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sortir de ses gonds

French, verb/sɔʁ.tiʁ də se ɡɔ̃/

sortir de ses gonds is a French verb meaning “to fly off the handle, to hit the roof, to blow a fuse, to lose one's temper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Être tellement excité par sa colère, qu’on est comme hors de soi-même”.

What does sortir de ses gonds mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to fly off the handle, to hit the roof, to blow a fuse, to lose one's temper

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

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Être tellement excité par sa colère, qu’on est comme hors de soi-même.

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 sortir de ses gonds

  • sortir hors de ses gonds
  • sortir hors des gonds

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce sortir de ses gonds?

  • /sɔʁ.tiʁ də se ɡɔ̃/
  • \sɔʁ.tiʁ də se ɡɔ̃\
  • [sɔʁ.tiʁ də sɛ ɡɔ̃]

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

English words that translate to sortir de ses gonds

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