interior

== English == === Etymology === From Latin interior (“inner, interior”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɪə.ɹɪ.ə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɪ.ɹi.ɚ/ Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ) Hyphenation: in‧ter‧i‧or === Adjective === interior (not comparable) Within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner. Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland. ==== Alternative forms ==== interiour (obsolete) ==== Antonyms ==== exterior ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === interior (plural interiors) The inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure. The inside regions of a country, distanced from the borders or coasts. Hypernyms: land; country; area; region; place; location Near-synonyms: backcountry, upcountry, hinterland (mathematics, topology) The set of all interior points of a set. ==== Antonyms ==== exterior ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === interior (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === tire iron == Asturian == === Etymology === From Latin interior. === Noun === interior m (plural interiores) interior (the inside of an enclosed structure) Antonym: exterior == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin interiōrem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [in.tə.ɾiˈor] IPA(key): (Balearic) [in.tə.ɾiˈo] IPA(key): (Valencia) [in.te.ɾiˈoɾ] === Adjective === interior m or f (masculine and feminine plural interiors) interior, inner, internal Antonym: exterior === Noun === interior m (plural interiors) interior, inside Antonym: exterior === Noun === interior m or f by sense (plural interiors) (baseball) infielder Coordinate term: exterior (field hockey or ice hockey) inside === Further reading === “interior”, 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 “interior”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “interior” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “interior” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. “interior” in termcat, Centre de Terminologia, 2026. “interior” in termcat, Centre de Terminologia, 2026. == Galician == === Etymology === From Latin interior. === Adjective === interior m or f (plural interiores) inner, interior === Noun === interior m (plural interiores) interior ==== Antonyms ==== exterior == Latin == === Etymology === From earlier *interus (whence also intrā and interulus), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”). Cognates include Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara, “interior”) and Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine, bowel”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪnˈtɛ.ri.ɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [inˈtɛː.ri.or] === Adjective === interior (comparative, neuter interius, no positive form, superlative intimus or intumus, adverb interius); third declension comparative degree of inter inner, interior nearer ==== Usage notes ==== Although interior is the comparative form of inter morphologically, there is no attested positive form, as inter is only used as a preposition and adverb, not as an adjective. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension comparative adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “interior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “interior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “interior”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin interiōrem. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: in‧te‧ri‧or === Adjective === interior m or f (plural interiores) inner; interior (located in the inside) Antonym: exterior === Noun === interior m (plural interiores) interior; inside Antonym: exterior country; countryside; interior (regions outside major cities) Synonym: campo Antonym: cidade ==== Usage notes ==== Generally speaking, any part of a Brazilian state that is not in or near its capital or coast is the state's interior. Alternatively, people from smaller cities tend to consider only smaller towns interior, those from small villages tend to consider only places without any collective settlement interior, and so on. === Further reading === “interior”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French intérieur. === Noun === interior n (plural interiori) interior ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin interior. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /inteˈɾjoɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪eˈɾjoɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: in‧te‧rior === Adjective === interior m or f (masculine and feminine plural interiores) inner, interior === Noun === interior m (plural interiores) interior (Venezuela, also used in the plural) male underwear, underpants ==== Antonyms ==== exterior ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “interior”, 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