Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exterior

/ɪkˈstɪɹiɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.91 in modern English

Syllables: ex-ter-ior
IPA: /ɪkˈstɪɹiɚ/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to the outside parts or surface of something.

adj

Being from outside a country; foreign.

adj

noun

The outside part, parts or surface of something.

noun

noun

A recording taken outside to be used in film-making, often including establishing shots.

Example Sentences

"the exterior part of a sphere"
"Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man / Resemble that it was."
"the exterior relations of a state or kingdom"
"The sticker was attached to the exterior of the package"
"Before dissecting a shark to see how it manages to function so effectively, let us first examine its exterior."
"[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."

Etymology

From Latin exterior.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: exterior

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɪkˈstɪɹiɚ/
British English: /ɪkˈstɪəɹɪə/

Inflected Forms

exteriour (alternative, obsolete) exteriors (plural)

Derived Forms

exteriorisation exteriority exteriorization exteriorize exteriorise exteriorly exteriorness

Phrases

exterior angle exterior derivative exterior product

Frequently Paired Words

external

Synonyms

outer outside

Antonyms

inside interior

Rhymes With

interior superior inferior anterior ulterior cheerier homo superior posterior anteroposterior citerior posteroinferior posteroanterior

Questions

How do you pronounce exterior?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪkˈstɪɹiɚ/.
What does exterior mean?: Relating to the outside parts or surface of something.
Where does exterior come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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