# exterior
## English
### Alternative forms

* exteriour (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Latin exterior.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ɪkˈstɪəɹɪə/, /ɛkˈstɪəɹɪə/
* (US) IPA: /ɪkˈstɪɹiɚ/, /ɛkˈstɪɹiɚ/
* Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adjective

exterior (not comparable)
* Relating to the outside parts or surface of something.
    the exterior part of a sphere
** c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man / Resemble that it was.
* Being from outside a country; foreign.
    the exterior relations of a state or kingdom
* Outdoor.

#### Antonyms

* interior

#### Derived terms

* exterior angle
* exterior derivative
* exteriorisation
* exteriority
* exteriorization
* exteriorize, exteriorise
* exteriorly
* exteriorness
* exterior product

#### Translations

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### Noun

exterior (plural exteriors)
* The outside part, parts or surface of something.
    The sticker was attached to the exterior of the package
** 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 31:Before dissecting a shark to see how it manages to function so effectively, let us first examine its exterior.
** 2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport)‎:[I]n the 575 days since [Oscar] Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, there has been an unseemly scramble to construct revisionist histories, to identify evidence beneath that placid exterior of a pugnacious, hair-trigger personality.
    Antonyms: inside, interior
* Foreign lands.
    She is our new minister of the exterior
    Antonym: interior

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### See also

* external

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exteriōrem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [əks.tə.ɾiˈor]
* IPA: (Balearic) [əks.tə.ɾiˈo]
* IPA: (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

* exterioritat
* exterioritzar
* exteriorment

### 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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “exterior”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “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, 2025.

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ekˈste.ri.or/, [ɛkˈs̠t̪ɛriɔr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ekˈste.ri.or/, [ekˈst̪ɛːrior]

### Adjective

exterior (comparative, neuter exterius); third declension
* comparative degree of exter; outward, outer, exterior

#### Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

#### Descendants

* Catalan: exterior
* English: exterior
* French: extérieur
* Friulian: esteriôr
* Galician: exterior
* Italian: esteriore
* Piedmontese: esterior
* Portuguese: exterior
* Romanian: exterior
* Sicilian: stiriuri
* Spanish: exterior

### 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’s 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

* (Brazil) IPA: /is.te.ɾiˈoʁ/ [is.te.ɾɪˈoh], (faster pronunciation) /is.teˈɾjoʁ/ [is.teˈɾjoh], /es.te.ɾiˈoʁ/ [es.te.ɾɪˈoh], (faster pronunciation) /es.teˈɾjoʁ/ [es.teˈɾjoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /is.te.ɾiˈoʁ/ [is.te.ɾɪˈoh], (faster pronunciation) /is.teˈɾjoʁ/ [is.teˈɾjoh], /es.te.ɾiˈoʁ/ [es.te.ɾɪˈoh], (faster pronunciation) /es.teˈɾjoʁ/ [es.teˈɾjoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /is.te.ɾiˈoɾ/ [is.te.ɾɪˈoɾ], (faster pronunciation) /is.teˈɾjoɾ/, /es.te.ɾiˈoɾ/ [es.te.ɾɪˈoɾ], (faster pronunciation) /es.teˈɾjoɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʃ.te.ɾiˈoʁ/ [iʃ.te.ɾɪˈoχ], (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.teˈɾjoʁ/ [iʃ.teˈɾjoχ], /eʃ.te.ɾiˈoʁ/ [eʃ.te.ɾɪˈoχ], (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.teˈɾjoʁ/ [eʃ.teˈɾjoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /es.te.ɾiˈoɻ/ [es.te.ɾɪˈoɻ], (faster pronunciation) /es.teˈɾjoɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.tɨˈɾjoɾ/, /ɐjʃ.tɨˈɾjoɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.tɨˈɾjoɾ/, /ɐjʃ.tɨˈɾjoɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.tɨˈɾjoɾ/, /ejʃ.tɨˈɾjoɾ/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.tɨˈɾjoɾ/, /ejʃ.tɨˈɾjoɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.tɨˈɾjo.ɾi/, /eʃ.tɨˈɾjo.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: ex‧te‧ri‧or

### Adjective

exterior m or f (plural exteriores)
* exterior (located in the outside)
    Antonym: interior
    A parte exterior do carro.The outside of the car.
* foreign (relating to foreign countries)
    Qual é a política exterior do Brazil?What is Brazil’s foreign policy?
* (formal) outwith; not encompassed by; not related to or covered by
    Este conteúdo é exterior à ementa deste curso.This topic is outwith the syllabus of this course.

#### Derived terms

* exteriormente

#### Related terms

* exterioridade

### Noun

exterior m (plural exteriores)
* outside (outer surface)
    Antonym: interior
    Contratamos um pintor para pintar apenas o exterior da casa, o interior pintaremos nós mesmo.We hired a painter to paint the outside of the house; we will paint the inside ourselves.
* outside (the space beyond some limit or boundary)
    Não deixe nada no exterior deste círculo.Don’t leave anything outside this circle.

### Noun

exterior m (uncountable)
* exterior; territory of foreign countries
    Synonym: estrangeiro
    Ela mora no exterior desde criança.She has lived abroad since she was a child.

### Further reading

* “exterior”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French extérieur and Latin exterior.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌeks.te.riˈor/

### Noun

exterior n (plural exterioare)
* exterior

#### Declension
### Adjective

exterior m or n (feminine singular exterioară, masculine plural exteriori, feminine and neuter plural exterioare)
* external, outer

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin exterior.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

#### Derived terms

* al exterior
* asuntos exteriores
* espacio exterior
* exteriorizar
* exteriormente

#### Related terms

* externo

### Further reading

* “exterior”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10