outsider
French, noun/awt.saj.dœʁ/
outsider is spelled O-U-T-S-I-D-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,322nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Outsider is a French masculine noun meaning “long shot, dark horse, outsider” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui appartient par son activité à un groupe social, culturel ou professionnel donné sans…”.
What does outsider mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelong shot, dark horse, outsider
verb
- 1
colloquialto go outside
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui appartient par son activité à un groupe social, culturel ou professionnel donné sans généralement se mêler à lui, soit par tempérament, soit parce qu’on l’exclut. 2. Personne qui ne s’inscrit pas dans les principales activités matérielles d’une société. 3. Dans une course hippique, cheval qui affiche une cote élevée.
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 outsider
- outsiders plural
- outsideur rare
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce outsider?
- /awt.saj.dœʁ/
- /awt.saj.de/
- \awt.saj.dœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to outsider
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is outsider in French?
outsider appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).