Kilo Lingo

/ɪnˈtɜː.nəl/

Line drawing of internal
Coloured illustration of internal
#2743 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

On the inside of something; belonging to the inside, not the outside.

Word origin

From Latin internus, meaning inward or on the inside.

Origin
Latin
Root
internus
English cognates
interior

Examples

.

"Internal" injuries are inside the body, where you cannot see them.

.

Here it means private; it stays inside the company.

.

"Internal" describes parts built inside a machine.

Used in

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Go to my review queue

This word is part of lesson 55.