different between exterior vs external

English

Alternative forms

• exteriour (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?st?????/, /?k?st?????/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?st??i?/, /?k?st??i?/
• Rhymes: -??ri?(?)

Adjective

exterior (not comparable)

1. Relating to the outside parts or surface of something.

   the exterior part of a sphere

2. Being from outside a country; foreign.

   the exterior relations of a state or kingdom

3. Outdoor.

Antonyms

• interior

Derived terms

• exteriority
• exteriorize, exteriorise
• exteriorly

Translations

Noun

exterior (plural exteriors)

1. The outside part, parts or surface of something.

   The sticker was attached to the exterior of the package

   Antonyms: inside, interior

2. Foreign lands.

   She is our new minister of the exterior

   Antonym: interior

Translations

See also

• external

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin exterior.

Adjective

exterior (masculine and feminine plural exteriors)

1. exterior (relating to the outside parts or surface of something)

   Antonym: interior

2. exterior, foreign

   Synonym: estranger

   Antonym: interior

Derived terms

• exterioritat
• exterioritzar
• exteriorment

Noun

exterior m (plural exteriors)

1. exterior (the outside part, parts or surface of something)

   Antonym: interior

2. the exterior (foreign lands)

   Synonym: estranger

   Antonym: interior

Further reading

• “exterior” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “exterior” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “exterior” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “exterior” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ek?ste.ri.or/, [?k?s?t???i?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek?ste.ri.or/, [?k?st????i?r]

Adjective

exterior (neuter exterius, positive exter); third declension

1. outward, outer, exterior

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Descendants

References

• 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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exterior.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.te.?i.?o?/, /is-/, /-??jo?/

Adjective

exterior m or f (plural exteriores, comparable)

1. exterior (located in the outside)

   Antonym: interior

2. foreign (relating to foreign countries)

3. (formal) not encompassed by; not related to or covered by

Derived terms

• exteriormente

Related terms

• exterioridade

Noun

exterior m (plural exteriores)

1. outside (outer surface)

   Antonym: interior

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

Noun

exterior m (uncountable)

1. exterior; territory of foreign countries

   Synonym: estrangeiro

Further reading

• “exterior” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French extérieur and Latin exterior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?eks.te.ri?or/

Noun

exterior n (plural exterioare)

1. exterior

Declension

Adjective

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

1. external, outer

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin exterior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?ste??jo?/, [e??s.t?e??jo?]

Adjective

exterior (plural exteriores)

1. external, outer

Noun

exterior m (plural exteriores)

1. outside
2. abroad

Derived terms

Related terms

• externo

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Middle French externe + -al, from Latin externus, from exter, exterus (“on the outside, outward”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ks?t?n?l/, /?ks?t?n?l/, /?ks?t?n?l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ks?t??n?l/, /?ks?t??n?l/, /?ks?t??n?l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n?l
• Hyphenation: ex?ter?nal

Adjective

external (comparative more external, superlative most external)

1. Outside of something; on the exterior.
2. Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.
   • 1850, Richard Chenevix Trench, Notes on the Miracles of Our Lord

     The external circumstances are greatly different.

3. Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations.

4. (anatomy) Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.
5. Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (object, group, company etc.) considered.

Synonyms

• (not intrinsic nor essential): See also Thesaurus:extrinsic

Antonyms

• internal

Related terms

Translations

Noun

external (plural externals)

1. (chiefly in the plural) The exterior; outward features or appearances.
2. (programming) In the C programming language, a variable that is defined in the source code but whose value comes from some external source.

Further reading

• external in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• external in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• external at OneLook Dictionary Search