Wiktionary

interior

See also: Interior and interiør

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin interior (“inner, interior”).

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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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NounEdit

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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AsturianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin interior.

NounEdit

interior m (plural interiores)

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

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin interior.

AdjectiveEdit

interior m or f (masculine and feminine plural interiors)

  1. interior, inner, internal
    Antonym: exterior

NounEdit

interior m (plural interiors)

  1. interior, inside
    Antonym: exterior

Further readingEdit

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin interior.

AdjectiveEdit

interior m or f (plural interiores)

  1. inner, interior

NounEdit

interior m (plural interiores)

  1. interior

AntonymsEdit

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

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”).

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

interior (neuter interius); third declension

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

Usage notesEdit

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.

DeclensionEdit

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

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the interior of Asia: interior Asia; interiora Asiae
    • profound scientific education: litterae interiores et reconditae, artes reconditae

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Learned borrowing from Latin interiōrem.

PronunciationEdit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.te.ɾiˈoʁ/ [ĩ.te.ɾɪˈoh], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.teˈɾjoʁ/ [ĩ.teˈɾjoh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.te.ɾiˈoɾ/ [ĩ.te.ɾɪˈoɾ], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.teˈɾjoɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.te.ɾiˈoʁ/ [ĩ.te.ɾɪˈoχ], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.teˈɾjoʁ/ [ĩ.teˈɾjoχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.te.ɾiˈoɻ/ [ĩ.te.ɾɪˈoɻ], (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/

  • Hyphenation: in‧te‧ri‧or

AdjectiveEdit

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.

NounEdit

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)
    Antonym: cidade
    Esses fazendeiros moraram sempre no interior.
    Those farmers have always lived in the country.
    Synonym: campo

Usage notesEdit

People from the Brazilian state capitals tend to consider the rest of the state interior, 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.

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French intérieur.

NounEdit

interior n (plural interiori)

  1. interior

DeclensionEdit

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

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin interior.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /inteˈɾjoɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪eˈɾjoɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: in‧te‧rior

AdjectiveEdit

interior (plural interiores)

  1. inner, interior

NounEdit

interior m (plural interiores)

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

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