inter

See also: Inter, inter-, and întèr-

English

Alternative forms

  • enter (obsolete, pre-Latinised spelling)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

inter (third-person singular simple present inters, present participle interring, simple past and past participle interred)

  1. To bury in a grave.
    Synonyms: bury, inearth, entomb, inhume
    Antonyms: dig up, disentomb, disinter, exhume, unearth
    • 1975 October, “Newly-Found Han Tomb Relics and Male Corpse”, in China Reconstructs‎[1], volume XXIV, number 10, Peking, →OCLC, page 40, column 1:
      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.
    • 2026 September 3, Shreya Lele, “The “Lady of the Dunes” Was Found Murdered in 1974. Nearly 50 Years Later, She Got Her Name Back”, in Skip Boring‎[2], archived from the original on 3 September 2026:
      Her remains were interred in a St. Peter’s Cemetery in Provincetown, identified solely by an inscription on a small gravestone that said, “Unidentified Female Body Found at Race Point Dunes July 26, 1974.”
  2. To confine, as in a prison.

Usage notes

Derived terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ters- (0 c, 40 e)

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin inter.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈinter/
    • Audio 1:(file)
    • Audio 2:(file)
    • Audio 3:(file)
    • Rhymes: -inter
    • Syllabification: in‧ter

    Preposition

    inter

    1. between
    2. among

    Further reading

    French

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    inter m (uncountable)

    1. (historical) short for interurbain (“long-distance phone service”)

    Further reading

    German

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    inter (indeclinable)

    1. intersex
      Synonyms: intergeschlechtlich, (dated) intersex

    Declension

    Indeclinable.

    Ido

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Esperanto inter, English inter-, French inter-, Italian inter-, Spanish inter-, from Latin inter.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈin.ter/, /ˈin.tɛɾ/

    Preposition

    inter

    1. between, among
    2. (figuratively) division, exchange, reciprocity

    Antonyms

    Derived terms

    Javanese

    Romanization

    inter

    1. romanization of ꦲꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦂ

    Latin

    Etymology

      From Proto-Italic *n̥ter, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér (“between”).[1] Cognates include Sanskrit अन्तर् (antár, “between, within, into”), Oscan 𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄𐌓 (anter, “between”), Old Irish eter (“between”), Albanian ndër (“between, among, amid, throughout”), Old High German untar (“between”) and German unter (“among”).

      PIE adverb *h₁entér gave rise to the adjective *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”), whence also interior (“interior”) and intrā (“inside, within”).

      The change from instrumental/ablative and accusative to accusative only is caused by *-teros used adverbially.

      Pronunciation

      Preposition

      inter (+ accusative)

      1. between, among
      2. during, while

      Derived terms

      Descendants

      References

      1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “inter”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 306: “*nter”

      Further reading

      • “inter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • “inter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
      • “inter”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
      • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
        • to be situate to the north-west: spectare inter occasum solis et septentriones
        • to carry some one away in one's arms: inter manus auferre aliquem
        • it is a recognised fact: inter omnes constat
        • to take common counsel: consilia inter se communicare
        • to be closely connected with each other: conexum et aptum esse inter se
        • systematic succession, concatenation: continuatio seriesque rerum, ut alia ex alia nexa et omnes inter se aptae colligataeque sint (N. D. 1. 4. 9)
        • we have agreed on this point: hoc convēnit inter nos
        • to be mutually contradictory: inter se pugnare or repugnare
        • to be considered the foremost orator: primum or principem inter oratores locum obtinere
        • the connection: sententiae inter se nexae
        • the connection of thought: ratio, qua sententiae inter se excipiunt.
        • to be in correspondence with..: litteras inter se dare et accipere
        • to hover between hope and fear: inter spem metumque suspensum animi esse
        • we are united by many mutual obligations: multa et magna inter nos officia intercedunt (Fam. 13. 65)
        • whilst drinking; at table: inter pocula
        • during dinner; at table: inter cenam, inter epulas
        • we have known each other well for several years: vetus usus inter nos intercedit
        • to exchange greetings: inter se consalutare (De Or. 2. 3. 13)
        • to shake hands with a person: dextram iungere cum aliquo, dextras inter se iungere
        • to transact, settle a matter with some one: transigere aliquid (de aliqua re) cum aliquo or inter se
        • to form a conspiracy: coniurare (inter se) de c. Gerund. or ut...
        • (the magistrates) arrange among themselves the administration of the provinces, the official spheres of duty: provincias inter se comparant
        • to accuse a person of assassination: accusare aliquem inter sicarios (Rosc. Am. 32. 90)
      • inter in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[4], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
      • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “inter”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 324

      Sardinian

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

      From Latin inter.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /inter/

      Preposition

      inter

      1. between, among
        Synonym: intra

      Yagara

      Pronoun

      inter

      1. alternative form of nginda

      References

      This page is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.