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dehors

French, preposition/də.ɔʁ/

dehors is spelled D-E-H-O-R-S (6 letters) and appears 89 times per million words in written French, the 941st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dehors is a French preposition meaning “outside; outside of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “À l’extérieur de”.

What does dehors mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    outside

    Le spectacle se déroule dehors, et c’est gratuit.

noun

  1. 1

    masculineoutside

preposition

  1. 1

    outside; outside of

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. À l’extérieur. 2. En pleine mer, au large. 3. Hors des limites.

preposition: 1. À l’extérieur de.

noun: 1. Partie extérieure d’une chose. 2. Les avenues, avant-cour, parc, etc., qui dépendent d’un château, d’une maison. 3. Les fortifications extérieures, les ouvrages détachés d’une place forte. 4. Apparence. Note d’usage : souvent employé au pluriel.

interjection: 1. Se dit quand on veut faire sortir quelqu'un d'une pièce. 2. Se dit pour exprimer la volonté de se débarrasser de quelque chose.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce dehors?

  • /də.ɔʁ/
  • \də.ɔʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to dehors

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is dehors in French?

dehors appears 89 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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