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interior¹

  • /ɪnˈtɪə.ɹɪ.ə/ UK
  • /ɪnˈtɪ.ɹi.ɚ/ US

Rhymes with -ɪəɹiə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Latin interior (“inner, interior”).

adjective interiour

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

Opposite: exterior

noun interiors

  1. 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.
  2. The inside regions of a country, continent, etc., distanced from the borders or coasts. Near-synonyms: backcountry, upcountry, hinterland

    Similar: backcountry, upcountry, hinterland

  3. The set of all interior points of a set.

Opposite: exterior

Interior²

proper noun

  1. A town and village in South Dakota, United States.
  2. with the A region of British Columbia, Canada.

    Similar: British Columbia Interior, BC Interior, B.C. Interior, B. C. Interior, Interior of British Columbia, Interior of BC, Interior of B.C., Interior of B. C.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: inward, inner, inside, upcountry, indoor, national, domestic, home, inland, midland, internal, interior department, internally, within, indoors, inbound

adjective

Opposite: exterior

noun

Opposite: exterior

Translations

Every language

adj having to do with the inner part of something

Españolinterior
日本語内部 naibu
中文內部 /内部 nèibù
हिन्दीआंतरिक āntrik, अंतः antaḥ
Portuguêsinterior
Françaisintérieur
Deutschinner
Italianointeriore, interno
Românăintern, interior
Русскийвну́тренний vnútrennij

adj having to do with the inland parts of a country

Españolinterior, interiano, interiorano
中文內陸 /内陆 nèilù
हिन्दीआंतरिक āntrik
Portuguêsinterior
Românăintern
Русскийвну́тренний vnútrennij
Tiếng Việtnội địa

noun the inside of an enclosed structure

Españolinterior
日本語内装 naisō, 内部 naibu, インテリア interia
中文內部 /内部 nèibù
हिन्दीअंतः antaḥ
Portuguêsinterior
Françaisintérieur
DeutschInterieur, Inneres, Innenraum
Русскийинтерье́р intɛrʹjér, вну́тренность vnútrennostʹ, вну́тренняя часть vnútrennjaja častʹ
Tiếng Việtnội thất

noun the inside regions of a country

हिन्दीआंतरिक āntrik
Portuguêsinterior
DeutschLandesinneres
Русскийвну́тренние райо́ны страны́ vnútrennije rajóny straný

noun the set of all interior points

中文內部 /内部 neìbù
DeutschInneres, offener Kern
עבריתפנים pním

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@misc{interior_2026,
  title = {interior},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/interior},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}