inter

See also inter-

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /In"t3:(r)/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)

Etymology

From French enterrer, from Vulgar Latin "in + terrare". Cognates include Spanish/Portuguese/Galician/Catalan enterrar (to inter), (to bury), Italian interrare (to plant), (to dig in).

Verb

inter (third-person singular simple present inters, present participle interring, simple past and past participle interred)

1. To bury in a grave.

Usage notes

• The spellings intering (for interring) and intered (for interred) exist as well, but are much less common.

Synonyms

• bury, inearth, entomb, inhume

Antonyms

• dig up, disentomb, disinter, exhume, unearth

Derived terms

• reinter

Translations

bury in a grave

Chinese: Mandarin: 埋葬 (cmn) (máizàng), 下葬 (cmn) (xiàzàng) Dutch: begraven (nl) Finnish: haudata (fi) French: enterrer (fr)

German: begraben (de) Icelandic: jarða (is), greftra (is), jarðsetja (is) Latin: īnfodiō (la), sepeliō (la), tumulō (la) Portuguese: enterrar (pt) Spanish: enterrar (es)

Anagrams

• inert
• niter
• nitre
• Terni
• trine

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin inter.

Preposition

inter

1. between
2. among

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Ido

Preposition

inter

1. among

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter (“between”). Cognates include Sanskrit अन्तर् (antár, “between, within, into”), Oscan 𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄𐌓 (anter, “between”), Old Irish eter (“between”) and Old High German untar (“between”).

PIE adverb *h₁enter gave rise to the adjective *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”), whence also Latin interior (“interior”) and intrā (“inside, within”).

Preposition

inter + accusative

1. between, among
2. during

Descendants

Catalan: entre English: inter- French: entre, entre-/inter-

Portuguese: entre Romanian: între Spanish: entre