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; a dark horse

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

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:outcast

Translations

someone excluded

• Chinese:

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

• 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
• Turkish: yeni gelen

a long shot

• Finnish: musta hevonen (fi)
• French: outsider (fr) m, f

• German: Außenseiter (de) m, Außenseiterin f

See also

• Appendix:Words for outsiders

Anagrams

• dries out
• iodurets
• outrides
• suitored

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French

Noun

outsider m (plural outsiders)

1. long shot, dark horse, outsider

Anagrams

• étourdis

Further reading

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