"exterior" meaning in English

See exterior in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪkˈstɪəɹɪə/ [UK], /ɛkˈstɪəɹɪə/ [UK], /ɪkˈstɪɹiɚ/ [US], /ɛkˈstɪɹiɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-exterior.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ) Etymology: From Latin exterior Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|exterior}} Latin exterior Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} exterior (not comparable)
  1. Relating to the outside parts or surface of something. Tags: not-comparable Translations (relating to the outside parts or surface): во́нкавы (vónkavy) (Belarusian), знадво́рны (znadvórny) (Belarusian), въ́ншен (vǎ́nšen) (Bulgarian), exterior (Catalan), vnější (Czech), extérieur (French), exterior (Galician), გარე მხარე (gare mxare) (Georgian), გარეთა მხარე (gareta mxare) (Georgian), ექსტერიერი (eksṭerieri) (Georgian), გარეგანი მხარე (garegani mxare) (Georgian), Außen- (German), külső (Hungarian), seachtrach (Irish), надворешен (nadvorešen) (Macedonian), mōwaho (Maori), ظاهر (zahir) (Ottoman Turkish), بیرون (birun) (Persian), خارج (xârej) (Persian), zewnętrzny (Polish), exterior (Portuguese), вне́шний (vnéšnij) (Russian), нару́жный (narúžnyj) (Russian), ва̀њскӣ [Croatia, Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), спо̀љашњӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), vànjskī [Croatia, Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), spòljašnjī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), vonkajší (Slovak), zunanji (Slovene), exterior (Spanish), yttre (Swedish), зо́внішній (zóvnišnij) (Ukrainian), надві́рній (nadvírnij) (Ukrainian), allanol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-exterior-en-adj--0N7OaQH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 27 15 25 10 Disambiguation of 'relating to the outside parts or surface': 60 19 21
  2. Being from outside a country; foreign. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-exterior-en-adj-vzGfKDIp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 27 15 25 10
  3. Outdoor. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-exterior-en-adj-MsSg5GKO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 27 15 25 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: exteriour [obsolete] Derived forms: exterior angle, exterior derivative, exteriority, exteriorize, exteriorise, exteriorly, exterior product

Noun

IPA: /ɪkˈstɪəɹɪə/ [UK], /ɛkˈstɪəɹɪə/ [UK], /ɪkˈstɪɹiɚ/ [US], /ɛkˈstɪɹiɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-exterior.wav [Southern-England] Forms: exteriors [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ) Etymology: From Latin exterior Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|exterior}} Latin exterior Head templates: {{en-noun}} exterior (plural exteriors)
  1. The outside part, parts or surface of something. Translations (The outside part): външност (vǎnšnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), exterior [masculine] (Galician), Äußeres [neuter] (German), Außenseite [feminine] (German), εξωτερικό (exoterikó) [neuter] (Greek), külső (Hungarian), экстерье́р (ekstɛrʹjér) [masculine] (Russian), нару́жная часть (narúžnaja častʹ) [feminine] (Russian), вне́шняя часть (vnéšnjaja častʹ) [feminine] (Russian), внешность (vnešnostʹ) (Russian), наружность (naružnostʹ) (Russian), प्रतीक (pratīka) [neuter] (Sanskrit), exterior [masculine] (Spanish), utsida [common-gender] (Swedish), exteriör (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-exterior-en-noun-rIJFRK~V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 27 15 25 10 Disambiguation of 'The outside part': 97 3
  2. Foreign lands. Translations (Foreign lands): hariciye (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-exterior-en-noun-57TA-Ily Disambiguation of 'Foreign lands': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: exteriour [obsolete] Related terms: external

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "eksṭerieri",
          "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
          "word": "ექსტერიერი"
        },
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "garegani mxare",
          "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
          "word": "გარეგანი მხარე"
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          "_dis1": "60 19 21",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
          "word": "Außen-"
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          "_dis1": "60 19 21",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
          "word": "külső"
        },
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          "_dis1": "60 19 21",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
          "word": "seachtrach"
        },
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "60 19 21",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
          "word": "mōwaho"
        },
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          "_dis1": "60 19 21",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "zahir",
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          "word": "ظاهر"
        },
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          "_dis1": "60 19 21",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "birun",
          "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
          "word": "بیرون"
        },
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xârej",
          "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
          "word": "خارج"
        },
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          "_dis1": "60 19 21",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
          "word": "zewnętrzny"
        },
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          "_dis1": "60 19 21",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
          "word": "exterior"
        },
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          "_dis1": "60 19 21",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vnéšnij",
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        },
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          "code": "ru",
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        },
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          "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
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        },
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "спо̀љашњӣ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "60 19 21",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
          "tags": [
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            "Roman"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "60 19 21",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
          "word": "vonkajší"
        },
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          "_dis1": "60 19 21",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "60 19 21",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "60 19 21",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
          "word": "yttre"
        },
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          "_dis1": "60 19 21",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zóvnišnij",
          "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
          "word": "зо́внішній"
        },
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          "_dis1": "60 19 21",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nadvírnij",
          "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
          "word": "надві́рній"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 19 21",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
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        }
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        {
          "text": "the exterior relations of a state or kingdom",
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      ],
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        "Being from outside a country; foreign."
      ],
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        "Outdoor."
      ],
      "id": "en-exterior-en-adj-MsSg5GKO",
      "links": [
        [
          "Outdoor",
          "outdoor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ɪkˈstɪəɹɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛkˈstɪəɹɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪkˈstɪɹiɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛkˈstɪɹiɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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    },
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        "obsolete"
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  "etymology_text": "From Latin exterior",
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      "form": "exteriors",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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          "word": "inside"
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          "word": "interior"
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        {
          "text": "The sticker was attached to the exterior of the package"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, page 31",
          "text": "Before dissecting a shark to see how it manages to function so effectively, let us first examine its exterior.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "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)",
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vǎnšnost",
          "sense": "The outside part",
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          ],
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "The outside part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "The outside part",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "The outside part",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Außenseite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "exoterikó",
          "sense": "The outside part",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "εξωτερικό"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "The outside part",
          "word": "külső"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ekstɛrʹjér",
          "sense": "The outside part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "экстерье́р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "narúžnaja častʹ",
          "sense": "The outside part",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "нару́жная часть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vnéšnjaja častʹ",
          "sense": "The outside part",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "вне́шняя часть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vnešnostʹ",
          "sense": "The outside part",
          "word": "внешность"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "naružnostʹ",
          "sense": "The outside part",
          "word": "наружность"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "pratīka",
          "sense": "The outside part",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "प्रतीक"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "The outside part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "exterior"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "The outside part",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "utsida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "The outside part",
          "word": "exteriör"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "word": "interior"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "She is our new minister of the exterior"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Foreign lands."
      ],
      "id": "en-exterior-en-noun-57TA-Ily",
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Foreign lands",
          "word": "hariciye"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛkˈstɪəɹɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪkˈstɪɹiɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛkˈstɪɹiɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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}
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    }
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    "English 4-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "English uncomparable adjectives",
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      "word": "exterior angle"
    },
    {
      "word": "exterior derivative"
    },
    {
      "word": "exteriority"
    },
    {
      "word": "exteriorize"
    },
    {
      "word": "exteriorise"
    },
    {
      "word": "exteriorly"
    },
    {
      "word": "exterior product"
    }
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      "name": "der"
    }
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        "1": "-"
      },
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "the exterior part of a sphere",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Relating to the outside parts or surface of something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "the exterior relations of a state or kingdom",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Being from outside a country; foreign."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Outdoor."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Outdoor",
          "outdoor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪkˈstɪəɹɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛkˈstɪəɹɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪkˈstɪɹiɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛkˈstɪɹiɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "exteriour"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vónkavy",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "во́нкавы"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "znadvórny",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "знадво́рны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎ́nšen",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "въ́ншен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "exterior"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "vnější"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "extérieur"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "exterior"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gare mxare",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "გარე მხარე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gareta mxare",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "გარეთა მხარე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "eksṭerieri",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "ექსტერიერი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "garegani mxare",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "გარეგანი მხარე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "Außen-"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "külső"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "seachtrach"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nadvorešen",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "надворешен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "mōwaho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "zahir",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "ظاهر"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "birun",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "بیرون"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xârej",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "خارج"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "zewnętrzny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "exterior"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vnéšnij",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "вне́шний"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "narúžnyj",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "нару́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "tags": [
        "Croatia",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ва̀њскӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "спо̀љашњӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "tags": [
        "Croatia",
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "vànjskī"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "spòljašnjī"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "vonkajší"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "zunanji"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "exterior"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "yttre"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zóvnišnij",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "зо́внішній"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nadvírnij",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "надві́рній"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "relating to the outside parts or surface",
      "word": "allanol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "exterior"
}

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    "English 4-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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        "3": "exterior"
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin exterior",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "exteriors",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "external"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "word": "inside"
        },
        {
          "word": "interior"
        }
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The sticker was attached to the exterior of the package"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, page 31",
          "text": "Before dissecting a shark to see how it manages to function so effectively, let us first examine its exterior.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "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)",
          "text": "[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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "The outside part, parts or surface of something."
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "interior"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She is our new minister of the exterior"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Foreign lands."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪkˈstɪəɹɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛkˈstɪəɹɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪkˈstɪɹiɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛkˈstɪɹiɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪəɹiə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "exteriour"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎnšnost",
      "sense": "The outside part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "външност"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "The outside part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "exterior"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The outside part",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Äußeres"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The outside part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Außenseite"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "exoterikó",
      "sense": "The outside part",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "εξωτερικό"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "The outside part",
      "word": "külső"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ekstɛrʹjér",
      "sense": "The outside part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "экстерье́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "narúžnaja častʹ",
      "sense": "The outside part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нару́жная часть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vnéšnjaja častʹ",
      "sense": "The outside part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вне́шняя часть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vnešnostʹ",
      "sense": "The outside part",
      "word": "внешность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naružnostʹ",
      "sense": "The outside part",
      "word": "наружность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "pratīka",
      "sense": "The outside part",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "प्रतीक"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "The outside part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "exterior"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "The outside part",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "utsida"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "The outside part",
      "word": "exteriör"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Foreign lands",
      "word": "hariciye"
    }
  ],
  "word": "exterior"
}
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  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Dutch: uitwendig (nl) (1), buitenlands (nl) (2)",
  "path": [
    "exterior"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "exterior",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "translations/324",
  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Dutch: buitenland (nl) n (2)",
  "path": [
    "exterior"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "exterior",
  "trace": ""
}

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