English Explanatory Dictionary

inter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To bury in a grave.
  2. To confine, as in a prison.
name
  1. The Inter Milan football team

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈtɚ/ /ɪnˈtɜː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inter.wav /ɪnˈtɛr/ /ɪnˈtøː/ /ɪnˈteː/ /ɪnˈtɛː/ /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)/

Word forms

inter inters interring interred enter

Etymology

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

Synonyms

bury inearth entomb inhume

Antonyms

dig up disentomb disinter exhume unearth

Related words

donatio inter vivos inter alia inter alios inter nos inter partes inter pocula res inter alios acta

Derived words

cointer interrer reinter
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