inter v : place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaos were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday" [syn: bury, entomb, inhume, lay to rest] [also: interring, interred]

English

Pronunciation

• a UK /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)/, /In"t3:(r)/
• Rhymes with: -ɜː(r)

Etymology

From enterrer.

Verb

1. To bury in a grave.

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• reinter

Antonyms

• exhume

Translations

Esperanto

Etymology

From inter.

Preposition

1. between
2. among

Ido

Preposition

1. among

Latin

Preposition

+ accusative

1. between, among
2. during

Descendants

• Catalan: entre
• French: entre
• Spanish: entre

Inter can refer to:

• To inter a body is to place it in a grave or tomb; see burial.
• Inter- is a Latin prefix meaning "between", among, or "within a group".
• F.C. Internazionale Milano, (nicknamed Inter) is an Italian football club.
• Internacional, also nicknamed Inter, a Brazilian football club.
• F.C. International Turku, a Finnish football club.
• FK Inter Bratislava, a Slovak football club.
• NK Inter Zaprešić, a Croatian football club.
• Internacional Limeira, another Brazilian football club.
• Inter Luanda, an Angolan football club.
• FC Inter Baku, an Azerbaijani football club
• Inter Club d'Escaldes, an Andorran football club
• Ukrainian TV-channel Inter.
• Interamerican University of Puerto Rico.
• A person who identifies as an intersexual may refer to themselves as such.

bury, coffin, conduct a funeral, encoffin, ensepulcher, enshrine, entomb, hearse, inearth, inhume, inurn, lay away, lay to rest, plant, put away, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb, unite