"internment" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈtɝnmənt/ [General-American], /ɪnˈtɜːnmənt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-internment.wav [Southern-England] Forms: internments [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nmənt Etymology: Etymology tree English intern Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English internment From intern + -ment. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|intern|-ment|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English intern Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English internment [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "nominal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-mn̥", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-mn̥tom", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-mentom", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-mentum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ment", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ment", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ment", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "internment", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="internment"> From intern + -ment. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} internment (countable and uncountable, plural internments)
  1. The state of being imprisoned, usually without trial. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: internment camp Related terms: interment Translations (confinement within narrow limits to the interior of a country): اِحْتِجَاز (iḥtijāz) [masculine] (Arabic), حَجْز (ḥajz) [masculine] (Arabic), اِعْتِقَال (iʕtiqāl) [masculine] (Arabic), internament [masculine] (Catalan), internement (French), Internierung [feminine] (German), imtheorannú (Irish), توقیف (towqif) (Persian)

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