dehors
noun
dehors is a noun meaning “All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-E-H-O-R-S, and it appears about once in every 19 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does dehors mean?
noun
- 1
All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover.
preposition
- 1
archaicOutside of; without or not related to
dehors the agreement/record/treaty/will etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is dehors?
Dehors appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does dehors come from?
Borrowed from French dehors (“outside”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).