exterior

Alternative forms

• exteriour (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪkˈstɪəɹɪə/, /ɛkˈstɪəɹɪə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪkˈstɪɹiɚ/, /ɛkˈstɪɹiɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪəriə(ɹ)

Adjective

exterior (not comparable)

1. 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.

2. Being from outside a country; foreign.

   the exterior relations of a state or kingdom

3. Outdoors.

Noun

exterior (plural exteriors)

1. The outside part, parts or surface of something.

   The sticker was attached to the exterior of the package

   • 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.

2. Foreign lands.

   She is our new minister of the exterior

See also

• external

Noun

exterior m (plural exteriors)

1. the exterior

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈste.ri.or/, [ɛkˈstɛ.ri.ɔr]

Adjective

exterior (neuter exterius); third declension

1. outward, outer, exterior

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exterior.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.te.ɾi.ˈoʁ/, /is-/, /-ˈɾjoʁ/

Noun

exterior m (plural exteriores)

1. outside (outer surface)

   Contratamos um pintor para pintar apenas o exerior da casa, o interior pintaremos nós mesmo.

   We hired a painter to paint the outside of the house; we will paint the inside ourselves.

2. outside (the space beyond some limit or boundary)

   Não deixe nada no exterior deste círculo.

   Don’t leave anything outside this circle.

3. foreign countries

   Ela mora no exterior desde criança.

   She lives abroad since she was a child.

Adjective

exterior m, f (plural exteriores, comparable)

1. exterior (located in the outside)

   A parte exterior do carro.

   The outside of the car.

2. foreign (relating to foreign countries)

   Qual é a política exterior do Brazil?

   What is Brazil’s foreign policy?

3. (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.

Etymology

Borrowed from French extérieur and Latin exterior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeks.te.riˈor/

Noun

exterior n (plural exterioare)

1. exterior

Adjective

exterior m, n (feminine singular exterioară, masculine plural exteriori, feminine and neuter plural exterioare)

1. external, outer

Etymology

From Latin exterior.

Adjective

exterior (plural exteriores)

1. external, outer

Noun

exterior m (plural exteriores)

1. outside

Further reading

• “exterior” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.