different between outdoors vs exterior

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?t?d??(?)z/

Adverb

outdoors (not comparable)

1. Not inside a house or under covered structure; unprotected; in the open air.

Translations

Noun

outdoors (uncountable)

1. (often preceded by "the") The environment outside of enclosed structures.
2. (often preceded by "the") The natural environment in the open air, countryside away from cities and buildings.

Synonyms

• great outdoors
• God's country

Antonyms

• indoors

Related terms

Translations

Portuguese

Noun

outdoors m

1. plural of outdoor

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.