dehors

English

Etymology

French dehors (“outside”).

Noun

dehors

1. 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

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French

Etymology

From Middle French dehors, defors, from Old French defors, from Late Latin deforis, from Latin dē forīs (“outdoors”), from foris (“door”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də.ɔʁ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔʁ

Adverb

dehors

1. outside

   Le spectacle se déroule dehors, et c’est gratuit.

   The show will take place outside, and it's free.

Antonyms

• dedans

Noun

dehors m (uncountable)

1. outside

Antonyms

• dedans

Derived terms

• en dehors
• hors

Preposition

dehors

1. outside; outside of

Antonyms

• dedans

Further reading

• “dehors”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• Rhodes

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Middle French

Alternative forms

• defors

Etymology

From Old French defors.

Adverb

dehors

1. outside

Descendants

• French: dehors