interior

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin interior (inner, interior).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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.

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Noun[edit]

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.

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin interior.

Adjective[edit]

interior m and f (plural interiores)

  1. inner, interior

Noun[edit]

interior m (plural interiores)

  1. interior

Antonyms[edit]


Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

interior (comparative of inter)

  1. inner, interior
  2. nearer

Usage notes[edit]

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[edit]

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

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin interior.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

interior m (feminine interior plural interiores; comparable)

  1. inner, interior

Noun[edit]

interior m (plural interiores)

  1. interior

Antonyms[edit]


Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin interior.

Adjective[edit]

interior m and f (plural interiores)

  1. inner, interior

Noun[edit]

interior m (plural interiores)

  1. interior

Antonyms[edit]

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