exterior

== English == === Alternative forms === exteriour (obsolete) === Etymology === From Latin exterior. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɪkˈstɪəɹɪə/, /ɛkˈstɪəɹɪə/ (US) IPA(key): /ɪkˈstɪɹiɚ/, /ɛkˈstɪɹiɚ/ Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ) Hyphenation: ex‧ter‧ior === Adjective === exterior (not comparable) Relating to the outside parts or surface of something. Synonym: outer Being from outside a country; foreign. Outdoor. ==== Antonyms ==== interior ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === exterior (plural exteriors) The outside part, parts or surface of something. Antonyms: inside, interior Foreign lands. She is our new minister of the exterior Antonym: interior ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin exteriōrem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [əks.tə.ɾiˈor] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əks.tə.ɾiˈo] IPA(key): (Valencia) [eks.te.ɾiˈoɾ] === Adjective === exterior m or f (masculine and feminine plural exteriors) exterior (relating to the outside parts or surface of something) Antonym: interior exterior, foreign Synonym: estranger Antonym: interior ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === exterior m (plural exteriors) exterior (the outside part, parts or surface of something) Antonym: interior the exterior (foreign lands) Synonym: estranger Antonym: interior === Noun === exterior m or f by sense (plural exteriors) (baseball) outfielder Hypernym: campista Coordinate term: interior === Further reading === “exterior”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “exterior”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “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. “exterior” in termcat, Centre de Terminologia, 2026. == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛkˈstɛ.ri.ɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ekˈstɛː.ri.or] === Adjective === exterior (comparative, neuter exterius); third declension comparative degree of exter; outward, outer, exterior ==== Declension ==== Third-declension comparative adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === 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, 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. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin exterior. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ex‧te‧ri‧or === Adjective === exterior m or f (plural exteriores) exterior (located in the outside) Antonym: interior foreign (relating to foreign countries) (formal) outwith; not encompassed by; not related to or covered by ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Noun === exterior m (plural exteriores) outside (outer surface) Antonym: interior outside (the space beyond some limit or boundary) === Noun === exterior m (uncountable) exterior; territory of foreign countries Synonym: estrangeiro === Further reading === “exterior”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “exterior”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French extérieur and Latin exterior. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌeks.te.riˈor/ === Noun === exterior n (plural exterioare) exterior ==== Declension ==== === Adjective === exterior m or n (feminine singular exterioară, masculine plural exteriori, feminine/neuter plural exterioare) external, outer ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin exterior. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eɡsteˈɾjoɾ/ [eɣ̞s.t̪eˈɾjoɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: ex‧te‧rior === Adjective === exterior m or f (masculine and feminine plural exteriores) external, outer Antonym: interior === Noun === exterior m (plural exteriores) outside Antonym: interior abroad Synonym: extranjero ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “exterior”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025