different between linter vs inter

English

Etymology 1

Noun

linter (countable and uncountable, plural linters)

1. The short fibres that cling to cottonseeds after the first ginning.
2. (countable) A machine for removing these fibres.

   Synonym: delinter

3. A person or device that collects lint for use in making hats &c

See also

• lint doctor
• lint roller

Etymology 2

lint +? -er

Noun

linter (plural linters)

1. (computing) A program or algorithm that performs linting.

Latin

Etymology

From older form lunter, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to wash”); more at pluit (“it rains”). Cf. also Ancient Greek ??????? (plunt?r).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lin.ter/, [?l?n?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lin.ter/, [?lin?t??r]

Noun

linter f or m (genitive lintris); third declension

1. tub, trough
2. small light boat, skiff, canoe

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

• The genitive plural is sometimes found as lintrum.

Descendants

• Albanian: ljundrë
• Aromanian: luntri, lãndurã
• Dalmatian: lundro
• Romanian: luntre

References

• linter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• linter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• linter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• linter in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

English

Alternative forms

• enter (obsolete, pre-Latinised spelling)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?t??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(r)
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?t?/

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

2. To confine, as in a prison.

Usage notes

• The spellings intering (for interring) and intered (for interred) exist as well, but are much less common.

Derived terms

• reinter

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• -retin, -retin-, Terni, Tiner, inert, niter, nitre, riten., terin, trine

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin inter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?inter/
• Hyphenation: in?ter
• Rhymes: -inter
• Audio:

Preposition

inter

1. between
2. among

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.te/

Noun

inter m (uncountable)

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

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?in.ter/, /?in.t??/

Preposition

inter

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

Antonyms

• exter

Derived terms

• inter-

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *enter, from Proto-Indo-European *h?entér (“between”). Cognates include Sanskrit ?????? (antár, “between, within, into”), Oscan ???????????????????? (anter, “between”), Old Irish eter (“between”), Albanian ndër (“between, among, amid, throughout”), Old High German untar (“between”) and German unter (“among”).

PIE adverb *h?entér gave rise to the adjective *h?énteros (“inner, what is inside”), whence also interior (“interior”) and intr? (“inside, within”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?in.ter/, [??n?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?in.ter/, [?in?t??r]

Preposition

inter (+ accusative)

1. between, among
2. during, while

Derived terms

• inter-
• interim

Descendants

References

• 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?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• inter in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• intre

Etymology

From Latin inter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inter/

Preposition

inter

1. between, among

   Synonym: intra

Yagara

Pronoun

inter

1. Alternative form of nginda.

References

• State Library of Queensland, 2019 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES ‘WORD OF THE WEEK’: WEEK FIVE., 29 January 2019.