English Explanatory Dictionary

internal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or situated on the inside.
Within the body.
Concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state or other political community.
Concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation.
Present or arising within an organism or one of its parts.
Applied or intended for application through the stomach by being swallowed.
Experienced in one's mind; inner rather than expressed.
Of the inner nature of a thing.
Attending a university as well as taking its examinations.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈtɜː.nəl/ /ɪnˈtɜɹ.nəl/ en-us-internal.ogg /ɪnˈʈəʳ.nəl/ /ˈɪn.ʈə.nəl/ [ɪɳ.ʈɜ(ː)(ɾ).nəl]

Word forms

internal more internal most internal internall

Etymology

From Middle English internall, internalle, borrowing from New Latin internālis (“of or pertaining to the inner part”), from internus (“inward, internal”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, intern + -al.

Synonyms

inner inly interior intern interne intrinsic inherent

Antonyms

external exterior

Derived words

anterointernal antero-internal complete internal reflection dorsointernal internal acoustic meatus internal affairs internal angle internal auditory artery internal auditory canal internal auditory meatus internal carotid artery internal carotid plexus internal combustion internal combustion engine internal condom internal conflict internal diameter internal ear internal energy internal exclusion internal exile internal fertilization internal genitalia internal iliac artery internalism internalist internalistic internality internalization internalize internalise internal jugular vein internal link internally internal maxillary artery internal medicine internal migration internal monologue internalness internal oblique internal oblique muscle internal occipital protuberance internal organ internal passport internal reconstruction internal refugee Internal Revenue Code internal rhyme internal sandhi internal stress noninternal posterointernal total internal reflection total internal reflexion

Translations

Armenian: ներքին Basque: barneko Bulgarian: вътрешен Catalan: intern Czech: vnitřní Danish: indvendig Danish: intern Dutch: intern Dutch: inwendig Esperanto: interna Esperanto: ena Finnish: sisäinen Finnish: sisä- Finnish: sisäpuolinen German: inner Greek: εσωτερικός Hebrew: פנימי Hindi: आंतरिक Hungarian: belső Interlingua: interne Italian: interno Kituba: kati Latin: internus Latvian: iekšējs Macedonian: внатрешен Māori: a roto Māori: o roto Norwegian Bokmål: intern Norwegian Nynorsk: intern Occitan: intèrne Odia: ଭିତରର Persian: درونی Polish: wewnętrzny Portuguese: interno Romanian: intern Russian: вну́тренний Serbo-Croatian: ȉntērnī Serbo-Croatian: ùnutrašnjī Spanish: interno Ottoman Turkish: ایچ Ottoman Turkish: داخل

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