outsider

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English

Etymology

outside +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌaʊtˈsaɪdəɹ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

outsider (plural outsiders)

  1. One who is not part of a community or organization.
    Synonyms: stranger; see also Thesaurus:foreigner, Thesaurus:outcast
    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.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:newcomer
    Seeing the mess professional politicians have made of things is it any wonder the electorate is beginning to prefer outsiders?
    • 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Legacy:
      These worlds have always belonged to us, from the moment our ancestors saw them through ancient telescopes. We claimed them when our first explorers reached the stars, and they remained our worlds even after the Scourge divided us in darkness. Outsiders have no right to these treasures, and true angara must stand ready to defend our birthright.
  3. A competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning; a long shot.
    Synonyms: dark horse, little guy, long shot, underdog
    Johnny was an outsider at this year's karate tournament, but he still managed to win second place out of sheer determination.

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English outsider.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: out‧si‧der

Noun

outsider m anim

  1. outsider, one who is not part of a community or organization
    • 2017, Hanuš Karlach, Bojovník ve Vatikánu: Papež František a jeho odvážná cesta‎, 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, 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 of outsider (hard masculine animate mixed-reducible)
singular plural
nominative outsider outsideři, outsidři
genitive outsidera, outsidra outsiderů, outsidrů
dative outsiderovi, outsideru, outsidrovi, outsidru outsiderům, outsidrům
accusative outsidera, outsidra outsidery, outsidry
vocative outsidere, outsidře outsideři, outsidři
locative outsiderovi, outsideru, outsidrovi, outsidru outsiderech, outsidrech
instrumental outsiderem, outsidrem outsidery, outsidry

Derived terms

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English outsider.

Pronunciation

Noun

outsider m (plural outsiders)

  1. long shot, dark horse, outsider

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English outsider.

Pronunciation

Noun

outsider m or f by sense (plural outsiders)

  1. outsider

References

  1. ^ outsider in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ outsider in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English outsider.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /awtˈsaj.dɛr/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ajdɛr
  • Syllabification: out‧si‧der

Noun

outsider m pers (female equivalent outsiderka)

  1. outsider (someone excluded)
  2. (sports) outsider (competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning; long shot)
  3. (economics) company refusing to join a monopoly consisting of the majority of enterprises in a given industry

Declension

Declension of outsider
singular plural
nominative outsider outsiderzy/outsidery (deprecative)
genitive outsidera outsiderów
dative outsiderowi outsiderom
accusative outsidera outsiderów
instrumental outsiderem outsiderami
locative outsiderze outsiderach
vocative outsiderze outsiderzy

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English outsider.

Pronunciation

Noun

outsider m (plural outsideri)

  1. outsider

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English outsider.

Pronunciation

Noun

outsider m or f by sense (plural outsideres)

  1. outsider

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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