outre

See also: outré

English

Adjective

outre

1. Alternative spelling of outré

Anagrams

• Toure, outer, rouet, route, utero-

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /utʁ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin uter. Originally masculine in French; feminine since the beginning of the 16th century.

Noun

outre f (plural outres)

1. goatskin, wine skin, water skin

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French oltre, inherited from Latin ultra. Doublet of ultra-.

Preposition

outre

1. as well as, besides, on top of

Derived terms

• d’outre en outre
• en outre
• Fons-outre-Gardon
• outrage
• outre mesure
• outre plus
• outre que
• outre-Atlantique
• outre-mer
• outre-Meuse
• outre-Quiévrain
• outre-Rhin
• outrecuidance
• outrecuider
• outrer
• passer outre
• plus outre
• Saint Beauzelly outre Gardon

 

Related terms

• ultra
• ultra-

 

Further reading

• “outre” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “outre” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “outre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• route, routé, troue, troué