interior

English

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Alternative forms

• interiour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin interior (“inner, interior”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪəriə(r)

Adjective

interior (not comparable)

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.

Derived terms

• interior decoration
• interior design
• interior designer

Translations

having to do with the inner part of something

• Armenian: ներքին (hy) (nerk’in)
• Czech: vnitřní (cs)
• Finnish: sisä- (in compounds), sisäinen (fi)
• Hungarian: belső (hu)

• Japanese: 内部 (ja) (naibu)
• Portuguese: interior (pt)
• Russian: внутренний (ru) (vnútrennij)
• Spanish: interior (es)

having to do with the inland parts of a country

• Armenian: ներքին (hy) (nerk’in)
• Finnish: sisä- (fi), sisämaan (fi) (genitive of the noun)
• Hungarian: bel- (hu)

• Maori: uta (mi)
• Portuguese: interior (pt) m
• Russian: внутренний (ru) (vnútrennij)
• Spanish: interior (es)

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• French: intérieur m
• Portuguese: interior m

• Interlingua: interior

Noun

interior (plural interiors)

1. The inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.
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.

Translations

the inside of an enclosed structure

• Asturian: interior (ast) m
• Catalan: interior (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 內部 (cmn), 内部 (cmn) (nèibù)

• Dutch: interieur (nl) n
• Finnish: sisätila (fi), sisus (fi), sisäpuoli (fi)
• French: intérieur (fr) m
• Galician: interior (gl) m
• German: Interieur (de) n, Inneres (de) n
• Hungarian: belső (hu)
• Japanese: 内装 (ja) (ないそう, naisō), 内部 (ja) (ないぶ, naibu), インテリア (ja) (interia)

• Persian: درون (fa) (darun), داخل (fa) (dâxel)
• Portuguese: interior (pt) m
• Russian: интерьер (ru) (intɛrʹjér) m, внутренность (ru) (vnútrennostʹ) f, внутренняя часть (ru) (vnútrennjaja častʹ) f
• Spanish: interior (es) m
• Swedish: interiör (sv), insida (sv), innandöme (sv), det inre (sv)

the inside regions of a country

• Finnish: sisämaa (fi)
• Hungarian: belterület (hu)
• Persian: داخل (fa) (dâxel)

• Portuguese: interior (pt) m
• Russian: внутренние районы страны (ru) (vnútrennije rajóny straný) m pl

the set of all interior points

• German: Inneres (de) n, offener Kern (de) m

• Hebrew: פנים (he) (pním) m

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• Interlingua: interior
• Spanish: interior m

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin interior.

Adjective

interior m and f (plural interiores)

1. inner, interior

Noun

interior m (plural interiores)

1. interior

Antonyms

• exterior

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Latin

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”).

Adjective

interior (comparative 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.

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin interior.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /ĩtɨɾjoɾ/

Adjective

interior m (feminine interior plural interiores; comparable)

1. inner, interior

Noun

interior m (plural interiores)

1. interior

Antonyms

• exterior

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin interior.

Adjective

interior m and f (plural interiores)

1. inner, interior

Noun

interior m (plural interiores)

1. interior

Antonyms

• exterior

Related terms

• interioridad
• interiorizar
• interno