Standard Lemma guide

outdoor

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /aʊtˈdɔː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: AW1 T D AO2 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: alfresco, open-air, out-of-door, outside

Antonyms: indoor, inside

2

adj

Meaning 2

Pertaining to charity administered or received away from, or independently from, a workhouse or other institution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To publicly display a child after it has been named

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

pertaining to or concerning the outdoors or outdoor activities

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • outdoor education is the area of teacher training concerned with training for outdoor activities

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English door English outdoor From out- + door.

Across languages

Translations

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: բացօթյա (bacʻōtʻya) — situated in the open air
  • Armenian: բացօդյա (bacʻōdya) — situated in the open air
  • Asturian: albentestate — situated in the open air
  • Bulgarian: външен (vǎnšen) — situated in the open air
  • Bulgarian: на открито (na otkrito) — situated in the open air
  • Catalan: a l'aire lliure — situated in the open air
  • Chinese Cantonese: 露天 (lou6 tin1) — situated in the open air
  • Chinese: 天露 (thin-lō͘) — situated in the open air
  • Chinese: 露天 (lō͘-thin) — situated in the open air
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戶外的 /户外的 (hùwài de) — situated in the open air
  • Chinese Mandarin: 室外的 (shìwài de) — situated in the open air
  • Chinese Mandarin: 露天 (lùtiān) — situated in the open air
  • Czech: venkovní — situated in the open air
  • Czech: outdoorový — situated in the open air
  • Dutch: buiten- — situated in the open air
  • Esperanto: eksterdoma — situated in the open air
  • Esperanto: subĉiela — situated in the open air
  • Finnish: ulko- — situated in the open air
  • Finnish: ulkoilma- — situated in the open air
  • French: de plein air — situated in the open air
  • French: d’extérieur — situated in the open air
  • French: en plein air — situated in the open air
  • French: découvert — situated in the open air
  • Galician: ao ar libre — situated in the open air
  • Galician: ao aire libre — situated in the open air
  • German: Außen- — situated in the open air
  • German: außerhalb des Hauses — situated in the open air
  • German: im Freien — situated in the open air
  • German: Freiluft- — situated in the open air
  • Greek: υπαίθριος (ypaíthrios) — situated in the open air
  • Ancient Greek: ὑπαίθριος (hupaíthrios) — situated in the open air
  • Ancient Greek: ὕπαιθρος (húpaithros) — situated in the open air
  • Hungarian: szabadtéri — situated in the open air
  • Hungarian: kültéri — situated in the open air
  • Hungarian: kinti — situated in the open air
  • Hungarian: nyitott — situated in the open air
  • Hungarian: szabad ég alatti — situated in the open air
  • Hungarian: szabadban lévő/történő — situated in the open air
  • Hungarian: (“opencast”) külszíni — situated in the open air
  • Hungarian: a szabadban való/történő/fogyasztott — situated in the open air
  • Icelandic: útivistar- — situated in the open air
  • Indonesian: di luar ruangan — situated in the open air
  • Indonesian: di luar rumah — situated in the open air
  • Indonesian: di tempat terbuka — situated in the open air
  • Italian: a cielo aperto — situated in the open air
  • Italian: all'aperto — situated in the open air
  • Italian: fuori — situated in the open air
  • Italian: all'aria aperta — situated in the open air
  • Japanese: 屋外の (okugai no) — situated in the open air
  • Japanese: 室外の (shitsugai no) — situated in the open air
  • Japanese: 戸外の (kogai no) — situated in the open air
  • Japanese: 青空 (aozora) — situated in the open air
  • Japanese: 屋外 (okugai) — situated in the open air
  • Japanese: 露天 (roten) — situated in the open air
  • Korean: 노천 (nocheon) — situated in the open air
  • Korean: 로천 (rocheon) — situated in the open air
  • Korean: 한데 (hande) — situated in the open air
  • Maltese: fil-beraħ — situated in the open air
  • Māori: o waho whare — situated in the open air
  • Māori: tūwaho — situated in the open air
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utendørs — situated in the open air
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utadørs — situated in the open air
  • Norwegian Bokmål: frilufts- — situated in the open air
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: utandørs — situated in the open air
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: frilufts- — situated in the open air
  • Portuguese: ao ar livre — situated in the open air
  • Portuguese: a céu aberto — situated in the open air
  • Russian: нару́жный (narúžnyj) — situated in the open air
  • Russian: вне́шний (vnéšnij) — situated in the open air
  • Russian: на откры́том во́здухе (na otkrýtom vózduxe) — situated in the open air
  • Russian: под откры́тым не́бом (pod otkrýtym nébom) — situated in the open air
  • Spanish: al aire libre — situated in the open air
  • Spanish: al fresco — situated in the open air
  • Spanish: outdoor — situated in the open air
  • Spanish: de exteriores — situated in the open air
  • Spanish: para exteriores — situated in the open air
  • Spanish: de calle — situated in the open air
  • Spanish: de rúe — situated in the open air
  • Swedish: utomhus — situated in the open air
  • Swedish: ute — situated in the open air
  • Swedish: frilufts- — situated in the open air
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