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internee

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪntɜːˈniː/
  • US: /ɪntɝˈniː/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T ER0 N IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One who is imprisoned or otherwise confined.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a person who is interned

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the internees were enemy aliens and suspected terrorists

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: prisoner, captive

History

Etymology

From intern + -ee.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: интерниран (interniran) — one who is imprisoned or otherwise confined
  • Chinese Mandarin: 被拘留者 (bèi jūliú zhě) — one who is imprisoned or otherwise confined
  • French: interné — one who is imprisoned or otherwise confined
  • German: Internierte — one who is imprisoned or otherwise confined
  • Irish: imtheorannaí — one who is imprisoned or otherwise confined
  • Japanese: 被抑留者 (hikōryūsha) — one who is imprisoned or otherwise confined
  • Japanese: 捕虜 (horyo) — one who is imprisoned or otherwise confined
  • Russian: интерни́рованный (intɛrnírovannyj) — one who is imprisoned or otherwise confined
  • Russian: заде́ржанный (zadéržannyj) — one who is imprisoned or otherwise confined
  • Russian: заключённый (zaključónnyj) — one who is imprisoned or otherwise confined