interior

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See also: Interior and interiør

English

Etymology

From Latin interior (“inner, interior”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

interior (not comparable)

  1. Within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner.
    the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball
  2. Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland.
    the interior parts of a region or country

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Noun

interior (plural interiors)

  1. The inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.
    The gardens are just divine, but the interior of the house are even more splendid.
  2. The inside regions of a country, distanced from the borders or coasts.
    Sir Richard Burton explored far into the African interior.
  3. (mathematics, topology) The set of all interior points of a set.

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin interior.

Noun

interior m (plural interiores)

  1. interior (the inside of an enclosed structure)
    Antonym: exterior

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin interiōrem.

Pronunciation

Adjective

interior m or f (masculine and feminine plural interiors)

  1. interior, inner, internal
    Antonym: exterior

Noun

interior m (plural interiors)

  1. interior, inside
    Antonym: exterior

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin interior.

Adjective

interior m or f (plural interiores)

  1. inner, interior

Noun

interior m (plural interiores)

  1. interior

Antonyms

Latin

Etymology

From the earlier *interus (whence also intrā), from the Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”). Cognates include the Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara, “interior”) and the Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine, bowel”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

interior (neuter interius); third declension

  1. comparative degree of inter
    1. inner, interior
    2. nearer

Usage notes

Although this adjective is the comparative form of inter, there is no positive form. The word inter is an adverb and preposition, not an adjective.

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative interior interius interiōrēs interiōra
Genitive interiōris interiōrum
Dative interiōrī interiōribus
Accusative interiōrem interius interiōrēs interiōra
Ablative interiōre interiōribus
Vocative interior interius interiōrēs interiōra

Descendants

References

  • “interior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “interior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • interior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the interior of Asia: interior Asia; interiora Asiae
    • profound scientific education: litterae interiores et reconditae, artes reconditae

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin interiōrem.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.te.ɾiˈoʁ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.teˈɾjoʁ/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.te.ɾiˈoɾ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.teˈɾjoɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.te.ɾiˈoʁ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.teˈɾjoʁ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.te.ɾiˈoɻ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.teˈɾjoɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɨˈɾjoɾ/, (with ellision) /ĩ.tɾiˈoɾ/, (with ellision, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈtɾjoɾ/, /ẽ.tɨˈɾjoɾ/, (with ellision) /ẽ.tɾiˈoɾ/, (with ellision, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈtɾjoɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɨˈɾjo.ɾi/, (with ellision) /ĩ.tɾiˈo.ɾi/, (with ellision, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈtɾjo.ɾi/, /ẽ.tɨˈɾjo.ɾi/, (with ellision) /ẽ.tɾiˈo.ɾi/, (with ellision, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈtɾjo.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: in‧te‧ri‧or

Adjective

interior m or f (plural interiores)

  1. inner; interior (located in the inside)
    Antonym: exterior
    Não comemos os olhos nem os órgãos interiores.
    We don’t eat the eyes nor the inner organs.

Noun

interior m (plural interiores)

  1. interior; inside
    Antonym: exterior
    Tirei uma bola do interior da caixa.
    I took out a ball from interior the box.
  2. country; countryside; interior (regions outside major cities)
    Synonym: campo
    Antonym: cidade
    Esses fazendeiros moraram sempre no interior.
    Those farmers have always lived in the country.

Usage notes

Generally speaking, any part of a Brazilian state that is not in or near its capital or coast is the state's interior. Alternatively, people from smaller cities tend to consider only smaller towns interior, those from small villages tend to consider only places without any collective settlement interior, and so on.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French intérieur.

Noun

interior n (plural interiori)

  1. interior

Declension

Declension of interior
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) interior interiorul (niște) interiori interiorile
genitive/dative (unui) interior interiorului (unor) interiori interiorilor
vocative interiorule interiorilor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin interior.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inteˈɾjoɾ/
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: in‧te‧rior

Adjective

interior m or f (masculine and feminine plural interiores)

  1. inner, interior

Noun

interior m (plural interiores)

  1. interior
  2. (Venezuela, also used in the plural) male underwear, underpants

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