outlet

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English

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An electrical outlet (Japanese).

Etymology

From Middle English outlete, outeleate, ut-lete, derived from Middle English outleten (“to allow, let out, emit”), equivalent to out- +‎ let. Compare West Frisian útlit (“outlet”), Dutch uitlaat (“outlet”), German Auslass (“outlet”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊtlɛt/, /ˈaʊtlɪt/
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Noun

outlet (plural outlets)

  1. A vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something.
  2. Something which allows for the release of one's desires.
    Jamie found doing martial arts was a great outlet for her stress.
    • 1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:
      Song of the bleeding throat, / Death’s outlet song of life, (for well dear brother I know, / If thou wast not granted to sing thou would’st surely die.)
  3. A river that runs out of a lake.
  4. A shop that sells the products of a particular manufacturer or supplier.
  5. A wall-mounted socket connected to an electrical power supply, at which current can be taken to run electrical devices.
    I had to move the cupboard to get to the power outlet.

Derived terms

Translations

wall socket — see wall socket

Anagrams

Chinese

Etymology

From English outlet.

Pronunciation

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Particularly: “Mandarin?”

Noun

outlet

  1. (Taiwan, Hong Kong) outlet mall; a mall with outlet shops (especially in tourist areas)

Polish

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English outlet.

Pronunciation

Noun

outlet m inan

  1. outlet (shop)

Declension

Declension of outlet
singular plural
nominative outlet outlety
genitive outletu outletów
dative outletowi outletom
accusative outlet outlety
instrumental outletem outletami
locative outlecie outletach
vocative outlecie outlety

Further reading

  • outlet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • outlet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English outlet.

Noun

outlet m (plural outlets)

  1. outlet store

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English outlet.

Pronunciation

Noun

outlet m (plural outlets)

  1. outlet store

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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