English Online Dictionary. What means outdoor? What does outdoor mean?
English
Etymology
From out- + door.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌaʊtˈdɔː/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Adjective
outdoor (not comparable)
- Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air. [from 18th c.]
- Synonyms: alfresco, open-air, out-of-door, outside
- Antonyms: indoor, inside
- Pertaining to charity administered or received away from, or independently from, a workhouse or other institution. [from 19th c.]
Derived terms
Related terms
- outdoors
Descendants
- → German: Outdoor
- → Japanese: アウトドア (autodoa)
- → Portuguese: outdoor
- → Spanish: outdoor
Translations
Verb
outdoor (third-person singular simple present outdoors, present participle outdooring, simple past and past participle outdoored)
- (in some African communities) To publicly display a child after it has been named
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
Further reading
- outdoor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English outdoor.
Pronunciation
Noun
outdoor m (plural outdoors)
- billboard (very large advertisement along the side of a road)
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English outdoor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /audˈdoɾ/ [au̯ð̞ˈð̞oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
Adjective
outdoor (invariable)
- outdoor
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.