outskirt

English

Etymology

out- +‎ skirt

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtskɝt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtskɜːt/
• Hyphenation: out‧skirt

Noun

outskirt (plural outskirts)

1. A more remote part of a town or city; the periphery, environs; a suburb.

   Many people commute into the business district from the outskirts of town.

   • 2010, J. L. Bourne, Beyond Exile: Day by Day Armageddon, page 37:

     I told her of my plan to take John into an urban outskirt area for the purpose of retrieving some vital technical manuals.

   • 1983, Our Barrios: Past, Present, and Future, page 20:

     The outskirt communities were originally established as labor camps for railroad workers, farm and ranch hands.

   • 1917, Michigan Film Review, page 347:

     Hal Smith, manager of the Ferry Field theatre, Detroit, one of the largest and prettiest outskirt houses in town, played Metro's "Revelation" for three days last week

Usage notes

• As a noun, plural form is much more common.
• In attributive use, the singular form is more common.

Translations

periphery

• Arabic: ضَاحِيَة f (ḍāḥiya), مَشَارِف m pl (mašārif)
• Catalan: afores (ca) m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 郊外 (zh) (jiāowài), 郊區／郊区 (zh) (jiāoqū)

• Czech: předměstí (cs) n, okraj (cs) m
• Danish: udkant c
• Finnish: laitakaupunginosa
• French: banlieue (fr) f
• German: Außenbezirk (de) m, Stadtrand (de) m, Außenbereich (de) m, Vorort (de) m, Randbezirk m, Randgebiet (de) n, Randbereich (de) m
• Hindi: बाह्यांचल (bāhyāñcal), सीमांत (hi) (sīmānt), उपांत (hi) (upānt), सिवान (hi) (sivān), हवाली (hi) (havālī), किनारा (hi) (kinārā)
• Hungarian: külváros (hu)
• Icelandic: útjaðar m
• Italian: periferia (it) f
• Norwegian: utkant m
• Portuguese: periferia (pt)
• Russian: окра́ина (ru) (okráina)
• Spanish: afueras (es) f pl
• Swedish: utkant (sv) c

Verb

outskirt (third-person singular simple present outskirts, present participle outskirting, simple past and past participle outskirted)

1. (transitive) To surround as an outskirt.