exterior

• exteriour (obsolete)

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

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.

• interior

• exteriority
• exteriorize, exteriorise
• exteriorly

exterior (plural exteriors)

1. 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.

   Antonyms: inside, interior

2. Foreign lands.

   She is our new minister of the exterior

   Antonym: interior

• external

exterior m (plural exteriors)

1. the exterior

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

exterior (neuter exterius); third declension

1. outward, outer, exterior

Third declension, comparative variant

• English: exterior
• Portuguese: exterior
• Spanish: exterior

• 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

Borrowed from Latin exterior.

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

exterior m or 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.

exterior m (plural exteriores)

1. 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.

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

   Não deixe nada no exterior deste círculo.

   Don’t leave anything outside this circle.

exterior m (uncountable)

1. exterior; territory of foreign countries

   Ela mora no exterior desde criança.

   She lives abroad since she was a child.

   Synonym: estrangeiro

Borrowed from French extérieur and Latin exterior.

• IPA^(key): /ˌeks.te.riˈor/

exterior n (plural exterioare)

1. exterior

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

1. external, outer

From Latin exterior.

exterior (plural exteriores)

1. external, outer

exterior m (plural exteriores)

1. outside

• exteriorizar

• externo

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