extern

English

Etymology

French externe, from Latin externus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛk.ˌstɜː(ɹ)n/

Noun

extern (plural externs)

  1. A person affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity, for example, as a non-resident or as a part-time affiliate.
    1. A day-scholar.
  2. Outward form or part; exterior.

Adjective

extern (comparative more extern, superlative most extern)

  1. (obsolete, rare) External; outward; not inherent
    • 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Penguin Books, published 2001, Act 1, Scene 1:
      Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty,/ But seeming so, for my particular end,/For when my outward action doth demonstrate/The native act and figure of my heart/In complement extern, 'tis not long after/But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve/For daws to peck at.

References

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin externus.

Pronunciation
  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /əksˈtɛɾn/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /əksˈtɛrn/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /eksˈtɛɾn/

Adjective

extern (feminine externa, masculine plural externs, feminine plural externes)

  1. external
    Antonym: intern
  2. inessential
    Synonym: inessencial
    Antonyms: intern, essencial
  3. (education) off-campus (pertaining to a student who is at a school only during classes)
    Antonym: intern
  4. (geology) Pertaining to foreland, the zone where material eroded from a mountain chain is deposited.

Derived terms

Hyponyms
  • (external): aliè (“external to a social group”)

See also

Noun

extern m (plural externs, feminine externa)

  1. (education) off-campus student
    Antonym: intern

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation
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Adjective

extern (not comparable)

  1. external
  2. exterior

Inflection
Inflection of extern
uninflected extern
inflected externe
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial extern
indefinite m./f. sing. externe
n. sing. extern
plural externe
definite externe
partitive externs

German

Pronunciation
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Adjective

extern (not comparable)

  1. external

Declension
Declension of extern
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist extern sie ist extern es ist extern sie sind extern
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative externer externe externes externe
genitive externen externer externen externer
dative externem externer externem externen
accusative externen externe externes externe
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der externe die externe das externe die externen
genitive des externen der externen des externen der externen
dative dem externen der externen dem externen den externen
accusative den externen die externe das externe die externen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein externer eine externe ein externes (keine) externen
genitive eines externen einer externen eines externen (keiner) externen
dative einem externen einer externen einem externen (keinen) externen
accusative einen externen eine externe ein externes (keine) externen

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

From French externe, from Latin externus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [eksˈtern]

Adjective

extern m or n (feminine singular externă, masculine plural externi, feminine and neuter plural externe)

  1. external
    Antonym: intern

Declension
declension of extern
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative		 indefinite extern externă externi externe
definite externul externa externii externele
genitive/
dative		 indefinite extern externe externi externe
definite externului externei externilor externelor

Further reading

Swedish

Adjective

extern

  1. external

Declension
Inflection of extern
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular extern mer extern mest extern
Neuter singular externt mer externt mest externt
Plural externa mer externa mest externa
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 externe mer externe mest externe
All externa mer externa mest externa
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
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