English Explanatory Dictionary

intern

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who is interned, forcibly or voluntarily.
verb
  1. To imprison somebody, usually without trial.
  2. To confine or hold (foreign military personnel who stray into the state's territory) within prescribed limits during wartime.
  3. To internalize.
adj
  1. Internal.
noun
  1. A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field.
  2. A medical student or recent graduate working in a hospital as a final part of medical training.
verb
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈtɝn/ /ɪnˈtɜːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intern.wav /ˈɪntɝn/ /ˈɪntɜːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intern2.wav

Word forms

intern interns interne interning interned more intern most intern

Etymology

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

Derived words

internable internee internment reintern uninterned skintern internship

Translations

Bulgarian: интерни́рам Dutch: interneren Finnish: internoida French: interner German: internieren Irish: imtheorannaigh Italian: internare Japanese: 抑留する Japanese: 拘留する Macedonian: интерни́ра Macedonian: за́твора Polish: internować Russian: интерни́ровать Swedish: internera
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