outrer
French, verb/u.tʁe/
outrer is spelled O-U-T-R-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 115,758th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Outrer is a French verb meaning “to exaggerate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Porter les choses au-delà de la juste raison”.
What does outrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to exaggerate
- 2
to outrage
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Porter les choses au-delà de la juste raison. 2. Exagérer. 3. Offenser quelqu’un gravement, pousser sa patience à bout. 4. S’offenser gravement.
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.
Forms of outrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- outrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- outré participle past
- outre first-person indicative present
- outres indicative present second-person
- outrons first-person indicative plural
- outrez indicative plural present
- outrent indicative plural present
- outrais first-person imperfect indicative
- outrait imperfect indicative singular
- outrions first-person imperfect indicative
- outriez imperfect indicative plural
- outraient imperfect indicative plural
- outrai first-person historic indicative
- outras historic indicative past
- outra historic indicative past
- outrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce outrer?
- /u.tʁe/
- \u.tʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to outrer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is outrer in French?
outrer appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).