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 Definitions of internment  [ɪnˈtɜrn mənt]  

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Definition of 'internment' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) internment
an act or instance of interning.

2.  internment
the state of being interned; confinement.

Etymology:  (1865–70)

Definition of 'internment' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) internment
confinement during wartime

2. (noun) imprisonment, internment
the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)

3. (noun) impoundment, impounding, internment, poundage
placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law


Definition of 'internment' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) internment
confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country


Translation of 'internment' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: during a war, to keep (someone who belongs to an enemy nation but who is living in one's own country) a prisoner.

Arabic flag Arabic: إعْتِقال Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: интерниране Brazilian flag Brazilian: internamento
Czech flag Czech: internace German flag German: die Internierung Danish flag Danish: internering
Greek flag Greek: περιορισμός Spanish flag Spanish: internamiento Estonian flag Estonian: interneerimine
Farsi flag Farsi: حبس Finnish flag Finnish: internointi French flag French: internement
Hebrew flag Hebrew: כְּלִיאָה Hindi flag Hindi: नजरबंदी Croatian flag Croatian: interniranje
Hungarian flag Hungarian: internálás Indonesian flag Indonesian: interniran Icelandic flag Icelandic: kyrrsetning
Italian flag Italian: internamento Japanese flag Japanese: 抑留 Korean flag Korean: 억류하기
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: internavimas Latvian flag Latvian: internēšana, aizturēšana Malay flag Malay: penahanan
Dutch flag Dutch: internering Norwegian flag Norwegian: internering Polish flag Polish: internowanie
Persian flag Persian: حبس Pashto flag Pashto: بند Portuguese flag Portuguese: internamento
Romanian flag Romanian: internare Russian flag Russian: интернирование Slovak flag Slovak: internovanie
Slovenian flag Slovenian: internacija Serbian flag Serbian: ograničenje slobode u rat Swedish flag Swedish: internering
Thai flag Thai: การกักกัน Turkish flag Turkish: enterne etme/edilme Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 扣押
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: інтернування Urdu flag Urdu: نظربندی Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự giam giữ
Chinese flag Chinese: 拘留

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