intern

English

Alternative forms

• interne (archaic)

Etymology 1

From French interner, from interne (“inner, internal”), from Latin internus (“within, internal”), compare Etymology 2.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɝn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɜːn/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

Noun

intern (plural interns)

1. A person who is interned, forcibly or voluntarily.

Verb

intern (third-person singular simple present interns, present participle interning, simple past and past participle interned)

1. (transitive) To imprison somebody, usually without trial.

   The US government interned thousands of Japanese-Americans during World War II.

   • 1989 October 15, Vivien Raynor, “Interned Artists, Devoid of Grievance”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     That description was of a camp at the Tanforan Racetrack near San Francisco, one of several centers in California where Japanese and Japanese-American residents (Issei and Nisei) were held before being interned in areas remote from the West Coast.

   1. (of a state, especially a neutral state) To confine or hold (foreign military personnel who stray into the state's territory) within prescribed limits during wartime.

      The Swiss government interned the Italian soldiers who had strayed onto Swiss territory.

2. (transitive, programming) To internalize.
   • 2004, Mark Schmidt, Simon Robinson, Microsoft Visual C# .NET 2003 Developer's Cookbook, page 81:

     Strings are automatically interned if they are assigned to a literal string within code.

Derived terms

• internment
• internee

Translations

Adjective

intern (comparative more intern, superlative most intern)

1. (archaic) Internal.
   • 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ . Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: T B for H. Mosley  , →OCLC:

     Man was made after Gods image, which must be understood of the intern graces of the Soule

Etymology 2

From French interne (“inner, internal”), from Latin internus (“within, internal”), from inter (“between”); compare etymology 1.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪntɝn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɪntɜːn/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

Noun

intern (plural interns)

1. A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field.
   • 1994 November 6, William Goss, “Interning For Pleasure And Profit”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Students know that working as an intern can provide contacts and all-important experience in their chosen fields. And last year, 26 percent of graduates hired by companies had worked as interns, compared with 9 percent the year before.

2. A medical student or recent graduate working in a hospital as a final part of medical training.

Coordinate terms

• resident
• trainee

Derived terms

• internship

Translations

Verb

intern (third-person singular simple present interns, present participle interning, simple past and past participle interned)

1. (intransitive) To work as an intern, usually with little or no pay or other legal prerogatives of employment, and for the purpose of furthering a program of education.

   I'll be interning at Universal Studios this summer.

Translations

Anagrams

• netrin, tinner

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin internus.

Adjective

intern (feminine interna, masculine plural interns, feminine plural internes)

1. internal

   Antonym: extern

Derived terms

• internament
• internar

Noun

intern m (plural interns, feminine interna)

1. (medicine) intern
2. (education) boarder

Further reading

• “intern” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “intern”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “intern” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “intern” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chinese

Etymology

From English intern or English internship.

Pronunciation

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Noun

intern (Hong Kong Cantonese, American (1980–))

1. intern (Classifier: 個／个 c)

   不論是NG還是intern，都是非常缺乏面試經驗的 [MSC, trad.]
   不论是NG还是intern，都是非常缺乏面试经验的 [MSC, simp.]

   bùlùn shì NG háishì intern, dōu shì fēicháng quēfá miànshì jīngyàn de

   Regardless if they are new graduates or intern, they all lack interview experience.

2. internship (Classifier: 份 c)

   三年工作經驗找不到intern [MSC, trad.]
   三年工作经验找不到intern [MSC, simp.]

   sān nián gōngzuò jīngyàn zhǎo bù dào intern

   Can't find an internship with three-year working experience.

Synonyms

• (intern): 煙腸／烟肠

Danish

Adjective

intern (neuter internt, plural and definite singular attributive interne)

1. internal

Dutch

Etymology

From French interne (“inner, internal”), or directly from Latin internus (“within, internal”), from inter (“between”).

Pronunciation

• intern

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛrn

Adjective

intern (comparative interner, superlative internst)

1. internal, inside of something, of the body etc.

Inflection

Synonyms

• inwendig

Related terms

• interneren
• internist m

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛʁn

Adjective

intern (strong nominative masculine singular interner, not comparable)

1. internal

Declension

Hyponyms

• schaltungsintern

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch intern, from French interne (“inner, internal”), from Latin internus (“within, internal”), from inter (“between”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: in‧tèrn

Adjective

intern

1. internal.

   Synonym: internal

Alternative forms

• interen

Related terms

Further reading

• “intern” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin internus.

Adjective

intern (neuter singular internt, definite singular and plural interne)

1. internal

Antonyms

• ekstern

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin internus.

Adjective

intern (neuter singular internt, definite singular and plural interne)

1. internal

Antonyms

• ekstern

Romanian

Etymology

French interne, Latin internus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Adjective

intern m or n (feminine singular internă, masculine plural interni, feminine and neuter plural interne)

1. internal

   Antonym: extern

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin internus.

Adjective

intern (not comparable)

1. internal, something of no relevance for outsiders

Declension

Antonyms

• extern

Noun

intern c

1. a prisoner, an inmate

Declension

Synonyms

• fånge
• fängelsekund
• intagen

Related terms

• internera