The French word for outside is
dehors
French Definition
outside | |
1. n. Extérieur. | |
Bring in the chair from outside. | |
Rentre la chaise. | |
2. adj. Extérieur, au-dehors. | |
The outside part has been weathered over the years and is now a dull gray. | |
La partie extérieure a subi les outrages du temps au long des années et est maintenant d'un gris morne. | |
3. v. Dehors, à l'extérieur. | |
Go outside to play. You're creating a mess in the house. | |
Va jouer dehors. Tu mets le bazar dans la maison. | |
You can find it outside. | |
Vous le trouverez à l'extérieur. | |
4. v. Au-dehors. | |
The smoke is escaping outside. | |
La fumée s'échappe au-dehors. | |
5. prep. En dehors de, hors de, à l'extérieur de. | |
It's outside of the house. | |
C'est en dehors de la maison. | |
6. prep. (Populaire) (Figuré) En outre, hormis, sauf, excepté, en dehors de. | |
Outside of a few close friends, probably no one would even notice. | |
Hormis quelques amis proches, probablement personne ne ferait ne serait-ce que remarquer. | |
You can do whatever you want, outside of Sundays. | |
Tu peux faire ce que tu veux, sauf le dimanche. | |
7. prep. Au dehors de. | |
outside of the specified area | |
au dehors de la zone concernée |
Translations for outside and their definitions
extérieur | |||
1. adj. exterior | |||
2. n-m. exterior, outside |
dehors | |||
1. adv. outside | |||
Le spectacle se déroule dehors, et c’est gratuit. - The show will take place outside, and it's free. | |||
2. n-m. outside | |||
3. prep. outside; outside of |
externe | ||
1. adj. external | ||
2. n. (education) (a school student who doesn't stay in his establishment for meals or at night) |
hors de | ||
1. prep. out of, outside | ||
hors de cause - uninvolved, innocent | ||
hors de combat - hors de combat | ||
hors de contrôle - out of control | ||
hors de danger - out of the woods | ||
hors de page | ||
hors de pair - peerless | ||
hors de portée - out of reach | ||
hors de prix - priceless | ||
hors de proportion - out of proportion, disproportionate | ||
hors de propos - beside the point, irrelevant | ||
hors de question - out of the question | ||
hors de saison - at an inopportune moment, inopportunely | ||
hors de soi - beside oneself | ||
hors d'affaire - out of the woods | ||
hors d'âge - very old, ageless | ||
hors d'atteinte - out of reach | ||
hors d'état de nuire - harmless | ||
hors d'haleine - out of breath | ||
hors d'œuvre - separate from the main work | ||
hors d'usage - out of order | ||
hors du commun - out of the ordinary | ||
hors du coup - out of the loop | ||
hors des clous - not abiding by the rules | ||
hors des sentiers battus - off the beaten path | ||
hors de l'Église, point de salut - there is no salvation outside the Church | ||
garder la tête hors de l'eau - to keep one's head above water |
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