interior

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin interior (inner, interior).

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Adjective

interior (not comparable)

Positive
interior

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. having to do with the inner part of something
  2. having to do with the inland parts of a country far from the coasts

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[edit] Noun

Singular
interior

Plural
interiors

interior (plural interiors)

  1. The inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.
  2. The inside regions of a country, distanced from from the borders or coasts.
    Sir Richard Burton explored far into the African interior.

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Adjective

interior m. and f. (plural interiores)

  1. interior

[edit] Noun

interior m. (plural interiores)

  1. interior

[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Adjective

interior (comparative of inter)

  1. inner, interior.
  2. nearer

[edit] Usage notes

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

[edit] Inflection

Number Singular Plural
Case \ Gender M.F. N. MM.FF. NN.
nominative interior interius interiōrēs interiōra
genitive interiōris interiōris interiōrum interiōrum
dative interiōrī interiōrī interiōribus interiōribus
accusative interiōrem interius interiōrēs interiōra
ablative interiōre interiōre interiōribus interiōribus
vocative interior interius interiōrēs interiōra

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Adjective

interior m. and f. (plural interiores)

  1. interior

[edit] Noun

interior m. (plural interiores)

Singular
interior m.

Plural
interiores m.

  1. interior

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