outdoors

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aʊtˈdɔː(ɹ)z/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z

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.

Alternative forms

out of doors (dated)

Related terms

withoutdoors

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)

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

Azerbaijani: bayır (az), çöl (az), eşik (az), dış (az) (archaic)
Finnish: luonto (fi), ulkoilmaelämä
French: dehors (fr) m
Polish: dwór (pl) m inan
Spanish: aire libre m, intemperie (es) f
Thai: ข้างนอก (th) (kâang-nɔ̂ɔk)

countryside away from cities

Czech: příroda (cs) ?

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Translations to be checked

Hindi: ^{(please verify)} बहर (hi) ? (bahar), ^{(please verify)} सड़क पर ? (saṛak par)
Kannada: ^{(please verify)} ಹೊರಾಂಗಣದಲ್ಲಿ (horāṅgaṇadalli), ^{(please verify)} ಹೊರಗೆ (kn) (horage)
Romani: ^{(please verify)} avri
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} ఔట్ (auṭ), ^{(please verify)} అవుట్ (avuṭ), ^{(please verify)} బయట (te) (bayaṭa), ^{(please verify)} వెలుపలి (velupali), ^{(please verify)} ఇంటి పట్టు లేకుండా (iṇṭi paṭṭu lēkuṇḍā), ^{(please verify)} బహిర్భాగం (bahirbhāgaṁ)

Etymology 2

From outdoor (verb) +‎ -s (third-person suffix).

Verb

outdoors

third-person singular simple present indicative of outdoor

References

^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “outdoors (adv.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
^ “outdoors”, in Collins English Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

outdoors m

plural of outdoor

[1] Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “outdoors (adv.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

[2] “outdoors”, in Collins English Dictionary.

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