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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

internal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ɪnˈtɜɹ.nəl/ (General-American)
  • /ɪnˈtɜː.nəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ɪɳ.ʈɜ(ː)(ɾ).nəl] (South-Asia)
  • /ˈɪn.ʈə.nəl/ (South-Asia)
  • /ɪnˈʈəʳ.nəl/ (South-Asia)
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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.

Meanings

  1. Of or situated on the inside.
    • We saw the internal compartments of the machine.
  2. Of or situated on the inside. ▸ Within the body.
    • Her bleeding was internal.
  3. Of or situated on the inside. ▸ Concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state or other political community.
    • the minister of internal affairs
    • The nation suffered from internal conflicts.
  4. Of or situated on the inside. ▸ Concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation.
    • An internal investigation was conducted.
  5. Of or situated on the inside. ▸ Present or arising within an organism or one of its parts.
    • an internal stimulus
  6. Of or situated on the inside. ▸ Applied or intended for application through the stomach by being swallowed.
    • an internal remedy
  7. Experienced in one's mind; inner rather than expressed.
    • internal feelings
  8. Of the inner nature of a thing.
  9. (UK, of a student) Attending a university as well as taking its examinations.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more internal Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most internal Degree=Sup lexicographic
internall alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Antonyms

external · exterior

Deriveds

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

Synonyms

interior · inherent · intern · interne · inly · intrinsic · inner

Translations (111)

fi sisäinen (concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.) · nl intern (inside of something) · nb intern (inside of something) · or ଭିତରର (inside of something) · ktu kati (inside of something) · nn intern (inside of something) · nn intern (concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation) · mk внатрешен (concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.) · hy ներքին (inside of something) · pt interno (within the body) · el εσωτερικός (concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation) · pl wewnętrzny (within the body) · de inner (inside of something) · lv iekšējs (concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.) · el εσωτερικός (inside of something) · lv iekšējs (inside of something) · fi sisäinen (concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation) · lv iekšējs (within the body) · hi आंतरिक (concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation) · fa درونی (within the body) · nl intern (concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation) · ca intern (within the body) · it interno (within the body) · el εσωτερικός (within the body) · hy ներքին (within the body) · bg вътрешен (within the body) · la internus (inside of something) · sh ȉntērnī (inside of something) · nb intern (within the body) · ru вну́тренний (inside of something) · eo interna (within the body) · sh ȉntērnī (within the body) · fr interne (within the body) · cs vnitřní (within the body) · pt interno (inside of something) · eo interna (inside of something) · mi taiwhenua (concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.) · es interno (within the body) · ca intern (inside of something) · mk внатрешен (inside of something) · cmn 體內 /体内 (within the body) · sh ùnutrašnjī (concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.) · ca intern (concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.) · cs domácí (concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.) · es interior (concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.) · mk внатрешен (within the body) · it interno (concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation) · da intern (inside of something) · sh ȉntērnī (concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.) · sh ùnutrašnjī (concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation) · it interno (concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.) · ca intern (concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation) · fa درونی (inside of something) · fi sisäpuolinen (inside of something) · eo ena (inside of something) · mi a roto o te tinana (within the body) · mi o roto (inside of something) · sh ùnutrašnjī (inside of something) · es interno (concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.) · mk интерен (concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation) · ur اندرونی (concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.) · hi अंतः (within the body) · bg вътрешен (concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.) · hi आंतरिक (inside of something) · hi आंतरिक (concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.) · sh ùnutārnjī (within the body) · fi sisä- (concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.) · ota داخل (within the body) · ur اندرونی (concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation) · he פנימי (concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.) · nb intern (concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation) · nl inwendig (inside of something) · eo interna (concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation) · hu belső (inside of something) · pl wewnętrzny (inside of something) · it interno (inside of something) · he פנימי (concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation) · hy ներքին (concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation) · ia interne (within the body) · he פנימי (within the body) · nl inwendig (within the body) · es interno (inside of something) · el εσωτερικός (concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.) · da indvendig (inside of something) · bg вътрешен (inside of something) · mi o roto o te tinana (within the body) · hy ներքին (concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.) · eu barneko (inside of something) · ro intern (inside of something) · ia interne (inside of something) · fi sisä- (inside of something) · nl binnenlands (concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.) · pt interno (concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation) · ota ایچ (inside of something) · bg вътрешен (concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation) · oc intèrne (inside of something) · he פנימי (inside of something) · cs vnitřní (inside of something) · lv iekšējs (concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation) · ota داخل (inside of something) · cmn 內 /内 (within the body) · it privato (concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation) · eo interna (concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.) · pt interno (concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state etc.) · fa داخلی (within the body) · nn intern (within the body) · fi sisäinen (inside of something) · ota ایچ (within the body) · sh ȉntērnī (concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation) · fi sisäinen (within the body) · mi a roto (inside of something)