dehors
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
dehors
- (fortification) All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover.
Preposition edit
dehors
- (law) Out of; without; foreign to; out of the agreement, record, will, or other instrument.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “dehors”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
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French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French dehors, defors, from Old French defors, from Vulgar Latin dē forīs, from Latin dē + forīs (“outdoors”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
dehors
- outside
- Antonym: dedans
- Le spectacle se déroule dehors, et c’est gratuit.
- The show will take place outside, and it's free.
Noun edit
dehors m (uncountable)
Derived terms edit
Preposition edit
dehors
Further reading edit
- “dehors”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Middle French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French defors.
Adverb edit
dehors
Descendants edit
- French: dehors