exterior
English
Alternative forms
- exteriour (obsolete)
Pronunciation
Adjective
exterior (not comparable)
- Relating to the outside parts or surface of something.
- the exterior part of a sphere
- Shakespeare
- 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
- Outdoors.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
relating to the outside parts or surface
being from outside a country — see foreign
external — see external
outer — see outer
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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.
- Foreign lands.
- She is our new minister of the exterior
- Antonym: interior
Translations
The outside part
Foreign lands
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈste.ri.or/, [ɛkˈstɛ.ri.ɔr]
Declension
Third declension, comparative variant
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | exterior | exterius | exteriōrēs | exteriōra | |
Genitive | exteriōris | exteriōris | exteriōrum | exteriōrum | |
Dative | exteriōrī | exteriōrī | exteriōribus | exteriōribus | |
Accusative | exteriōrem | exterius | exteriōrēs | exteriōra | |
Ablative | exteriōre | exteriōre | exteriōribus | exteriōribus | |
Vocative | exterior | exterius | exteriōrēs | exteriōra |
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, 1883–1887)
- exterior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /es.te.ɾi.ˈoʁ/, /is-/, /-ˈɾjoʁ/
Adjective
exterior m or f (plural exteriores, comparable)
- exterior (located in the outside)
- 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) not encompassed by; not related to or covered by
- Este conteúdo é exterior à ementa deste curso.
- This topic is not in the syllabus of this course.
Noun
exterior m (plural exteriores)
- outside (outer surface)
- 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
- Ela mora no exterior desde criança.
- She lives abroad since she was a child.
- Synonym: estrangeiro
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌeks.te.riˈor/
Declension
declension of exterior
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) exterior | exteriorul | (niște) exterioare | exterioarele |
genitive/dative | (unui) exterior | exteriorului | (unor) exterioare | exterioarelor |
vocative | exteriorule | exterioarelor |
Adjective
exterior m or n (feminine singular exterioară, masculine plural exteriori, feminine and neuter plural exterioare)
Declension
declension of exterior
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | exterior | exterioară | exteriori | exterioare | ||
definite | exteriorul | exterioara | exteriorii | exterioarele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | exterior | exterioare | exteriori | exterioare | ||
definite | exteriorului | exterioarei | exteriorilor | exterioarelor |
Spanish
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “exterior” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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