Inter

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)

Origin

From Old French enterrer, from Vulgar Latin *interrāre ("to put in earth"), from - + terra("earth"). Cognates include Spanish/Portuguese/Galician/Catalan enterrar (“to inter, to bury”), Italian interrare (“to plant, to dig in”).

Full definition of inter

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.

Synonyms

• bury, inearth, entomb, inhume

Antonyms

• dig up, disentomb, disinter, exhume, unearth

Derived terms

• reinter

Anagrams

• inert
• niter
• nitre
• Terni
• trine