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Webster 1913 Edition


Interior

In-te′ri-or

,
Adj.
[L., compar. fr.
inter
between: cf. F.
intérieur
. See
Inter-
, and cf.
Intimate
.]
1.
Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner; – opposed to
exterior
, or
superficial
;
as, the
interior
apartments of a house; the
interior
surface of a hollow ball.
2.
Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland;
as, the
interior
parts of a region or country
.
Syn. – Internal; inside; inner; inland; inward.

In-te′ri-or

,
Noun.
1.
That which is within; the internal or inner part of a thing; the inside.
2.
The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom.
Department of the Interior
,
that department of the government of the United States which has charge of pensions, patents, public lands and surveys, the Indians, education, etc.; that department of the government of a country which is specially charged with the internal affairs of that country; the home department.
Secretary of the Interior
,
the cabinet officer who, in the United States, is at the head of the Department of the Interior.

Webster 1828 Edition


Interior

INTE'RIOR

,
Adj.
[L. comp. formed from inter or intra, in or within.]
1.
Internal; being within any limits, inclosure or substance; inner; opposed to exterior or superficial; as the interior apartments of a house; the interior ornaments; the interior surface of a hollow ball, the interior parts of the earth.
2.
Inland; remote from the limits, frontier or shore; as the interior parts of a country, state or kingdom.

INTE'RIOR

,
Noun.
The internal part of a thing; the inside.
1.
The inland part of a country, state or kingdom.

Definition 2024


Interior

Interior

See also: interior and interiør

English

Proper noun

Interior

  1. A town/village in South Dakota.

interior

interior

See also: Interior and interiør

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

interior (not comparable)

  1. Within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner.
    the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball
  2. Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland.
    the interior parts of a region or country

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Derived terms

Translations

Noun

interior (plural interiors)

  1. The inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.
  2. The inside regions of a country, distanced from the borders or coasts.
    Sir Richard Burton explored far into the African interior.
  3. (mathematics, topology) The set of all interior points of a set.

Antonyms

Translations


Asturian

Noun

interior m (plural interiores)

  1. interior (the inside of an enclosed structure)

Catalan

Adjective

interior m (feminine interiora, masculine plural interiors, feminine plural interiores)

  1. interior, inner, internal

Noun

interior m (plural interiors)

  1. interior, inside

Galician

Etymology

From Latin interior.

Adjective

interior m, f (plural interiores)

  1. inner, interior

Noun

interior m (plural interiores)

  1. interior

Antonyms


Latin

Etymology

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

Adjective

interior (comparative of inter)

  1. inner, interior
  2. nearer

Usage notes

Although this adjective is the comparative form of inter, there is no positive form. The word inter is an adverb and preposition, not an adjective.

Inflection

Third declension, comparative variant

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
nominative interior interius interiōrēs interiōra
genitive interiōris interiōrum
dative interiōrī interiōribus
accusative interiōrem interius interiōrēs interiōra
ablative interiōre interiōribus
vocative interior interius interiōrēs interiōra

References


Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin interior.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɨ.ɾi.ˈoɾ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.ˌte.ɾi.ˈoʁ/, /ˌĩ.te.ˈɾjoʁ/
  • Hyphenation: in‧te‧ri‧or

Adjective

interior (plural interiores, comparable)

  1. inner; interior (located in the inside)
    Não comemos os olhos nem os órgãos interiores.
    We don’t eat the eyes nor the inner organs.

Antonyms

Noun

interior m (plural interiores)

  1. interior; inside
    Tirei uma bola do interior da caixa.
    I took out a ball from interior the box.
  2. country; countryside; interior (regions outside major cities)
    Esses fazendeiros sempre moraram no interior.
    These farmers have always lived in the country.

Usage notes

The sense of countryside is very subjective. People from the Brazilian state capitals tend to consider the rest of the state interior, 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.

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Antonyms


Spanish

Etymology

From Latin interior.

Adjective

interior m, f (plural interiores)

  1. inner, interior

Noun

interior m (plural interiores)

  1. interior

Antonyms

Related terms