dehors

English

Etymology

French dehors (“outside”).

Noun

dehors

1. (fortification) All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover.

Preposition

dehors

1. (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Rhodes, Rohdes, hordes, horsed, reshod, shoder, shored

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French dehors, defors, from Old French defors, from Vulgar Latin dē forīs, from Latin dē + forīs (“outdoors”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də.ɔʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔʁ

Adverb

dehors

1. 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)

1. 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

1. 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

1. outside

Descendants

• French: dehors