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inter

French, noun/ɛ̃.tɛʁ/

inter is spelled I-N-T-E-R (5 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 3,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inter is a French masculine noun meaning “short for interurbain (“long-distance phone service”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Utilisé autrefois pour désigner le réseau téléphonique interurbain”.

What does inter mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineshort for interurbain (“long-distance phone service”)

prefix

as inter-
  1. 1

    inter-

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Utilisé autrefois pour désigner le réseau téléphonique interurbain. 2. Interrupteur électrique. 3. Opérateur « intersection » en théorie des ensembles.

noun: 1. Intervention.

noun: 1. Avant placé entre un ailier et l’avant-centre.

noun: 1. Intersexe.

prefix: 1. Relatif à l’intervalle spatial ou temporel entre deux corps ou deux phénomènes. 2. Relatif aux relations mutuelles ou de réciprocité. 3. Relatif à une idée de séparation ou d’obstacle.

adjective: 1. Intersexe.

noun: 1. Intersexe.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of inter

  • inters plural
  • inter’

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce inter?

  • /ɛ̃.tɛʁ/
  • \ɛ̃.tɛʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to inter

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is inter in French?

inter appears 19 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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