extern
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛk.ˌstɜː(ɹ)n/
Noun
extern (plural externs)
- A person affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity, for example, as a non-resident or as a part-time affiliate.
- A day-scholar.
- Outward form or part; exterior.
Adjective
extern (comparative more extern, superlative most extern)
- (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.
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References
- “extern” in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.
- William Shakespeare (1603) The Tragedy of Othello the Moor of Venice, Penguin Books, published 2001
Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
extern (feminine externa, masculine plural externs, feminine plural externes)
- external
- Antonym: intern
- inessential
- (education) off-campus (pertaining to a student who is at a school only during classes)
- Antonym: intern
- (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
- avantpaís (“foreland”)
Further reading
- “extern” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “extern” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “extern” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “extern” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Pronunciation
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German
Pronunciation
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Declension
Declension of extern
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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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 |
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [eksˈtern]
Adjective
extern m or n (feminine singular externă, masculine plural externi, feminine and neuter plural externe)
Declension
declension of extern
Further reading
- extern in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Swedish
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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