outsider

English

Etymology

outside +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaʊtˈsaɪdəɹ/

Noun

outsider (plural outsiders)

1. One who is not part of a community or organization.

   While the initiated easily understand the symbols, they are wholly inaccessible to outsiders.

2. A newcomer with little or no experience in an organization or community.

   Seeing the mess professional politicians have made of things is it any wonder the electorate is beginning to prefer outsiders.

3. A competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning; a long shot

   Johnny was an outsider at this years karate tournament, but he still managed to win second place out of sheer determination.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:outcast

Translations

someone excluded

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外人 (zh) (wàirén), 局外人 (zh) (júwàirén)

• Czech: outsider (cs) m
• Esperanto: eksterulo
• Finnish: ulkopuolinen (1), vieras (1)
• French: exclu (fr) m
• Georgian: გარეშე (gareše), გარეშე პირი (gareše ṗiri)
• German: Außenseiter (de) m, Aussenseiter (de) m (alternative spelling), Außenseiterin
• Italian: estraneo (it)
• Japanese: アウトサイダー (autosaidā), 部外者 (ぶがいしゃ, bugaisha), 局外者 (きょくがいしゃ, kyokugaisha)
• Latin: externus, extraneus

• Maori: tauiwi, rāwaho
• Navajo: déʼéyóní
• Portuguese: marginal (pt), forasteiro (pt) m
• Russian: аутса́йдер (ru) m (autsájdɛr), посторо́нний (ru) m (postorónnij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аутсајдер m

  Roman: autsajder (sh) m

• Spanish: marginado (es) m
• Swedish: utomstående (sv) c
• Turkish: dışlanan, hariç tutulan

a newcomer

• Esperanto: novulo
• Finnish: tulokas (fi)
• French: nouveau venu (fr) m, étranger (fr) m, inconnu (fr) m
• German: Neuling (de) m, Anfänger (de) m

• Russian: новичо́к (ru) m (novičók), прише́лец (ru) m (prišélec), незнако́мец (ru) m (neznakómec), незнако́мка (ru) f (neznakómka)
• Spanish: lego (es) m, novato (es) m, principiante (es) m, f
• Turkish: yeni gelen

a long shot

• Czech: outsider (cs) m
• Finnish: musta hevonen (fi)

• French: outsider (fr) m, f
• German: Außenseiter (de) m, Außenseiterin f

See also

• Appendix:Words for outsiders

Anagrams

• Rideouts, dries out, editours, iodurets, outrides, rideouts, rutoside, suitored, turoside

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Czech

Etymology

From English outsider.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈau̯tsajdr̩]
• Hyphenation: out‧si‧der

Noun

outsider m anim

1. Outsider, one who is not part of a community or organization. [since 20th c.]
   • 2017, Hanuš Karlach, Bojovník ve Vatikánu: Papež František a jeho odvážná cesta‎^[1], Praha: Grada Publishing, translation of Der Kämpfer im Vatikan. Papst Franziskus und sein mutiger Weg by Andreas Englisch, →ISBN, page 8:

     Neměl nejmenší vyhlídku na úřad papeže – a právě to si jeho stoupenci tak považovali. Chtěli nějakého outsidera, absolutního outsidera, […]

     He had not the slightest chance to hold the papal office – and that was the fact that his supporters valued so much. They wanted an outsider, absolute outsider, […]

2. Outsider, a competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning
   • 2006, Luboš Jeřábek, Fotbal – velký lexikon‎^[2], Praha: Grada Publishing, translation of original by Bernd Rohr and Günter Simon, →ISBN, page 304:

     Vítězství outsiderů nejsou ve fotbale vzácná […]

     Victories of outsiders are not rare in football […]

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	outsider	outsideři, outsidři, outsiderové
genitive	outsidera, outsidra	outsiderů, outsidrů
dative	outsiderovi, outsideru, outsidrovi, outsidru	outsiderům, outsidrům
accusative	outsidera, outsidra	outsidery, outsidry
vocative	outsidere, outsidře	outsideři, outsidři, outsidrové
locative	outsiderovi, outsidrovi, outsideru, outsidru	outsiderech, outsidrech
instrumental	outsiderem, outsidrem	outsidery, outsidry

Derived terms

• outsiderka
• outsiderský
• outsiderství

Further reading

• outsider in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• outsider in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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French

Noun

outsider m (plural outsiders)

1. long shot, dark horse, outsider

Further reading

• “outsider” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• étourdis