exterior

English

Alternative forms

• exteriour (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈstɪəɹɪə/, /ɛkˈstɪəɹɪə/
• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈstɪɹiɚ/, /ɛkˈstɪɹiɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪəriə(ɹ)

Adjective

exterior (not comparable)

1. Relating to the outside parts or surface of something.

   the exterior part of a sphere

   • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man / Resemble that it was.

2. Being from outside a country; foreign.

   the exterior relations of a state or kingdom

3. Outdoors.

Antonyms

• interior

Derived terms

• exteriority
• exteriorize, exteriorise
• exteriorly

Translations

relating to the outside parts or surface

• Bulgarian: външен (bg) (vǎnšen)
• Catalan: exterior (ca)
• Galician: exterior (gl)
• German: Außen-
• Irish: seachtrach
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• Maori: mōwaho
• Persian: بیرون (fa) (birun), خارج (fa) (xârej)
• Russian: вне́шний (ru) (vnéšnij), нару́жный (ru) (narúžnyj)
• Spanish: exterior (es)
• Welsh: allanol (cy)

being from outside a country — see foreign

external — see external

outer — see outer

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• Dutch: uitwendig (nl) (1), buitenlands (nl) (2)
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• Interlingua: exterior

Noun

exterior (plural exteriors)

1. The outside part, parts or surface of something.

   The sticker was attached to the exterior of the package

   • 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 31:

     Before dissecting a shark to see how it manages to function so effectively, let us first examine its exterior.

   • 2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport)‎^[1]:

     [I]n the 575 days since [Oscar] Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, there has been an unseemly scramble to construct revisionist histories, to identify evidence beneath that placid exterior of a pugnacious, hair-trigger personality.

   Antonyms: inside, interior

2. Foreign lands.

   She is our new minister of the exterior

   Antonym: interior

Translations

The outside part

• Bulgarian: външност (bg) f (vǎnšnost)
• Galician: exterior (gl) m
• German: Äußeres n, Außenseite (de) f
• Greek: εξωτερικό (el) n (exoterikó)
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• Russian: экстерье́р (ru) m (ekstɛrʹjér), нару́жная часть f (narúžnaja častʹ), вне́шняя часть f (vnéšnjaja častʹ)
• Sanskrit: प्रतीक (sa) n (pratīka)
• Spanish: exterior (es) m

Foreign lands

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• Dutch: buitenland (nl) n (2)
• Ido: exterajo (io)
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• Interlingua: exterior

See also

• external

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin exterior.

Adjective

exterior m or f (masculine and feminine plural exteriors)

1. exterior (relating to the outside parts or surface of something)

   Antonym: interior

2. exterior, foreign

   Synonym: estranger

   Antonym: interior

Derived terms

• exterioritat
• exterioritzar
• exteriorment

Noun

exterior m (plural exteriors)

1. exterior (the outside part, parts or surface of something)

   Antonym: interior

2. the exterior (foreign lands)

   Synonym: estranger

   Antonym: interior

Further reading

• “exterior” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “exterior”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “exterior” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “exterior” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ekˈste.ri.or/, [ɛkˈs̠t̪ɛriɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈste.ri.or/, [ekˈst̪ɛːrior]

Adjective

exterior (neuter exterius, positive exter); third declension

1. outward, outer, exterior

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	exterior	exterius		exteriōrēs	exteriōra
Genitive	exteriōris			exteriōrum
Dative	exteriōrī			exteriōribus
Accusative	exteriōrem	exterius		exteriōrēs	exteriōra
Ablative	exteriōre			exteriōribus
Vocative	exterior	exterius		exteriōrēs	exteriōra

Descendants

• English: exterior
• Portuguese: exterior
• Spanish: exterior

References

• “exterior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “exterior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• exterior in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• exterior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exterior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es.te.ɾi.ˈoʁ/, /is-/, /-ˈɾjoʁ/

Adjective

1. exterior (located in the outside)

   Antonym: interior

   A parte exterior do carro.

   The outside of the car.

2. foreign (relating to foreign countries)

   Qual é a política exterior do Brazil?

   What is Brazil’s foreign policy?

3. (formal) not encompassed by; not related to or covered by

   Este conteúdo é exterior à ementa deste curso.

   This topic is not in the syllabus of this course.

Derived terms

• exteriormente

Related terms

• exterioridade

Noun

exterior m (plural exteriores)

1. outside (outer surface)

   Antonym: interior

   Contratamos um pintor para pintar apenas o exterior da casa, o interior pintaremos nós mesmo.

   We hired a painter to paint the outside of the house; we will paint the inside ourselves.

2. outside (the space beyond some limit or boundary)

   Não deixe nada no exterior deste círculo.

   Don’t leave anything outside this circle.

Noun

exterior m (uncountable)

1. exterior; territory of foreign countries

   Ela mora no exterior desde criança.

   She lives abroad since she was a child.

   Synonym: estrangeiro

Further reading

• Template:R:Priberam

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French extérieur and Latin exterior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeks.te.riˈor/

Noun

exterior n (plural exterioare)

1. exterior

Declension

Declension of exterior

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) exterior	exteriorul	(niște) exterioare	exterioarele
genitive/dative	(unui) exterior	exteriorului	(unor) exterioare	exterioarelor
vocative	exteriorule		exterioarelor

Adjective

exterior m or n (feminine singular exterioară, masculine plural exteriori, feminine and neuter plural exterioare)

1. external, outer

Declension

Declension of exterior

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	exterior		exterioară	exteriori	exterioare
	definite	exteriorul		exterioara	exteriorii	exterioarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	exterior		exterioare	exteriori	exterioare
	definite	exteriorului		exterioarei	exteriorilor	exterioarelor

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin exterior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡsteˈɾjoɾ/ [eɣ̞s.t̪eˈɾjoɾ]

Adjective

exterior m or f (masculine and feminine plural exteriores)

1. external, outer

Noun

exterior m (plural exteriores)

1. outside

Derived terms

• asuntos exteriores
• exteriorizar

 

Related terms

• externo

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001