interior
inter-i--or Vorlage:lat. 'inneres'
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) IPA(key): /inˈte.ri.or/, [ɪn̪ˈt̪ɛriɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈte.ri.or/, [in̪ˈt̪ɛːrior]
Adjective
interior (neuter interius); third declension
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.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | interior | interius | interiōrēs | interiōra | |
| Genitive | interiōris | interiōrum | |||
| Dative | interiōrī | interiōribus | |||
| Accusative | interiōrem | interius | interiōrēs | interiōra | |
| Ablative | interiōre | interiōribus | |||
| Vocative | interior | interius | interiōrēs | interiōra | |