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internment

/ɪnˈtɜːnmənt/US/ɪnˈtɝnmənt/

internment noun: the state of being imprisoned, usually without trial.

Noun

internment (countable and uncountable, plural internments)

  1. The state of being imprisoned, usually without trial.
    • Policies that favor criminalization and internment are promoted over support for social transformation and equity.1996 September, Randall Halle, “The Seduction of Nazism”, in Gay Community News, page 24
    • Nevertheless, the economic and emotional effects of the internment were severe, and the United States Government has yet to make good on its promises of reparations.1989 October 15, Vivien Raynor, “Interned Artists, Devoid of Grievance”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

internment meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Arabic

internment in Tamil

காவலில் வைத்தல், சிறை வைத்தல், பாதுகாப்புக் காவல்

internment in Urdu

حبس, نظر بندی, قید

internment in Kannada

ಪ್ರದೇಶ ನಿರ್ಬಂಧ, ಸ್ಥಳಬದ್ಧತೆ, ಸ್ಥಾನ ಬಂಧನ

internment in Arabic

confinement within narrow limits to the interior of a country
اِحْتِجَاز iḥtijāz, حَجْز ḥajz, اِعْتِقَال iʕtiqāl
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internment in Persian
توقیف towqif

Forms of internment

pluralinternments

Plural of internment: internments

Origin of internment

From intern + -ment.

Words formed from internment

Phrases with internment

Questions about internment

What does internment mean?
Internment means the state of being imprisoned, usually without trial.
What is internment in Tamil?
Internment in Tamil is காவலில் வைத்தல், சிறை வைத்தல், பாதுகாப்புக் காவல். See Internment meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is internment?
Internment is a noun.
How do you pronounce internment?
Internment is pronounced /ɪnˈtɝnmənt/ (US).
What is the plural of internment?
The plural of internment is internments.

Words near internment in the dictionary

  1. interning
  2. internings
  3. internist
  4. internists
  5. internity
  6. internment
  7. internment camp
  8. internment camps
  9. internments
  10. internodal
  11. internode

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Adapted from Wiktionary: internment (page history and authors); internment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); internment (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); internment (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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