# interior
## English
### Etymology

From Latin interior (“inner, interior”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɪnˈtɪə.ɹɪ.ə/
* (General American) IPA: /ɪnˈtɪ.ɹi.ɚ/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ)
* Hyphenation: in‧ter‧i‧or

### Adjective

interior (not comparable)
* Within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner.
    the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball
* Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland.
    the interior parts of a region or country

#### Alternative forms

* interiour (obsolete)

#### Antonyms

* exterior

#### Derived terms

* interior angle
* interior crest
* interior decoration
* interior design
* interior designer
* interior Mexican
* interior minister
* interior monologue

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### Noun

interior (plural interiors)
* The inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.
    The gardens are just divine, but the interior of the house are even more splendid.
* The inside regions of a country, distanced from the borders or coasts.
    Hypernyms: land; country; area; region; place; location
    Near-synonyms: backcountry, upcountry, hinterland
    Sir Richard Burton explored far into the African interior.
* (mathematics, topology) The set of all interior points of a set.

#### Antonyms

* exterior

#### Translations

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### 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: (Central) [in.tə.ɾiˈor]
* IPA: (Balearic) [in.tə.ɾiˈo]
* IPA: (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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “interior”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “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, 2025.
* “interior” in termcat, Centre de Terminologia, 2025.

## 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 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”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /inˈte.ri.or/, [ɪn̪ˈt̪ɛriɔr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /inˈte.ri.or/, [in̪ˈt̪ɛːrior]

### Adjective

interior (comparative-only, neuter interius); third declension
* comparative degree of inter
** inner, interior
** 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.

#### Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

#### Descendants

* → Asturian: interior
* → Catalan: interior
* → English: interior, interiour
* → French: intérieur (see there for further descendants)
* → Galician: interior
* → Italian: interiore
* → Occitan: interior
* → Portuguese: interior
* → Romanian: interior
* → Spanish: interior

### 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, London: Macmillan and Co. the interior of Asia: interior Asia; interiora Asiae profound scientific education: litterae interiores et reconditae, artes reconditae

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin interiōrem.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.te.ɾiˈoʁ/ [ĩ.te.ɾɪˈoh], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.teˈɾjoʁ/ [ĩ.teˈɾjoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.te.ɾiˈoʁ/ [ĩ.te.ɾɪˈoh], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.teˈɾjoʁ/ [ĩ.teˈɾjoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ĩ.te.ɾiˈoɾ/ [ĩ.te.ɾɪˈoɾ], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.teˈɾjoɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ĩ.te.ɾiˈoʁ/ [ĩ.te.ɾɪˈoχ], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.teˈɾjoʁ/ [ĩ.teˈɾjoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.te.ɾiˈoɻ/ [ĩ.te.ɾɪˈoɻ], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.teˈɾjoɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.tɨˈɾjoɾ/, (with ellision) /ĩ.tɾiˈoɾ/, (with ellision, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈtɾjoɾ/, /ẽ.tɨˈɾjoɾ/, (with ellision) /ẽ.tɾiˈoɾ/, (with ellision, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈtɾjoɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.tɨˈɾjoɾ/, (with ellision) /ĩ.tɾiˈoɾ/, (with ellision, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈtɾjoɾ/, /ẽ.tɨˈɾjoɾ/, (with ellision) /ẽ.tɾiˈoɾ/, (with ellision, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈtɾjoɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.tɨˈɾjo.ɾi/, (with ellision) /ĩ.tɾiˈo.ɾi/, (with ellision, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈtɾjo.ɾi/, /ẽ.tɨˈɾjo.ɾi/, (with ellision) /ẽ.tɾiˈo.ɾi/, (with ellision, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈtɾjo.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: in‧te‧ri‧or

### Adjective

interior m or f (plural interiores)
* inner; interior (located in the inside)
    Antonym: exterior
    Não comemos os olhos nem os órgãos interiores.We don’t eat the eyes nor the inner organs.

### Noun

interior m (plural interiores)
* interior; inside
    Antonym: exterior
    Tirei uma bola do interior da caixa.I took out a ball from interior the box.
* country; countryside; interior (regions outside major cities)
    Synonym: campo
    Antonym: cidade
    Esses fazendeiros moraram sempre no interior.Those farmers have always lived in the country.

#### 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.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French intérieur.

### Noun

interior n (plural interiori)
* interior

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

From Latin interior.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

* camiseta interior
* interior de la República
* interiormente
* producto bruto interno
* producto interior bruto
* ropa interior

#### Related terms

* interioridad
* interiorizar
* interno

### Further reading

* “interior”, 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