Standard Lemma guide

outré

adj · 2 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /uˈtɹeɪ/
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  • rhymes with -eɪ

1

adj

Meaning 1

Beyond what is customary or proper; extravagant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Very unconventional.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1992, David Littlejohn, The Ultimate Art: Essays Around and About Opera, Chapter 16: The Twentieth Century Takes on Shakespeare, page 261, To begin with, King Lear is the most unconventional, the most nearly hysterical, the most outré and outrageous play Shakespeare ever wrote.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

French outré, form of outrer (“to go to excess”); see also outre (“beyond”).

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: preterkonvena — beyond what is customary or proper
  • Bulgarian: ексцентричен (ekscentričen) — very unconventional
  • Chinese Mandarin: 偏离常规的 — very unconventional
  • Chinese Mandarin: 荒诞的 — very unconventional
  • Dutch: extravagant — very unconventional
  • Dutch: excentriek — very unconventional
  • Finnish: omintakeinen — very unconventional
  • Finnish: omituinen — very unconventional
  • Finnish: poikkeuksellinen — very unconventional
  • Finnish: outo — very unconventional
  • Finnish: äärimmäinen — very unconventional
  • German: extravagant — very unconventional
  • German: exzentrisch — very unconventional
  • Russian: стра́нный (stránnyj) — very unconventional
  • Russian: необы́чный (neobýčnyj) — very unconventional
  • Russian: эксцентричный (ekscentričnyj) — very unconventional
  • Russian: шокирующий (šokirujuščij) — very unconventional
  • Spanish: extravagante — very unconventional