Internet in Different Languages
Discover 'Internet' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Internet
Afrikaans internet | ||
Albanian internet | ||
Amharic በይነመረብ | ||
Arabic الإنترنت | ||
Armenian համացանց | ||
Assamese ইণ্টাৰনেট | ||
Aymara internet tuqi | ||
Azerbaijani i̇nternet | ||
Bambara ɛntɛrinɛti kan | ||
Basque internet | ||
Belarusian інтэрнэт | ||
Bengali ইন্টারনেট | ||
Bhojpuri इंटरनेट के बा | ||
Bosnian internet | ||
Bulgarian интернет | ||
Catalan internet | ||
Cebuano internet | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 互联网 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 互聯網 | ||
Corsican internet | ||
Croatian internet | ||
Czech internet | ||
Danish internet | ||
Dhivehi އިންޓަރނެޓް | ||
Dogri इंटरनेट | ||
Dutch internet | ||
English internet | ||
Esperanto interreto | ||
Estonian internet | ||
Ewe internet dzi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) internet | ||
Finnish internet | ||
French l'internet | ||
Frisian ynternet | ||
Galician internet | ||
Georgian ინტერნეტი | ||
German internet | ||
Greek διαδίκτυο | ||
Guarani internet-pe | ||
Gujarati ઇન્ટરનેટ | ||
Haitian Creole entènèt | ||
Hausa intanit | ||
Hawaiian pūnaewele | ||
Hebrew מרשתת | ||
Hindi इंटरनेट | ||
Hmong is taws nem | ||
Hungarian internet | ||
Icelandic internet | ||
Igbo ntaneti | ||
Ilocano internet ti internet | ||
Indonesian internet | ||
Irish idirlíon | ||
Italian internet | ||
Japanese インターネット | ||
Javanese internet | ||
Kannada ಇಂಟರ್ನೆಟ್ | ||
Kazakh ғаламтор | ||
Khmer អ៊ីនធឺណិត | ||
Kinyarwanda internet | ||
Konkani इंटरनॅट | ||
Korean 인터넷 | ||
Krio intanɛt | ||
Kurdish internetnternet | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئینتەرنێت | ||
Kyrgyz интернет | ||
Lao ອິນເຕີເນັດ | ||
Latin internet | ||
Latvian internets | ||
Lingala internet | ||
Lithuanian internetas | ||
Luganda intaneeti | ||
Luxembourgish internet | ||
Macedonian интернет | ||
Maithili इन्टरनेट | ||
Malagasy aterineto | ||
Malay internet | ||
Malayalam ഇന്റർനെറ്റ് | ||
Maltese internet | ||
Maori ipurangi | ||
Marathi इंटरनेट | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯏꯟꯇꯔꯅꯦꯠ꯫ | ||
Mizo internet hmanga tih a ni | ||
Mongolian интернет | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အင်တာနက် | ||
Nepali इन्टरनेट | ||
Norwegian internett | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) intaneti | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟ୍ | | ||
Oromo intarneetii | ||
Pashto انټرنیټ | ||
Persian اینترنت | ||
Polish internet | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) internet | ||
Punjabi ਇੰਟਰਨੈੱਟ | ||
Quechua internet nisqapi | ||
Romanian internet | ||
Russian интернет | ||
Samoan initaneti | ||
Sanskrit अन्तर्जालम् | ||
Scots Gaelic eadar-lìn | ||
Sepedi inthanete | ||
Serbian интернет | ||
Sesotho inthanete | ||
Shona indaneti | ||
Sindhi انٽرنيٽ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අන්තර්ජාල | ||
Slovak internet | ||
Slovenian internet | ||
Somali internetka | ||
Spanish internet | ||
Sundanese internét | ||
Swahili mtandao | ||
Swedish internet | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) internet | ||
Tajik интернет | ||
Tamil இணையதளம் | ||
Tatar интернет | ||
Telugu అంతర్జాలం | ||
Thai อินเทอร์เน็ต | ||
Tigrinya ኢንተርነት | ||
Tsonga internet | ||
Turkish i̇nternet | ||
Turkmen internet | ||
Twi (Akan) intanɛt so | ||
Ukrainian інтернет | ||
Urdu انٹرنیٹ | ||
Uyghur ئىنتېرنېت | ||
Uzbek internet | ||
Vietnamese internet | ||
Welsh rhyngrwyd | ||
Xhosa intanethi | ||
Yiddish אינטערנעט | ||
Yoruba intanẹẹti | ||
Zulu i-inthanethi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "Internet" in Afrikaans is derived from the English word "Internet" and has the same meaning. |
| Albanian | The word "Internet" in Albanian comes from the Latin words "inter" and "rete" meaning "between" and "network". |
| Amharic | The word በይነመረብ (Internet) in Amharic is derived from በይን (between) and መረብ (network), meaning "a network between [computers]" |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "الإنترنت" is derived from the English word "Internet", which is a portmanteau of the words "interconnected" and "network". |
| Azerbaijani | The word 'İnternet' in Azerbaijani is derived from the English word 'Internet' with the addition of an Azerbaijani suffix '-net' that means 'network' or 'web'. |
| Basque | The Basque word 'Internet' is derived from the English word 'Internet', which itself is a portmanteau of the words 'inter' and 'net'. |
| Bengali | "ইন্টারনেট" শব্দটি ল্যাটিন শব্দ "Inter" (মধ্যে) এবং "Net" (জাল) থেকে এসেছে। |
| Bosnian | Bosnian translation of "Internet" means "worldwide network" and derives from English "inter" and "net". |
| Bulgarian | The word "интернет" in Bulgarian is derived from the English word "internet" and is used to refer to a global computer network. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 互联网一词源于英文“internet”，意思是“国际联网”，最早由美国科学家温顿·瑟夫和鲍勃·卡恩在1972年提出。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The Chinese word "互聯網" (Internet) literally means "interconnected network". |
| Corsican | Corsican has no true equivalent of "Internet" but uses the French or Italian words for it instead: "Internet" and "Internet". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "Internet" is derived from the English word "Internet" and refers to the global network of computers. |
| Czech | "Internet" is derived from the Czech word "internetová síť," itself a calque of the English phrase "interconnected network." |
| Danish | The word "Internet" is a portmanteau of "interconnected networks". |
| Dutch | In Dutch the word "Internet" is also used to refer to the entire telecommunication infrastructure that supports the Internet, rather than just the network of interconnected computer networks. |
| Esperanto | "Interreto" is derived from "inter-" (between) and "reto" (network). It also means "interdimensional network". |
| Estonian | The Estonian word for "Internet" is "internet,'' which is derived from the English word "internet." |
| Finnish | The word "internet" is derived from the Latin word "inter" (between) and the English word "net" (network). |
| French | The French word "l'Internet" is pronounced with a silent "t" and can also refer to the global network of computers and its associated services. |
| Frisian | It is a Frisianization of "internet". |
| Galician | "Interrede" is a word used in Galician language that has the same meaning as the word "Internet" in English. |
| German | The German word for "internet" is "Internet" and it originated as an abbreviation for "Interconnected Networks". |
| Greek | "Διαδίκτυο" is a compound word which literally means "through networks" in Greek. |
| Gujarati | The word "ઇન્ટરનેટ" (Internet) is an abbreviation of the English phrase "interconnected networks". In Gujarati, it is most commonly used to refer to the global network of computers that allows for the exchange of information and data. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "Entènèt" also refers to the World Wide Web in Haitian Creole, and is derived from the English word "Internet". |
| Hausa | The word "Intanit" in Hausa is derived from the English word "Internet" and is also used to refer to "web" or "online platform". |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word 'Pūnaewele' also refers to a spider's web, a net, or a trap. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "מרשתת" (Internet) literally means "net spread out". |
| Hindi | इंटरनेट शब्द लैटिन शब्द 'Inter' और 'Net' से बना है जिसका अर्थ है 'आपस में जुड़ा हुआ नेटवर्क'। |
| Hmong | The words “Is” and “Ntaw” do not have any meaning in Hmong, “Taws” is a homophone for “computer” and “Nem” is a homophone for “system”. |
| Hungarian | The word "Internet" comes from the Latin word "inter" meaning "between" and "net" meaning "network". |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, "Internet" is pronounced "ínternet" and directly translates to "within networks" |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "Ntaneti" means "world network" and is derived from "nta" (world) and "eti" (network). |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, "Internet" can also refer to the physical network infrastructure used to connect devices and computers. |
| Irish | The Old Irish word "idirlíon" originally referred to a "between language" that connects languages. |
| Italian | La parola "Internet" deriva dal termine inglese "internetwork", che significa "rete di reti". |
| Japanese | インターネット (internetto) is a katakana borrowing of the English word “internet”, itself derived from the English phrase "interconnected network" |
| Javanese | In Javanese, the word "Internet" is also used to refer to a "spider". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "ғаламтор" (Internet) is derived from the Arabic word "غالمات" (knowledge), meaning a vast and interconnected body of information. |
| Khmer | The word អ៊ីនធឺណិត is derived from the English words "inter" and "network", and it refers to the global system of interconnected computer networks. |
| Korean | 인터넷(Internet)은 '국가 간'을 뜻하는 '인터(Inter)' 와 '망(Net)'이 합쳐진 말로, 원래는 미국 국방부가 운영하는 네트워크의 이름이었습니다. |
| Kurdish | In Kurdish, the word "Internet" can also be used to refer to a specific type of online chat or forum. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "Интернет" is derived from the English word "Internet" and is written in the Cyrillic alphabet. |
| Lao | The Lao word ອິນເຕີເນັດ, pronounced 'in-tern-et', is derived from the English word 'Internet'. Interestingly, in Lao, it is also sometimes used to refer to a specific website or online platform. |
| Latin | The Latin-originated word "inter" means "between" and "net" refers to a "network". |
| Latvian | “Internets” is Latvian for “Internets” but can also mean “the Internet” in a non-specific way. |
| Lithuanian | The word "internetas" in Lithuanian is derived from the Latin word "inter" (between) and "rete" (network), meaning "between networks". It is also the plural form of the Lithuanian word "internetas" (network). |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "Интернет" is derived from the English word "Internet" and has no other alternate meanings. |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, the word "aterineto" is cognate with the English word "Internet" and also means "world wide web". |
| Malay | "Internet" in Malay is a loan word from the English language. |
| Malayalam | The word "ഇന്റർനെറ്റ്" is derived from the Latin word "inter" meaning "between" and "net" meaning "network". |
| Maltese | In Maltese, “Internet” is an abbreviated form of “interconnected networks” or “interlinked networks”. |
| Maori | The word "Ipurangi" is derived from "Ipua" (wave) and "Ranginui" (sky father), hence "waves from the sky" or "Internet." |
| Marathi | In Marathi, 'इंटरनेट' is directly derived from the English word 'Internet', retaining its original meaning. |
| Mongolian | "Интернет" (Internet) is the Latin script spelling of "Интернэт" (Internet), which means "global network" |
| Nepali | Internet is derived from the words "international" and "network". |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "Internett" originated from "internetwork" and "Nett" is also Norwegian for "web" or "net" |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, Intaneti also refers to the 'world wide web' and can be likened to 'web' or even 'net'. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "انټرنیټ" is a loanword from English and has the same meaning, "a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities". |
| Persian | The Persian word 'اينترنت' translates to 'world network' or 'global interconnection'. |
| Polish | W języku polskim słowo "Internet" jest również używane jako nazwa własna międzynarodowej sieci komputerowej. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Em inglês "Internet" é o resultado da fusão das palavras "inter" (entre) e "rede" (network) |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਇੰਟਰਨੈੱਟ' is an abbreviation of 'interconnected networks', emphasizing its function as a global network of interlinked computer networks. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "Internet" comes from the English word "internet", which in turn comes from the Latin words "inter" (between) and "net" (a net). |
| Russian | In Russian, "Интернет" (Internet) also means "network" or "web". |
| Samoan | Initaneti was formerly used by early Samoan Christians, and means 'The Network' |
| Scots Gaelic | Eadar-lìn derives from a combination of "eadar" (between, among) and "lìn" (net). In earlier use, "lìn" could refer to the physical net of a fish, a net for trapping birds or small game, a mesh used to make clothing or blankets, a network of ropes for climbing, a network of people, or even a fishing net used on land to catch fairies. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "Интернет" is derived from the Latin word "interrete", meaning "among the nets." |
| Sesotho | Inthanete is also the name of a Sesotho folk music genre, a string quartet performed on homemade instruments. |
| Shona | The word 'Indaneti' is a combination of 'Inda' (network) and 'Neti' (web), highlighting both the network and webpage aspects of the internet. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi term "انٽرنيٽ" is derived from the English word "Internet" and refers to the global network of computers. |
| Slovak | "Internet" is derived from the Latin "inter" (between) and "net" (network). |
| Slovenian | Slovene term "internet" can also refer to the intranet. |
| Somali | The Somali word "Internetka" also refers to the World Wide Web. |
| Spanish | La palabra "Internet" proviene del inglés "interconnected networks", que significa "redes interconectadas". |
| Sundanese | The word "Internét" is derived from the Sundanese word "rérénét", meaning "to connect". |
| Swahili | "Mtandao" literally translates to "network" in Swahili, referring to the interconnected networks that comprise the internet. |
| Swedish | The word 'Internet' is a portmanteau of the words 'interconnected' and 'network'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "Internet" comes from the English word "Internet", which means "a network of networks that connects computers all over the world". |
| Telugu | The word "అంతర్జాలం" is derived from the Sanskrit words "अन्तर्" (antar) meaning "inner" and "जाल" (jal) meaning "net", thus referring to the interconnected nature of the Internet. |
| Thai | The Thai word "อินเทอร์เน็ต" is derived from the Greek root "inter," meaning "between," and the Latin root "net," meaning "a woven fabric." |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "İnternet" is derived from the English words "international" and "network". |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "Інтернет" ("Internet") derives from the English "internetwork" and initially referred to a computer network with connections extending outside an organization or a geographical region. |
| Urdu | 'انٹرنیٹ' is derived from the words 'inter' and 'net,' which refer to the interconnected nature of computer networks. |
| Uzbek | The word "Internet" derives from "interconnected networks", a reference to the interconnected networks of computers that make up the Internet. |
| Vietnamese | Internet là từ viết tắt của Interconnected Networks, có nghĩa là mạng lưới các mạng được kết nối với nhau. |
| Welsh | "Rhyngrwyd" is a compound word that literally translates as "network world". |
| Xhosa | The etymology of 'Intanethi' is unclear, potentially derived from 'intando' ('intention') and 'nethi' ('network'), or simply from English. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "אינטערנעט" ('internet') originates from the English word 'internet', which itself is a portmanteau of 'inter-' and 'net'. |
| Yoruba | Intanẹẹti derives from 'interconnected networks' and also means 'a net of nets' |
| Zulu | I-inthanethi is derived from the English word "internet". |
| English | The term 'Internet' is derived from 'internetworking', a combination of 'inter' (between) and 'network'. |