Standard Lemma guide

inter

name · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ɪnˈtɚ/
  • Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɜː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Scotland: /ɪnˈtɛr/
  • New-Zealand: /ɪnˈtøː/
  • /ɪnˈteː/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
  • /ɪnˈtɛː/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
  • /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T ER1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Denotes many association football teams bearing 'Inter' in their names, notably:

Inter Milan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: by ellipsis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Denotes many association football teams bearing 'Inter' in their names, notably:

Inter Miami.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: by ellipsis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

Denotes many association football teams bearing 'Inter' in their names, notably:

Inter Leipzig.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: by ellipsis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To bury in a grave.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bury, inearth, entomb, inhume

Antonyms: dig up, disentomb, disinter, exhume, unearth

5

verb

Meaning 5

To confine, as in a prison.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

place in a grave or tomb

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square
  • The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids
  • My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bury, entomb, inhume, lay to rest

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lay, put down, repose

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian, Spanish, and German Inter. Also seen as a clipping of international.

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

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: يَقْبِر (yaqbir) — bury in a grave
  • Bulgarian: погребвам (pogrebvam) — bury in a grave
  • Catalan: enterrar — bury in a grave
  • Cherokee: ᎦᏂᏏᎭ (ganisiha) — bury in a grave
  • Chinese Mandarin: 埋葬 (máizàng) — bury in a grave
  • Chinese Mandarin: 下葬 (xiàzàng) — bury in a grave
  • Chinese Mandarin: 安葬 (ānzàng) — bury in a grave
  • Czech: pohřbít — bury in a grave
  • Dutch: begraven — bury in a grave
  • Dutch: ter aarde bestellen — bury in a grave
  • Esperanto: enterigi — bury in a grave
  • Finnish: haudata — bury in a grave
  • French: enterrer — bury in a grave
  • Galician: soterrar — bury in a grave
  • Galician: enterrar — bury in a grave
  • German: begraben — bury in a grave
  • Icelandic: jarða — bury in a grave
  • Icelandic: greftra — bury in a grave
  • Icelandic: jarðsetja — bury in a grave
  • Ido: enterigar — bury in a grave
  • Italian: interrare — bury in a grave
  • Italian: tumulare — bury in a grave
  • Italian: inumare — bury in a grave
  • Italian: seppellire — bury in a grave
  • Latin: sepeliō — bury in a grave
  • Latin: tumulō — bury in a grave
  • Māori: nehu — bury in a grave
  • Māori: tanu — bury in a grave
  • Portuguese: enterrar — bury in a grave
  • Russian: хорони́ть (xoronítʹ) — bury in a grave
  • Russian: зака́пывать (zakápyvatʹ) — bury in a grave
  • Spanish: enterrar — bury in a grave
  • Turkish: gömmek — bury in a grave
  • Turkish: defnetmek — bury in a grave
  • Ottoman Turkish: كوممك (gömmek) — bury in a grave
  • Ukrainian: ховати (xovaty) — bury in a grave
  • Ukrainian: хоронити (xoronyty) — bury in a grave
  • Ukrainian: поховати (poxovaty) — bury in a grave
  • Ukrainian: похоронити (poxoronyty) — bury in a grave
  • Vietnamese: chôn cất — bury in a grave
  • Vietnamese: an táng — bury in a grave
  • Spanish: internar — confine, as in a prison.
Real reading context

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