interior

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 2 Galician 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Noun 3 Latin 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Adjective 3.2.1 Usage notes 3.2.2 Inflection 4 Spanish 4.1 Adjective 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin interior (“‘inner, interior’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪəriə(r)

[edit] 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

[edit] Derived terms

• interior decoration
• interior design
• interior designer

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[edit] 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 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

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[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

• Third declension, comparative variation (3:COM).

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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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Adjective

interior m. and f. (plural interiores)

1. interior

[edit] Noun

interior m. (plural interiores)

1. interior

[edit] Related terms

• interioridad
• interiorizar
• interno