indoors

English

Etymology

From indoor + -s.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdɔːz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdɔɹz/

Adverb

indoors (not comparable)

1. Inside, into, or within a building.

   We stayed indoors to avoid the brutal heat.

   We went indoors when it started to rain.

Antonyms

• outdoors

Translations

in or into a building

• Bulgarian: вътре (bg) (vǎtre), на закрито (na zakrito)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 室內 (zh), 室内 (zh) (shìnèi)

• Dutch: indoor (nl)
• Finnish: sisään (fi)
• French: à l'intérieur (fr), dedans (fr)
• German: drinnen (de) (in); hinein (de), herein (de), rein (de) (into)
• Icelandic: inni (is) (in), inn (is) (into)
• Irish: isteach, istigh
• Mongolian: дотор (mn) (dotor)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: innendørs

• Old English: inne (in); inn (into)
• Polish: w domu, do domu, w budynku, do budynku
• Russian: в помеще́нии (v pomeščénii), внутри́ (до́ма) (vnutrí (dóma))
• Samoan: please add this translation if you can
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: nutśi

• Swedish: inomhus (sv)
• Tetum: please add this translation if you can
• Tongan: please add this translation if you can

Noun

indoors

1. The interior of a building; the space inside buildings generally.

   I prefer the indoors to the outdoors.

Anagrams

• Doirons, Sondrio, sindoor, sordino