Standard Lemma guide

outtake

noun · prep · verb · 7 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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • US: /ˈaʊtˌteɪk/
  • CMU ARPABET: AW1 T T EY2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: AW1 T EY2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A portion of a recording (a take) that is not included in the final version of a film or a musical album, often because it contains a mistake.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The DVD for that movie has ten minutes' worth of outtakes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A complete version of a recording or film that is dropped in favour of another version, reject.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An opening for outward discharge; a vent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

prep

Meaning 4

except; besides.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Examples

  • this is for everyone outtake my wife

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To take out, remove.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To except.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the film

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: scene, shot

History

Etymology

From Middle English outtaken (“to take out”), equivalent to out- + take.

From Middle English outtake, outtaken, from the past participle of outtaken (“to take out”). See above. Compare earlier Middle English outnime, out-neme (“except, except for”).

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: pois jätetty otos — portion of a recording not included in the final version
  • Finnish: pois jätetty kohta — portion of a recording not included in the final version
  • French: scène coupée — portion of a recording not included in the final version
  • French: bêtisier — portion of a recording not included in the final version
  • German: Outtake — portion of a recording not included in the final version
  • German: Nichtkopierer — portion of a recording not included in the final version
  • German: herausgeschnittenes Filmmaterial — portion of a recording not included in the final version
  • Finnish: hylätty versio — version dropped in favour of another version
  • Spanish: quitar — to take out, remove
  • Spanish: sacar — to take out, remove