"internment" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈtɝnmənt/ [General-American], /ɪnˈtɜːnmənt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-internment.wav [Southern-England] Forms: internments [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nmənt Etymology: intern + -ment Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|intern|ment}} 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): internament [masculine] (Catalan), internement (French), Internierung [feminine] (German), imtheorannú (Irish)
    Sense id: en-internment-en-noun-LISo20mB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment

Inflected forms

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