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{{also|outre}}
==English==
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===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|outrée|outre}}

===Etymology===
{{uder|en|fr|outré}}, form of {{m|fr|outrer||to go to excess}}; see also {{m|fr|outre||beyond}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/uˈtɹeɪ/}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-outré.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|eɪ|s=2}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# Beyond what is customary or proper; [[extravagant]].
#* {{RQ:Austen Emma|volume=II|chapter=VIII|page=152|passage=I believe I have been very rude; but really Miss Fairfax has done her hair in so odd a way—so very odd a way—that I cannot keep my eyes from her. I never saw any thing so '''outrée'''!—Those curls!—This must be a fancy of her own. I see nobody else looking like her!}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1903|author=[[w:Samuel Butler (novelist)|Samuel Butler]]|title=The Way of All Flesh|chapter=50
|passage=He hated people who did not know where to stop.  Ernest was always so '''''outré''''' and strange; there was never any knowing what he would do next, except that it would be something unusual and silly.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2021-07-17|author=Jacob Bernstein|title=Keith McNally Stirs the Pot|journal=w:The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/17/style/keith-mcnally-instagram-restaurants.html|passage=Are his patrons simply too giddy in this post-pandemic moment to muster sustained outrage over his '''outré''' behavior?}}
# Very [[unconventional]].
#* '''1992''', David Littlejohn, ''The Ultimate Art: Essays Around and About Opera'', Chapter 16: The Twentieth Century Takes on Shakespeare, [http://books.google.com/books?id=P3WxRNGO9LwC&pg=PA261&dq=%22more|most+outr%C3%A9%22&hl=en&ei=_i9HTrapIqjomAXf77XZBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC0Q6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q&f=false page 261],
#*: To begin with, ''King Lear'' is the most unconventional, the most nearly hysterical, the most '''outré''' and outrageous play Shakespeare ever wrote.

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|unconventional}} {{l|en|bizarre}}, {{l|en|eccentric}}, {{l|en|outlandish}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|very unconventional}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ексцентричен}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|偏离常规的}}, {{t|cmn|荒诞的}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|extravagant}}, {{t+|nl|excentriek}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|omintakeinen}}, {{t+|fi|omituinen}}, {{t+|fi|poikkeuksellinen}}, {{t+|fi|outo}}, {{t+|fi|äärimmäinen}}
* German: {{t+|de|extravagant}}, {{t+|de|exzentrisch}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|стра́нный|tr=}}, {{t+|ru|необы́чный|tr=}}, {{t+|ru|эксцентричный|tr=}}, {{t+|ru|шокирующий|tr=}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|extravagante}}
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=eortu|utero-|outer|ruote|Toure|route|rouet|Route}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}

===Adjective===
{{fr-adj}}

# [[excessive]]
# [[outrageous]]
# Who is revolted with anger.

===Participle===
{{fr-past participle}}

# {{past participle of|fr|outrer}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|fr|route}}, {{l|fr|routé}}, {{l|fr|troue}}, {{l|fr|troué}}