outre

See also: outré

English

Adjective

outre

1. Alternative spelling of outré.
   • 2024 May 29, Simon Hattenstone, “The radical, ravishing rebirth of Tracey Emin: ‘I didn’t want to die as some mediocre YBA’”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     [Tracey] Emin is so outre in some ways, so conventional in others.

Derived terms

• outreness

Anagrams

• utero-, outer, ruote, Toure, route, rouet, Route

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /utʁ/

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin uter. Originally masculine in French; feminine since the beginning of the 16th century.

Noun

outre f (plural outres)

1. goatskin, wine skin, water skin
   • 2023, Fabcaro, Didier Conrad, L'iris blanc [Asterix and the White Iris] (Asterix), Vanves: Hachette, →ISBN, page 11:

     Tu vois ! Tu ne me regardes plus ! Tu me négliges comme une vieille outre percée !

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Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French oltre, from Latin ultra. Doublet of ultra-. Cognate with Italian oltre.

Preposition

outre

1. as well as, besides, on top of
2. (archaic outside of idioms) across, beyond

Derived terms

• d'outre en outre
• en outre
• Fons-outre-Gardon
• outrage
• outre mesure
• outre plus
• outre que
• outre-Atlantique
• outre-mer
• outre-Meuse
• outre-Quiévrain
• outre-Rhin
• outrecuidance
• outrecuider
• outrepasser
• outrer
• passer outre
• plus outre
• Saint Beauzelly outre Gardon

Related terms

• ultra
• ultra-

Further reading

• “outre”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse
• Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “outre”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette
• “outre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• route, routé, troue, troué