interior
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- interiour (obsolete)
[edit] Etymology
From Latin interior (“inner, interior”).
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɪəriə(r)
[edit] Adjective
interior (not comparable)
- having to do with the inner part of something
- having to do with the inland parts of a country far from the coasts
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[edit] Translations
having to do with the inner part of something
having to do with the inland parts of a country
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[edit] Noun
interior (plural interiors)
- The inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.
- The inside regions of a country, distanced from the borders or coasts.
- Sir Richard Burton explored far into the African interior.
- (mathematics, topology) The set of all interior points of a set.
[edit] Translations
the inside of an enclosed structure
the inside regions of a country
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the set of all interior points
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[edit] Galician
[edit] Adjective
interior m. and f. (plural interiores)
[edit] Noun
interior m. (plural interiores)
[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)
[edit] 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.
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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| 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)
[edit] Noun
interior m. (plural interiores)
