dehors
English
Etymology
French dehors (“outside”).
Noun
dehors
- (fortification) All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover.
Preposition
dehors
- (law) Out of; without; foreign to; out of the agreement, record, will, or other instrument.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for dehors in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Rhodes, Rohdes, hordes, horsed, reshod, shoder, shored
French
Etymology
From Middle French dehors, defors, from Old French defors, from Late Latin dē forīs, from Latin dē + forīs (“outdoors”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /də.ɔʁ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔʁ
Adverb
dehors
- outside
- Antonym: dedans
- Le spectacle se déroule dehors, et c’est gratuit.
- The show will take place outside, and it's free.
Noun
dehors m (uncountable)
- outside
- Antonym: dedans
Derived terms
- à coucher dehors
- à ne pas mettre un chat dehors
- à ne pas mettre un chien dehors
- en dehors
- en dehors de
- hors
- mettre le nez dehors
- mettre le pied dehors
- toutes voiles dehors
Preposition
dehors
- outside; outside of
- Antonym: dedans
Further reading
- “dehors”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- Rhodes
Middle French
Alternative forms
- defors
Etymology
From Old French defors.
Adverb
dehors
- outside
Descendants
- French: dehors