inter
/ɪnˈtɜː/US/ɪnˈtɚ/
inter verb: to bury in a grave.
Verb
inter (third-person singular simple present inters, present participle interring, simple past and past participle interred)
- To bury in a grave.
- The tomb was discovered on Fenghuangshan (Phoenix Hill) in Chinancheng, Chiangling county, in China’s central Hupeh province. An inscription on a bamboo tablet found in it shows that the corpse was interred in the fifth moon of the 13th year of the reign of Emperor Wen, that is, in 167 B.C.1975 October, “Newly-Found Han Tomb Relics and Male Corpse”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXIV, number 10, Peking, →OCLC, page 40, column 1
- To confine, as in a prison.
Proper noun capitalized: Inter
Inter
- Inter Milan.
- Inter Miami.
- Inter Leipzig.
inter meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
inter in Tamil
- இடை, புதை, கல்லறையில் அடக்கம் செய்
inter in Urdu
- بیچ میں رکھنا, دفن کرنا, گاڑنا, مٹی دینا
inter in Bengali
- সমাহিত করা, পুঁতা
inter in Malayalam
- കുഴിച്ചിടുക, മറവുചെയ്യുക, ശവം മറവു ചെയ്യുക, അടക്കം ചെയ്യുക
More languagesFewer languages
- inter in Kannada
- ಇಡು, ಇರಿಸು, ಹುಗಿ, ಹೂಳು
- inter in Punjabi
- ਇੰਟਰ
- inter in Arabic
- يَقْبِر yaqbir
- inter in Vietnamese
- chôn cất, an táng
Examples of inter in a sentence
- Like any other large American corporation, we have mail stops on every floor or each building, for inter- and intra-office mail.
- Inter Milan are to confront Juventus in the final.
- Inter, two man in Milan, heard one of my tings datin' P.
Synonyms of inter
Antonyms
Forms of inter
| third-person singular present | inters |
|---|---|
| present participle | interring |
| past participle | interred |
| past | interred |
| alternative form | enter |
Origin of inter
From Middle English enteren, borrowed from Old French enterrer, enterer, from Vulgar Latin *interrāre (“to put in earth”).
Borrowed from Italian, Spanish, and German Inter. Also seen as a clipping of international.
Words formed from inter
Phrases with inter
Words that rhyme with inter
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- per
- purr
- birr
- bur
- cellular
- concur
- defer
- entrepreneur
- incur
- infer
- occur
- prefer
- were
- whirr
- aver
- brr
- cur
- deter
- diaperfur
- err
- fir
- myrrh
- aberr
- astir
- bestir
- chauffeur
- chur
- churr
- curmur
- deburr
- farceur
- flurr
- force majeure
- froideur
- grr
- her
- hurr
- knur
- masseur
- profer
- shirr
- voyeur
- xir
- agripreneur
- artpreneur
- auteur
- Big Sur
- bras d'honneur
Questions about inter
- What does inter mean?
- Inter means to bury in a grave.
- What is inter in Tamil?
- Inter in Tamil is இடை, புதை, கல்லறையில் அடக்கம் செய். See Inter meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is inter?
- Inter can be a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce inter?
- Inter is pronounced /ɪnˈtɚ/ (US).
- What is the past tense of inter?
- The past tense of inter is interred.
Words near inter in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inter (page history and authors); Inter (page history and authors); inter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inter (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inter (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inter (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inter (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inter (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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