external

English

Etymology

From Latin externus, from exter, exterus (“on the outside, outward”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

external (comparative more external, superlative most external)

1. outside of something

Antonyms

• internal

Related terms

• externalization
• externalize
• externalism
• externalist
• externality

Translations

outside of something

Armenian: արտաքին (hy) (artak’in) Catalan: extern (ca) m., externa (ca) f. Croatian: èkstērnī (hr), ìzvanjskī (hr), vànjskī (hr) Czech: externí (cs), vnější (cs) Dutch: uiterlijk (nl), uitwendig (nl) Finnish: ulko- (fi), ulkoinen (fi), ulkonainen (fi), ulkopuolinen (fi) French: externe (fr) German: Außen- (de), extern (de) Ido: extera

Japanese: 外側の, 外部の Persian: بیرونی (fa) (birōni), بیگانه (fa) (bigâna or bigâne) Polish: zewnętrzny (pl) Portuguese: externo (pt) Romanian: extern (ro) Russian: внешний (ru) (vnéšnij) Spanish: externo (es) m. Swedish: extern (sv) Telugu: బహిర్గత (bahirgata)

External links

• external in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• external in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• external at OneLook Dictionary Search