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US/ɪnˈtɚ/Australia, UK/ɪnˈtɜː/Scotland/ɪnˈtɛr/New Zealand/ɪnˈtøː/

verb

To bury in a grave.

CommonScrabble 5

Meanings

inter1

verbinter (third-person singular simple present inters, present participle interring, simple past and past participle interred)

present singular third person inters · participle present interring · participle past interred · past interred · alternative enter

  1. To bury in a grave.

    Her remains were interred in a St. Peter’s Cemetery in Provincetown, identified solely by an inscription on a small gravestone that said, “Unidentified Female Body Found at Race Point Dunes July 26, 1974.”

    2026 September 3, Shreya Lele, “The “Lady of the Dunes” Was Found Murdered in 1974. Nearly 50 Years Later, She Got Her Name Back”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 03 Sep 2026
    1 more example

    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

    Synonyms: bury, inearth, entomb, inhume · Antonyms: dig up, disentomb, disinter, exhume, unearth

  2. To confine, as in a prison.

Inter2

proper noun
  1. Denotes many association football teams bearing 'Inter' in their names, notably:
    1. by ellipsisInter Milan.
    2. by ellipsisInter Miami.
    3. by ellipsisInter Leipzig.

Synonyms & antonyms

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verbplace in a grave or tomb

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Origin

inter · verb

  1. Vulgar Latin*interrāre“to put in earth”
  2. Old Frenchenterrer
  3. Middle Englishenteren
  4. Englishinter

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

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Inter · proper noun

  1. Italian, Spanish, and GermanInter
  2. EnglishInter

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

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Translations

Arabic يَقْبِر
  • يَقْبِر (yaqbir)bury in a grave
Bulgarian погребвам
  • погребвам (pogrebvam)bury in a grave
Catalan enterrar
  • enterrarbury in a grave
Chinese Mandarin 埋葬, 下葬
  • 埋葬 (máizàng)bury in a grave
  • 下葬 (xiàzàng)bury in a grave
  • 安葬 (ānzàng)bury in a grave
Czech pohřbít
  • pohřbítbury in a grave
Dutch begraven, ter aarde bestellen
  • begravenbury in a grave
  • ter aarde bestellenbury in a grave
Esperanto enterigi
  • enterigibury in a grave
Finnish haudata
  • haudatabury in a grave
French enterrer
  • enterrerbury in a grave
German begraben
  • begrabenbury in a grave
Icelandic jarða, greftra
  • jarðabury in a grave
  • greftrabury in a grave
  • jarðsetjabury in a grave
Italian interrare, tumulare
  • interrarebury in a grave
  • tumularebury in a grave
  • inumarebury in a grave
  • seppellirebury in a grave
Latin sepeliō, tumulō
  • sepeliōbury in a grave
  • tumulōbury in a grave
Māori nehu, tanu
  • nehubury in a grave
  • tanubury in a grave
Portuguese enterrar
  • enterrarbury in a grave
Russian хорони́ть, зака́пывать
  • хорони́ть (xoronítʹ)bury in a grave
  • зака́пывать (zakápyvatʹ)bury in a grave
Spanish enterrar, internar
  • enterrarbury in a grave
  • internarconfine, as in a prison.
Turkish gömmek, defnetmek
  • gömmekbury in a grave
  • defnetmekbury in a grave
Ukrainian ховати, хоронити
  • ховати (xovaty)bury in a grave
  • хоронити (xoronyty)bury in a grave
  • поховати (poxovaty)bury in a grave
  • похоронити (poxoronyty)bury in a grave
Vietnamese chôn cất, an táng
  • chôn cấtbury in a grave
  • an tángbury in a grave

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

inter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inter

MLA

“inter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inter.

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