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sortir du lot

French, verb/sɔʁ.tiʁ dy lo/

sortir du lot is a French verb meaning “to stand out from the crowd, to be better than others” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Être différent, spécial, extraordinaire”.

What does sortir du lot mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    informalto stand out from the crowd, to be better than others

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

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Être différent, spécial, extraordinaire.

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 sortir du lot?

  • /sɔʁ.tiʁ dy lo/
  • \sɔʁ.tiʁ dy lo\

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