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inter¹

  • /ɪnˈtɚ/ US
  • /ɪnˈtɜː/ Australia, UK
  • /ɪnˈtɛr/ Scotland
  • /ɪnˈtøː/ New Zealand
  • /ɪnˈteː/
  • /ɪnˈtɛː/
  • /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English enteren, borrowed from Old French enterrer, enterer, from Vulgar Latin *interrāre (“to put in earth”).

verb inters · interring · interred · enter

  1. To bury in a grave. The tomb was discovered on Fenghuangshan (Phoenix Hill) in Chinancheng, Chiangling county, in China’s central Hupeh province. An inscription on a bamboo tablet found in it shows that the corpse was interred in the fifth moon of the 13th year of the reign of Emperor Wen, that is, in 167 B.C.

    Similar: bury, inearth, entomb, inhume · Opposite: dig up, disentomb, disinter, exhume, unearth

  2. To confine, as in a prison.

Inter²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian, Spanish, and German Inter. Also seen as a clipping of international.

proper noun

  1. Inter Milan.
  2. Inter Miami.
  3. Inter Leipzig.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: bury, entomb, under, between, entre, break, across, within, etc, outside, enter, with, include, amor, major, main

Translations

Every language

verb bury in a grave

Españolenterrar
中文埋葬 máizàng, 下葬 xiàzàng, 安葬 ānzàng
Portuguêsenterrar
Françaisenterrer
Deutschbegraben
Italianointerrare, tumulare, inumare, seppellire
Русскийхорони́ть xoronítʹ, зака́пывать zakápyvatʹ
Tiếng Việtchôn cất, an táng
العربيةيَقْبِر yaqbir

verb confine, as in a prison.

Españolinternar

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@misc{inter_2026,
  title = {inter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/inter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}