outsider

English

Etymology

outside +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaʊtˈsaɪdəɹ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

outsider (plural outsiders)

1. One who is not part of a community or organization.

   While the initiated easily understand the symbols, they are wholly inaccessible to outsiders.

   • 2004, George Carlin, “Preface”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?‎^[1], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page [2]:

     I'm an outsider by choice, but not truly. It's the unpleasantness of the system that keeps me out. I'd rather be in, in a good system. That's where my discontent comes from: being forced to choose to stay outside.

2. A newcomer with little or no experience in an organization or community.

   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.

   Johnny was an outsider at this year's karate tournament, but he still managed to win second place out of sheer determination.

Synonyms

• (someone excluded): stranger; see also Thesaurus:outcast or Thesaurus:foreigner
• (a newcomer): newling; see also Thesaurus:newcomer
• (a long shot): dark horse, little guy, underdog

Derived terms

• outsider art
• outsider artist
• outsider music
• outsider musician
• rank outsider

 

Descendants

• → Czech: outsider
• → French: outsider
• → Greek: αουτσάιντερ (aoutsáinter)
• → Italian: outsider
• → Japanese: アウトサイダー (autosaidā)
• → Korean: 아웃사이더 (autsaideo)
• → Polish: outsider
• → Russian: аутса́йдер (autsájdɛr)
  • → Kazakh: аутсайдер (autsaider)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: аутса̀јдер

  Latin script: autsàjder

• → Spanish: outsider

Translations

someone excluded

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: arrotz, kanpotar
• Belarusian: аўтса́йдэр m (aŭtsájder), старо́нні m (starónni), чужы́ m (čužý), чужа́к m (čužák), чужы́нец m (čužýnjec), чужані́ца m or f (čužaníca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外人 (zh) (wàirén), 局外人 (zh) (júwàirén)

• Czech: outsider (cs) m, outsiderka f
• Dutch: buitenstaander (nl) m, outsider (nl) m
• Esperanto: eksterulo
• Finnish: ulkopuolinen (fi), vieras (fi)
• French: exclu (fr) m, tiers (fr) m
• Georgian: გარეშე (gareše), გარეშე პირი (gareše ṗiri)
• German: Außenseiter (de) m, Außenseiterin (de) f
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: kívülálló (hu)
• Indonesian: orang luar (id)
• Italian: estraneo (it)
• Japanese: アウトサイダー (autosaidā), 部外者 (ja) (ぶがいしゃ, bugaisha), 局外者 (きょくがいしゃ, kyokugaisha)
• Kazakh: аутсайдер (autsaider)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 외부인(外部人) (oebu'in), 아웃사이더 (ko) (autsaideo)
• Latin: externus, extraneus
• Maori: tauiwi, rāwaho
• Navajo: déʼéyóní
• Polish: outsider (pl) m, outsiderka (pl) f
• Portuguese: marginal (pt), forasteiro (pt) m
• Romanian: outsider (ro) m
• Russian: аутса́йдер (ru) m (autsájdɛr), посторо́нний (ru) m (postorónnij), чужа́к (ru) m (čužák), чужо́й (ru) m (čužój)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аутса̀јдер m

  Roman: autsàjder (sh) m

• Slovak: outsider m, outsiderka f
• Spanish: marginado (es) m, persona de fuera f, outsider m
• Swedish: utomstående (sv) c, särling (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: dışlanan, hariç tutulan
• Ukrainian: аутса́йдер (uk) m (autsájder), сторо́нній (uk) m (storónnij), чужи́й m (čužýj), чужи́нець m (čužýnecʹ), чужа́к m (čužák)
• Vietnamese: người ngoài (vi)

a newcomer

• Esperanto: novulo
• Finnish: tulokas (fi)
• French: nouveau venu (fr) m, étranger (fr) m, inconnu (fr) m
• German: Neuling (de) m, Anfänger (de) m
• Russian: новичо́к (ru) m (novičók), прише́лец (ru) m (prišélec), незнако́мец (ru) m (neznakómec), незнако́мка (ru) f (neznakómka)
• Spanish: lego (es) m, novato (es) m, principiante (es) m or f
• Turkish: yeni gelen

a long shot

• Bulgarian: аутсайдер m (autsajder)
• Czech: outsider (cs) m
• Finnish: musta hevonen (fi)
• French: outsider (fr) m or f
• German: Außenseiter (de) m, Außenseiterin (de) f
• Polish: outsider (pl) m

See also

• Appendix:Words for outsiders
• outsiders

Anagrams

• Rideouts, Tudorise, dries out, editours, iodurets, outrides, rideouts, rutoside, suitored, tudorise, turoside

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English outsider.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈau̯tsajdr̩]
• Hyphenation: out‧si‧der

Noun

outsider m anim

1. outsider, one who is not part of a community or organization [since 20th c.]
   • 2017, Hanuš Karlach, Bojovník ve Vatikánu: Papež František a jeho odvážná cesta‎^[3], 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^[4], 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

• outsiderka
• outsiderský
• outsiderství

 

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

• IPA^(key): /awt.saj.dœʁ/
• Rhymes: -œʁ

• Audio

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Noun

outsider m (plural outsiders)

1. long shot, dark horse, outsider

Further reading

• “outsider”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• étourdis

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English outsider.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awtˈt͡saj.der/
• Rhymes: -ajder

Noun

outsider m or f by sense (plural outsiders)

1. outsider

Anagrams

• deostruì, riseduto, studierò

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English outsider.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awtˈsaj.dɛr/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ajdɛr
• Syllabification: out‧si‧der

Noun

outsider m pers (feminine outsiderka)

1. outsider (someone excluded)
2. (sports)outsider (competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning; long shot)
3. (economics) a 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

• outsiderski

 

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈawt.saj.dər/

Noun

outsider m (plural outsideri)

1. outsider

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English outsider.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /autˈsaideɾ/ [au̯t̪ˈsai̯.ð̞eɾ]
• Rhymes: -aideɾ

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.