Internet

Appendix:Variations of "internet" English Alternative forms en internet see Usage notes below Etymology en network internetwork<id:network of networks> 1 en United States Department of Defense the U.S. Defense Department 1986 1. en internetwork. Pronunciation en /ˈɪn.təˌnɛt/ RP en En-uk-Internet.ogg UK ĭnʹ(t)ərnĕt' US, en /ˈɪn.(t)ɚˌnɛt/ [ˈɪɾ̃ɚˌnɛt] en Inter net en ɛt 3 Proper noun thumb|A map of undersea cables as of 2015, which form a vital part of the Internet backbone. the Internet en Q75 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. en 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. en by extension informal The global community of individuals communicating via the Internet. en 8 March 2000 32:26 w:Bill Clinton Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/permanent-normal-trade-relations-with-china/125555 w:C-SPAN 17 June 2025 We know how much the Internet has changed America. And we are already an open society. Imagine how much it could change China. Now, there is no question – China has been trying to crack down on the Internet. Good luck. That's sort of like trying to nail Jell-O to the wall. en Kate Lindsay Can We Please Not Politicize Peanut's Death? Vulture https://web.archive.org/web/20241124005655/https://www.vulture.com/article/peanut-the-squirrel-trump-explained.html 4 November 2024 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 (en Internet), reserving en 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 en Bookternet break the Internet dead Internet theory Evernet halal Internet internaut internerd internet checkpoint Internet feed Internet of Everything Internet of Things internet pitstop Internet Protocol Internet radio Internet service provider internetable internetless Internetlike Internetphobia Internetter Intertubes intervise intervising interzine Munchausen by Internet Runet spinternet Swatch Internet Time the Internet never forgets Zynternet Internet gaming disorder open Internet Internetic Internetize Internetization Related terms en extranet en intranet Translations specific internet consisting of the global network of computers Abkhaz: ab аинтерҳа Afrikaans: af Internet Akan: ak intanɛt Albanian: sq ndërrjet m, sq internet m American Sign Language: ase Open8@Finger-TipUp-Open8@CenterChesthigh-TipUp Twist-Twist Amharic: am ኢንተርኔት Antillean Creole: gcf entènèt Arabic: ar إِنْتَرْنَت m, ar شُبَّاكَة m Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܦܪܵܣܢܵܘܠܵܐ m, aii ܐܝܼܢܛܲܪܢܹܛ m Armenian: hy ինտերնետ, somewhat formal hy համացանց Assamese: as ইণ্টাৰনেট Azerbaijani: az internet Bashkir: ba интернет Basque: eu Internet, eu Sare Belarusian: be інтэрнэ́т m Bengali: bn আন্তর্জাল, bn ইন্টারনেট inṭarneṭ Breton: br kenrouedad f Bulgarian: bg и́нтернет m, bg мре́жата f definite Burmese: my အင်တာနက် Carpathian Rusyn: rue інтерне́т m Catalan: ca Internet f, ca xarxa f Cherokee: chr ᎠᏏᎳᏕᏫᏒᎢ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 互聯網 wu6 lyun4 mong5, yue 網際網絡 mong5 zai3 mong5 lok6 Mandarin: cmn 互聯網 hùliánwǎng, cmn 網絡 wǎngluò PRC, cmn 網路 wǎnglù Taiwan, cmn 因特網 Yīntèwǎng, cmn 網際網路 wǎngjì wǎnglù Taiwan Chukchi: ckt интернет internet Chuvash: cv тетел, cv интернет Cornish: kw kesrosweyth Corsican: co Internet f Czech: cs Internet m Danish: da internet n Dinka: din Arekwël Dusun: Central Dusun: dtp internet Dutch: nl internet n Emilian: egl raid däl raid Esperanto: eo Interreto, eo reto short form, eo interreta attributive Estonian: et internet, et Internet, et nett, et veeb, et võrk Faroese: fo Alnetið n, fo Internet Finnish: fi Internet, fi netti French: fr Internet m Frisian: West Frisian: fy ynternet Galician: gl Internet f Georgian: ka ინტერნეტი, ka ქსელი German: de Netz n, de Internet n Central Franconian: gmw-cfr Engornät Greek: el Διαδίκτυο n, el διαδίκτυο n, el ίντερνετ n Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug Ñanduti Guasu, gug Momarandu Ñanduti Gujarati: gu આંતરજાળ Haitian Creole: ht entènèt Hausa: ha yanar gizo Hebrew: he מִרְשֶׁתֶת f mirshétet, he אִינְטֶרְנֶט m internet Hindi: hi अंतर्जाल, hi इन्टरनेट m Hungarian: hu internet, hu világháló Hunsrik: hrx Internet n Icelandic: is Veraldarvefurinn m, is Internet n, is netið n Ido: io Internet, io Interreto, io reto short form Indonesian: id Internet Interlingua: ia Internet Inuktitut: iu ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ Irish: ga Idirlíon m Italian: it Internet f Jamaican Creole: jam Intanet Japanese: ja インターネット intānetto, ja ネット netto Kalmyk: xal сүлҗән Kannada: kn ಅಂತರ್ಜಾಲ, kn ಮಿಂಬಲೆ Kazakh: kk интернет Khmer: km អ៊ីនធឺណិត, km អន្តរៈបណ្ដាញ Korean: ko 인터넷 South Korea; ko 인터네트 North Korea, ko 넷, rare ko 누리망(網) Kyrgyz: ky интернет Lao: lo ອິນເຕີເນັດ Latgalian: ltg škārsteiklys Latin: la interrete n Latvian: lv internets m, lv starptīkls m Lithuanian: lt internetas m, lt žiniatinklis m Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl draod, nds-nl internet German Low German: nds-de Internet n from English, nds-de Internett n, nds-de Nett n short form Macedonian: mk интернет m, mk семрежје m Malay: ms Internet Malayalam: ml ഇന്റർനെറ്റ് Maltese: mt internet m Manx: gv Eddyr-voggyl Māori: mi ipurangi Marathi: mr आंतरजाल, mr इंटरनेट n Mari: Eastern Mari: mhr интернет Mirandese: mwl Anternete Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn интернэт Mongolian script: mn ᠢᠨ᠋ᠲ᠋ᠧᠷᠨᠧᠲ Navajo: nv Béésh Łichíiʼii Bee Ééhoozinígíí, nv hiiłos Ndebele: Southern Ndebele: nr i-inthanedi Nepali: ne अन्तरजाल antarjāl, ne इन्टरनेट inṭarneṭ Norman: nrf Enternette Northern Sotho: nso inthanete Norwegian: Bokmål: nb internett n, nb Internett n, nb nettet n short form, with the definite article Nynorsk: nn internett n, nn Internett n, nn nettet n short form, with the definite article Odia: or ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟ Pashto: ps انټرنېټ m inṭarneṭ Persian: Dari: prs اِنْتَرْنیت Iranian Persian: fa-ira اینْتِرْنِت Piedmontese: pms Ragnà Plautdietsch: pdt Internet n Polish: pl Internet m, pl międzysieć, pl Sieć f colloquial Portuguese: pt Internet f Punjabi: pa ਇੰਟਰਨੈੱਟ Quechua: qu T'inkinakusqa llikakuna Romagnol: rgn raid däl raid Romanian: ro Internet n, ro net n Russian: ru интерне́т m intɛrnɛ́t, ru сеть informal Sango: sg Gbândasango Sanskrit: sa अन्तर्जाल n Santali: sat ᱚᱱᱛᱚᱨ ᱡᱟᱞᱟᱢ Scottish Gaelic: gd eadar-lìon m, gd Eadar-lìon m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh и̏нтернет m Latin: sh ȉnternet m Silesian: szl mjyndzynec m, szl internec m Sinhalese: si අන්තර්ජාලය Slovak: sk sieť f informal, sk Internet m Slovene: sl medmrežje n Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Internet m Upper Sorbian: hsb Internet m Sotho: st inthanete Spanish: es internet m f, es red f Swahili: sw intaneti Swazi: ss i-inthanethi Swedish: sv Internet n, sv nätet n definite, sv internet n Tagalog: tl Internet Tajik: tg интернет Tamil: ta இணையம், ta இன்டர்நெட் Tatar: tt пәрәвез, tt интернет Telugu: te ఇంటర్నెట్, te అంతర్జాలము Thai: th อินเทอร์เน็ต Tibetan: bo ཀུག་ཁུག་གུག་ངུག Tigrinya: ti ኢንተርነት, ti መርበብ Tsonga: ts inthanete Tswana: tn inthanete Turkish: tr İnternet, tr genel ağ Turkmen: tk internet Udmurt: udm вотэс Ukrainian: uk інтерне́т m Ulithian: uli interneet Urdu: ur اِنْٹَرْنیٹ f, ur شَبَکَہ f Uyghur: ug ئىنتېرنېت Uzbek: uz internet Venda: ve inthanete Vietnamese: vi in-tơ-nét, vi mạng toàn cầu, vi liên mạng, vi mạng Volapük: vo bevüresod, vo vüresod short form, vo Bevüresod, vo Vüresod short form Võro: vro ilmavõrk Walloon: wa etrernete Welsh: cy rhyngrwyd f Xhosa: xh i-inthanethi c5 Xibe: sjo ᡞᠨᡨᡝ ᠨᡝᠷᡨᡝ inte nerte, sjo ᡞᠨ ᡨᡝ ᠸᠠᡢ ᠠᠰᡠᠷᠠᠨ in te wang asuran Yiddish: yi אינטערנעץ f, yi אינטערנעט f Zhuang: za hulenzvangj, za vangjdoxlienz Zulu: zu i-inthanethi c5 References Anagrams en eeinnrtt renitent en Internet Afrikaans Etymology Borrowed from af en Internet. Pronunciation af LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-Internet.wav Noun - the en Internet af Internet Catalan Etymology ca en Internet. Proper noun m en Internet ca Internet Dutch Etymology Borrowed from nl en Internet. Pronunciation nl /ˈɪn.tərˌnɛt/ nl In ter net Proper noun n nl internet Finnish fi: Alternative forms fi internet Etymology Borrowed from fi en Internet. Pronunciation int(:)ernet Proper noun fi Internet the Internet Declension sg Internet ä 0 Synonyms fi netti imprecisely fi verkko Web, fi www colloquially, imprecisely fi veppi, fi weppi, fi webbi French fr: Etymology fr :bor en:Internet fr en Internet. Pronunciation internète fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Internet.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-Internet.wav <<Switzerland>> (<<Valais>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Internet.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Internet.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) Proper noun m the Internet fr internet Net Usage notes Generally used without the definite article in French, unlike English; thus "on the Internet" in French is sur Internet. German de: Etymology de :bor en:Internet de en Internet. Pronunciation de /ˈɪntɐnɛt/ de De-Internet.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun n,(s).sg internet Usage notes While the genitive Internet is often seen, the more Germanic de Internets is more frequently used. For example: de Der Einfluss des Internets nimmt weiter zu. The influence of the internet continues to grow. Declension n,(s).sg Derived terms de Internet der Dinge Further reading de Internet Hunsrik Etymology hrx :bor pt-BR:Internet<id:network> network + Pronunciation Internétt<hyph:In.ter.net> Noun n en Internet the global network of computers hrx Ich hon’s im Internet gesihn. I've seen it on the internet. internet Internet access or connection References 83 1 hrx Internet Icelandic is: Etymology is en Internet. Pronunciation [-ne] Proper noun @@ is usually definite the en Internet is net alnet lýðnet Declension n.bothdef See also is veraldarvefur World Wide Web is Internet Italian Etymology it en Internet. Pronunciation Ìnternet,Internèt<r:DiPI><audio:It-Internet.ogg> Noun f # it internet References Anagrams it eeinnrtt nitrente trentine it Internet Plautdietsch Noun pdt proper noun n Internet Polish pl: Alternative forms pl internet Etymology pl :bor en:Internet + 1 Pronunciation Pl-Internet.ogg Proper noun m-in the en Internet Declension s Derived terms pl adjective internetowy pl nouns liternet Further reading pl Internet Portuguese pt: Alternative forms pt internet Etymology pt network :ubor en:Internet<id:network> + 1 Pronunciation Ínter:néte Proper noun f World Wide Web an information space on the Internet pt web rede net en Internet specific internet consisting of the global network of computers Related terms pt internauta internetês Descendants hrx Internet 1 pt Internet Serbo-Croatian Etymology sh en Internet. Pronunciation sh /înternet/ sh In ter net Proper noun Ȉnternet m en Internet sh Internet Spanish Etymology es :bor en:Internet + 1 Noun mfequiv - es internet es Hope King Verizon quiere hacer que el internet sea 1.000 veces más rápido w:CNN en Español https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2015/08/11/verizon-quiere-hacer-que-el-internet-sea-1-000-veces-mas-rapido 2015-08-11 Recientemente, Comcast acaba de empezar a ofrecer el Internet más rápido del país a 2 gigabits por segundo el mes pasado. https://web.archive.org/web/20251124021656/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2015/08/11/verizon-quiere-hacer-que-el-internet-sea-1-000-veces-mas-rapido 24 November 2025 Swedish Etymology sv en Internet. Proper noun n the (global) en Internet sv Internet