • 1996 April–June, Robert J. Bunker, “Internetted Structures and C2 Nodes”, in Susan M. Miranda, editor, Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin (PB 34-96-2), volume 2, number 2, Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: U.S. Army Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca, →OCLC, page 26, column 2:
      An experiment conducted by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the ARPANET experiment sought to explore technologies for the networking of remote research sites. ARPANET sends independent digital packets over networks "internetted" together to pass information.
    • 2000 June, David E[ric] Pearson, “WWMCCS Intercomputer Network”, in The World Wide Military Command and Control System: Evolution and Effectiveness, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.: Air University Press, →ISBN, page 186:
      Emergency "patches" were applied to WWMCCS's General Comprehensive Operating System software as engineers desperately tried to find a way to work around the limitations of the Honeywell 6000 computers so that the network's nodes could be effectively internetted.
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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “internet, v.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2022.

Anagrams

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Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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From English Internet.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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    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

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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internet m (plural internets)

  1. internet

Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English internet.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: in‧ter‧net

Noun

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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

Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian интернет (internet)

Noun

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internet

  1. internet

Declension

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Declension of internet
singular plural
nominative internet internetler
genitive internetniñ internetlerniñ
dative internetke internetlerge
accusative internetni internetlerni
locative internette internetlerde
ablative internetten internetlerden

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Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Etymology

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Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɪntɛrnɛt]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: in‧ter‧net

Noun

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internet m inan

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

Declension

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Declension of internet (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative internet internety
genitive internetu internetů
dative internetu internetům
accusative internet internety
vocative internete internety
locative internetu internetech
instrumental internetem internety

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Further reading

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  • “internet”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Internet.

Noun

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

  1. internet

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɪn.tərˌnɛt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: in‧ter‧net

Noun

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internet n (uncountable, diminutive internetje n)

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

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Verb

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internet

  1. inflection of internetten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

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  • “internet” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
  • internet on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl

Finnish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈint(ː)ernet/, [ˈin̪t̪(ː)e̞rne̞t̪]
  • Rhymes: -internet
  • Hyphenation(key): in‧ter‧net

Noun

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internet

  1. internet

Declension

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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 — —

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French

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Etymology

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English Internet.

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Noun

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internet m (usually uncountable, plural internets)

  1. the Internet
    Il a rencontré beaucoup d’amis sur internet la semaine dernière.
    He met a lot of friends on the internet last week.

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Galician

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Internet.

Noun

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internet f (uncountable)

  1. internet

Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈintɛrnɛt]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: in‧ter‧net
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

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internet (plural internetek)

  1. (computing, Internet) Internet (specific internet consisting of the global network of computers)
    Synonym: (informal) net

Declension

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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

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Compound words

Icelandic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English internet.

Noun

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internet n (genitive singular internets, no plural)

  1. internet

Declension

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Declension of internet (sg-only neuter)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative internet internetið
accusative internet internetið
dative interneti internetinu
genitive internets internetsins

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology

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From English internet.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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internet (uncountable)

  1. internet.

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English internet.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈin.terˌnɛt/, /ˌin.terˈnɛt/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛt
  • Hyphenation: ìn‧ter‧net, in‧ter‧nèt

Noun

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internet f (uncountable)

  1. internet

Adjective

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internet (invariable)

  1. (relational) web, internet

References

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  1. ^ Internet in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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Malay

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Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms

Etymology

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Borrowed from English internet.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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internét (Jawi spelling اينترنيت, plural internet-internet, informal 1st possessive internetku, 2nd possessive internetmu, 3rd possessive internetnya)

  1. an internet

Further reading

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English internet.

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Noun

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internet f (usually uncountable, plural internets)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Internet
    • 2009, Raúl Candeloro, A Hora da Virada, Elsevier Brasil, →ISBN, page 58:
      Digamos que eu queira colocar um home theater na sala de minha casa. Posso comprar a televisão em um lugar porque é mais barato, comprar as caixas em outro porque um amigo me indicou, comprar o resto do equipamento num site da internet e receber em casa, e depois tentar montar tudo sozinho.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. internet (an internet connection, internet connectivity, access to the internet.)
    Estou sem internet. Ultimamente a minha internet tem estado sempre em baixo.
    I have no internet. Lately, my internet is always down.

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ȉnternet m (Cyrillic spelling и̏нтернет)

  1. internet

References

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  • “internet”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovak

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Internet.

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Noun

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internet m inan (relational adjective internetový)

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

Declension

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Declension of internet (pattern dub)
singularplural
nominativeinternetinternety
genitiveinternetuinternetov
dativeinternetuinternetom
accusativeinternetinternety
locativeinterneteinternetoch
instrumentalinternetominternetmi

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Further reading

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  • “internet”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /inteɾˈnet/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾˈnet̪]
  • Rhymes: -et
  • Syllabification: in‧ter‧net

Noun

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internet m or f same meaning (uncountable)

  1. internet
    lo encontré en internet
    I found it on the internet

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Internet.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɪntɛrnɛt/, /ɪntɛrˈnɛt/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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internet n (indeclinable)

  1. internet

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From English internet.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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internet (definite accusative interneti, uncountable)

  1. internet
    Synonym: genel ağ

Declension

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Declension of internet
singular plural
nominative internet -
definite accusative interneti -
dative internete -
locative internette -
ablative internetten -
genitive internetin -
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