# 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: /ɪnˈtɝn/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɪnˈtɜːn/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

#### Noun

intern (plural interns)
* 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)
* (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.
** 1989 December 10, Herbert Daniel, “An Open Letter To Fidel Castro”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 22, page 5:Cuba could take pride in its health system. It could, that is, if it weren't for the way it treats those who test positive [for HIV], whether sick or not, interning them in an isolation that has no medical justification, that is against all scientific direction and is a frontal assault on all human rights.
** (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.
* (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)
* (archaic) Internal.
** 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →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: /ˈɪntɝn/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɪntɜːn/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

#### Noun

intern (plural interns)
* 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.
* 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)
* (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)
* internal
    Antonym: extern

#### Derived terms

* internament
* internar

### Noun

intern m (plural interns, feminine interna)
* (medicine) intern
* (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, 2025
* “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

* Cantonese (Jyutping): in$^1$ toen$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: in$^1$ toen$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /iːn⁵⁵ tʰœːn³⁵/
* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some! Particularly: “Mandarin”

### Noun

intern (Hong Kong Cantonese, American (1980–))
* intern (Classifier: 個／个 c)
       bùlùn shì NG háishì intern, dōu shì fēicháng quēfá miànshì jīngyàn de [Pinyin]
       Regardless if they are new graduates or intern, they all lack interview experience.
* internship (Classifier: 份 c)
       sān nián gōngzuò jīngyàn zhǎo bù dào intern [Pinyin]
       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)
* internal

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛrn

### Adjective

intern (comparative interner, superlative internst)
* internal, inside of something, of the body etc.
    Synonym: inwendig
    Antonyms: extern, uitwendig

#### Related terms

* internaat
* interneren
* internist

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛʁn

### Adjective

intern (strong nominative masculine singular interner, not comparable)
* internal

#### 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: [ˈɪntɛr(ə)n]
* Hyphenation: in‧tèrn

### Adjective

intern
* internal
    Synonym: internal

#### Alternative forms

* interen

#### Related terms

* interna
* internal
* internalisasi
* internat

### 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 of Indonesia, 2016.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin internus.

### Adjective

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

#### Antonyms

* ekstern

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin internus.

### Adjective

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

#### Antonyms

* ekstern

## Romanian
### Etymology

French interne, Latin internus

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [inˈtern]

### Adjective

intern m or n (feminine singular internă, masculine plural interni, feminine and neuter plural interne)
* internal
    Antonym: extern

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

From Latin internus.

### Adjective

intern (not comparable)
* internal, something of no relevance for outsiders

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### Antonyms

* extern

### Noun

intern c
* a prisoner, an inmate

#### Synonyms

* fånge
* fängelsekund
* intagen

#### Related terms

* internera