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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From outdoor (adjective) + -s (adverbial genitive suffix),[1] earlier out (of) doors.[2]
Adverb
outdoors (not comparable)
- 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.
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)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 戶外／户外 (zh) (hùwài), 室外 (zh) (shìwài)
- 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, 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:
- Bokmål: utendørs (no), utadørs
- Nynorsk: utandørs
- Old English: ūte (stative); ūt (allative)
- 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)
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Noun
outdoors (uncountable)
- (often preceded by the) The environment outside of enclosed structures.
- Antonym: indoors
He won't leave his house: he's afraid of the outdoors.
- (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
Translations
environment outside of enclosed structures
countryside away from cities
Translations to be checked
Etymology 2
From outdoor (verb) + -s (third-person suffix).
Verb
outdoors
- third-person singular simple present indicative of outdoor
References
Portuguese
Noun
outdoors m
- plural of outdoor