"internal" in seven languages
Meaninginternal
Spanish
interno
/inˈteɾno/
learned
French
interne
/ɛ̃tɛʁn/
learned
Un interne is also a hospital resident or a boarder.
Italian
interno
/inˈtɛrno/
learned
Also 'extension' on a phone: interno 25.
Portuguese
interno
/ĩˈtɛhnu/
learned
Romanian
intern
/inˈtern/
learned
Catalan
intern
/inˈtɛɾn/
learned
English
internal
/ɪnˈtɝnəl/
from Latin/French · Medieval Latin internālis
English → ItalianinternalinternoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
INTERNUM‘inward, inner’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
English added -al; the sisters kept the plain Latin adjective. Opposite: externo, externe, esterno.
English relatives: intern, internal, interior
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In a sentence
- esEs un problema interno.
- frC'est un problème interne.
- itÈ un problema interno.
- ptÉ um problema interno.
- roEste o problemă internă.
- caÉs un problema intern.
- enIt's an internal problem.