# Internet
## English
### Alternative forms

* internet (see Usage notes below)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɪntəˌnɛt/
* (US) enPR: ĭnʹtərnĕt', IPA: /ˈɪn(t)ɚˌnɛt/, [ˈɪɾ̃ɚˌnɛt]
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Hyphenation: Inter‧net
* Rhymes: -ɛt

### Proper noun

the Internet
* The global, decentralized network of computers which communicate with one another using the Internet protocol suite, which now forms a vital part of global communication, content sharing, and information exchange systems.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Internet
** 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreword", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi
    [I]f you think the Internet existed in 1970, I can only guess that the education system has left at least one child behind.
* (by extension, informal) The global community of individuals communicating via the Internet.
** 2024 November 4, Kate Lindsay, “Can We Please Not Politicize Peanut's Death?”, in Vulture‎, archived from the original on 2024-11-24:Not to be confused with the Josh Hutcherson Saturday Night Live sketch that's almost impossible to find online, the tragedy of Peanut, an Instagram-famous squirrel that was euthanized late last month, has sent the internet into mourning.

#### Usage notes

* When referring to the global internet, the proper noun was originally usually capitalised (Internet), reserving internet with a lowercase i for the common noun, referring to any other set of computer networks connected by internetworking; however, increasingly, the proper noun sense also takes a lowercase i. Compare similar examples in how the proper names for the Sun (the sun), the Moon (the moon), the Universe (the universe), and the World (the world) are variably capitalized in English orthography.
* The internet, the World Wide Web (the Web, the web), and cyberspace are often loosely treated as synonymous, but in careful usage, each of those terms has a more precise meaning, overlapping in a semantic field.

#### Derived terms

* break the Internet
* front page of the Internet
* Internet feed
* Internet of Everything
* Internet of Things
* Internet Protocol
* Swatch Internet Time
* the Internet never forgets

#### Related terms

* extranet
* intranet

#### Translations
### References

* Internet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* renitent

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Internet (uncountable)
* the Internet

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

### Proper noun

Internet m
* Internet

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɪn.tərˌnɛt/
* Hyphenation: In‧ter‧net

### Proper noun

Internet n
* Superseded spelling of internet.

## Finnish
### Alternative forms

* internet

### Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Internet
* (Internet) the Internet

#### Declension

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

#### Synonyms

* netti
* (imprecisely) verkko (“Web”), www
* (colloquially, imprecisely) veppi, weppi, webbi

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.nɛt/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Internet m
* the Internet
    Synonyms: internet, Net

#### Usage notes

Generally used without the definite article in French, unlike English; thus "on the Internet" in French is sur Internet.

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɪntɐnɛt/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Internet n (strong, genitive Internets or Internet, no plural)
* internet

#### Usage notes

* While the genitive Internet is often seen, the more Germanic Internets is more frequently used. For example:
    Der Einfluss des Internets nimmt weiter zu.The influence of the internet continues to grow.

#### Derived terms

* Internet der Dinge

### Further reading

* “Internet” in Duden online
* “Internet” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Hunsrik
### Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Internet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /intəˈnet/
* Rhymes: -et
* Syllabification: In‧ter‧net

### Noun

Internet n
* Internet (the global network of computers)
    Ich hon’s im Internet gesihn.I've seen it on the internet.
* internet (Internet access or connection)

### References

* Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Internet”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 83, column 1

## Icelandic
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɪn̥tɛrˌnɛːt/

### Proper noun

Internet n (proper noun, genitive singular Internets)
* (usually definite) the Internet
    Synonyms: net, alnet, lýðnet

#### Declension
### See also

* veraldarvefur (“World Wide Web”)

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Internet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈin.ter.net/, /in.terˈnɛt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -internet, -ɛt
* Hyphenation: Ìn‧ter‧net, In‧ter‧nèt

### Noun

Internet f (invariable)
* Alternative form of internet

### References

* ↑ Internet in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* nitrente, trentine

## Plautdietsch
### Noun

Internet n
* Internet

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /inˈtɛr.nɛt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛrnɛt
* Syllabification: In‧ter‧net

### Proper noun

Internet m inan
* the Internet

#### Derived terms

* internetowy

### Further reading

* Internet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* Internet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* internet

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Internet.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌĩ.teɾˈnɛ.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌĩ.teɾˈnɛ.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˌĩ.teɾˈnɛ.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˌĩ.tɛɾˈnɛ.tɨ/

### Proper noun

Internet f
* World Wide Web (an information space on the Internet)
    Synonyms: web, rede, net
* Internet (specific internet consisting of the global network of computers)

#### Related terms

* internauta
* internetês

#### Descendants

* → Hunsrik: Internet

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /înternet/
* Hyphenation: In‧ter‧net

### Proper noun

Ȉnternet m (Cyrillic spelling И̏нтернет)
* Internet

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Internet.

### Proper noun

Internet n (genitive Internets)
* the (global) Internet