outdoors

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʊtˈdɔː(ɹ)z/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z

Etymology 1

From out +‎ doors (plural of door), probably as a shortening of out of doors. Alternatively, from outdoor (adjective) +‎ -s (adverbial genitive suffix).

Adverb

outdoors (not comparable)

1. Not inside a house or under covered structure; unprotected; in the open air.

   Synonyms: alfresco, (archaic) withoutdoors

   They went outdoors to light up their cigarettes.

Alternative forms

• out of doors (dated)

Related terms

• withoutdoors

Translations

in the open air

• Afrikaans: buitenshuis
• Armenian: դուրս (hy) (durs), բացօթյա (hy) (bacʻōtʻya)
• Azerbaijani: bayırda, çöldə, eşikdə, dışda (archaic), açıq havada
• Bashkir: тышта (tışta)
• Bulgarian: навън (bg) (navǎn), на открито (na otkrito)
• Catalan: a l'aire lliure
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戶外 / 户外 (zh) (hùwài), 室外 (zh) (shìwài)

• Danish: udendørs (da)
• Finnish: ulos (fi), ulkona (fi), ulkoilmassa (fi)
• French: à l’extérieur (fr), dehors (fr), en plein air (fr)
• Galician: ao ar libre m
• German: im Freien, draußen (de), an der frischen Luft
• Greek: εξωτερικός χώρος (exoterikós chóros), έξω (el) (éxo)
• Hungarian: kint (hu), a szabadban
• Icelandic: úti (is), utandyra, utanhúss, undir berum himni
• Ingrian: uulitsalle, kujalle, ikkunalle (motion), uulitsaal, kujal, ikkunaal (location)
• Interlingua: al aere libere
• Irish: lasmuigh
• Italian: all'aperto (it), all'aria aperta (it), fuori (it)
• Jamaican Creole: outaduo
• Japanese: 室外で (ja) (しつがいで, shitsugai de), 屋外で (ja) (おくがいで, okugai de)
• Latin: forīs (la) (located outdoors), forās (la) (heading outdoors)
• Maori: o waho
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: utendørs (no)

  Bokmål: utadørs (no)

  Nynorsk: utandørs (nn)

• Old English: ūte (stative); ūt (allative)
• Ottoman Turkish: طیشاری (dışarı)
• Polish: na zewnątrz (pl), na dworze (pl)
• Portuguese: ao ar livre (pt), a céu aberto (pt)
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} на откры́том во́здухе (na otkrýtom vózduxe), ^{(please verify)} на у́лице (na úlice), снару́жи (ru) (snarúži)
• Spanish: al aire libre, a la intemperie, al fresco
• Swedish: utomhus (sv)
• Ukrainian: надво́рі (nadvóri)
• Walloon: a l' ouxh (wa)
• Yiddish: דרויסן (droysn)

Noun

outdoors (uncountable)

1. (often preceded by the) The environment outside of enclosed structures.

   Antonym: indoors

   He won't leave his house: he's afraid of the outdoors.

2. (often preceded by the) The natural environment in the open air, countryside away from cities and buildings.

   Synonyms: great outdoors, God's country

   She loves the outdoors, for its freedom and fresh air.

Derived terms

• great outdoors
• outdoorsiness
• outdoorsman
• outdoorsmanship
• outdoorsness
• outdoorsperson
• outdoors voice
• outdoorswoman
• outdoorswomanship
• outdoorsy

Translations

environment outside of enclosed structures

• Azerbaijani: bayır (az), çöl (az), eşik (az), dış (az) (archaic)
• Finnish: luonto (fi), ulkoilmaelämä
• French: dehors (fr) m
• Polish: dwór (pl) m inan
• Spanish: aire libre m, intemperie (es) f
• Thai: ข้างนอก (th) (kâang-nɔ̂ɔk)

countryside away from cities

• Czech: příroda (cs) ?

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} बहर (hi) ? (bahar), ^{(please verify)} सड़क पर ? (saṛak par)
• Kannada: ^{(please verify)} ಹೊರಾಂಗಣದಲ್ಲಿ (horāṅgaṇadalli), ^{(please verify)} ಹೊರಗೆ (kn) (horage)
• Romani: ^{(please verify)} avri
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} ఔట్ (auṭ), ^{(please verify)} అవుట్ (avuṭ), ^{(please verify)} బయట (te) (bayaṭa), ^{(please verify)} వెలుపలి (velupali), ^{(please verify)} ఇంటి పట్టు లేకుండా (iṇṭi paṭṭu lēkuṇḍā), ^{(please verify)} బహిర్భాగం (bahirbhāgaṁ)

Etymology 2

From outdoor (verb) +‎ -s (third-person singular suffix).

Verb

outdoors

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outdoor

Portuguese

Noun

outdoors m

1. plural of outdoor