intra

See also: întra and intra-

Latin

Etymology

From earlier *interus (whence also interior), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”). Cognates include Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara, “interior”) and Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine, bowel”), Kurdish (inside), Persian اندرون (“inner”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈin.traː/, [ˈɪn̪t̪räː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.tra/, [ˈin̪t̪rä]

Preposition

intrā (+ accusative)

1. within; inside
2. during
3. less than

Descendants

• Aromanian: ntrã
• French: intra-,
• Italian: tra, intra-
• Sicilian: tra, ntra
• Spanish: intra-

Adverb

intrā (not comparable)

1. within; inside.

Verb

(deprecated template usage) intrā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of intrō

References

• “intra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “intra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• intra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) within four walls: intra parietes (Brut. 8. 32)
    

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Romanian

Alternative forms

• întra (archaic, popular)

Etymology

Modified from the original form întra, from Latin intrāre, present active infinitive of intrō (“enter”).

Verb

a intra (third-person singular present intră, past participle intrat) 1st conj.

1. to enter

Conjugation

    conjugation of intra (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a intra
gerund			intrând
past participle			intrat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	intru	intri	intră	intrăm	intrați	intră
	imperfect	intram	intrai	intra	intram	intrați	intrau
	simple perfect	intrai	intrași	intră	intrarăm	intrarăți	intrară
	pluperfect	intrasem	intraseși	intrase	intraserăm	intraserăți	intraseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să intru	să intri	să intre	să intrăm	să intrați	să intre
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		intră			intrați
	negative		nu intra			nu intrați

Derived terms

• intrare

See also

• întru