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語源

From 中期英語 internall, internalle, borrowing from New Latin internālis (“of or pertaining to the inner part”), from internus (“inward, internal”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, intern +‎ -al.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɪnˈtɜː.nəl/
• (General American) IPA: /ɪnˈtɜɹ.nəl/
• (Indic) IPA: /ɪnˈʈəʳ.nəl/, /ˈɪn.ʈə.nəl/, [ɪɳ.ʈɜ(ː)(ɾ).nəl]
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl

形容詞

internal (comparative more internal, superlative most internal)

1. Of or situated on the inside.

   We saw the internal compartments of the machine.

   1. (medicine) Within the body.

      Her bleeding was internal.

   2. Concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state or other political community.

      The nation suffered from internal conflicts.

      the minister of internal affairs

   3. Concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation.

      An internal investigation was conducted.

   4. (biology) Present or arising within an organism or one of its parts.

      an internal stimulus

   5. (pharmacology) Applied or intended for application through the stomach by being swallowed.

      an internal remedy

2. Experienced in one's mind; inner rather than expressed.

   internal feelings

3. Of the inner nature of a thing.

   Synonyms: intrinsic, inherent

4. (British, education, of a student) Attending a university as well as taking its examinations.

同意語

• inner
• inly
• interior
• intern, interne

反意語

• external
• exterior

派生語

参照

• “internal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “internal”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Further reading

• “internal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “internal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “internal”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.