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exterior

exterior, outside /eks.teriˈor/

noun#2509 most common

Also: outer part, outward appearance

Example sentences

Casa are un exterior alb.
The house has a white exterior.
Copiii se joacă în exterior.
The children are playing outside.
Exteriorul clădirii a fost renovat anul trecut.
The exterior of the building was renovated last year.
Temperatura exterioară a scăzut brusc în timpul nopții.
The outside temperature dropped sharply during the night.
Fațada exterioară a muzeului combină sticla cu piatra.
The museum's exterior facade combines glass with stone.
Deși exteriorul părea calm, în interior domnea haosul.
Although the exterior seemed calm, chaos reigned within.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeexteriorexterioare
Genitiveexteriorexterioare
Accusativeexteriorexterioare
Vocativeexteriorexterioare

Word family

exterioarăouter, external (feminine form)
exteriorizato externalize, to express outwardly
exteriorizareexternalization, outward expression
interiorinside, interior (antonym)

Etymology

Romanian borrowed "exterior" from Latin exterior, itself the comparative form of exter, meaning "outward" or "situated outside". The word entered Romanian in the 19th century as part of a large wave of Latin and French borrowings that modernized the language's vocabulary. It kept its Latin comparative shape unchanged, unlike native Romanian words that evolved through centuries of sound change.

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