how to pronounce internment

/ɪnˈtɜːn.mənt/

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internment is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of internment in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… that almost 400 internment camps have …”

meanings of internment

noun:

Confinement within narrow limits, as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.

internment frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word internment occurs in english on average 1.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.