different between outdoor vs outdoors

English

Etymology

From out- +? door.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?a?t?d??/

Adjective

outdoor (not comparable)

1. Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air. [from 18th c.]

   Synonyms: out-of-door, outside

   Antonyms: indoor, inside
2. Pertaining to charity administered or received away from, or independently from, a workhouse or other institution. [from 19th c.]
   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 395:

     Believing social policy should be directed by experts to bring about the greatest happiness of the greatest number, Benthamites judged the old Poor Law outdoor relief system a recipe for waste and idleness.

Derived terms

• outdoor education
• outdoor play

Related terms

• outdoors

Descendants

• ? German: Outdoor
• ? Japanese: ????? (autodoa)
• ? Portuguese: outdoor
• ? Spanish: outdoor

Translations

Verb

outdoor (third-person singular simple present outdoors, present participle outdooring, simple past and past participle outdoored)

1. (in some African communities) To publicly display a child after it has been named

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Further reading

• outdoor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English outdoor.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awt??.?d??/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /awt.?(ð)???/

Noun

outdoor m (plural outdoors)

1. billboard (very large advertisement along the side of a road)

Spanish

Etymology

From English outdoor.

Adjective

outdoor (invariable)

1. outdoor

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?t?d??(?)z/

Adverb

outdoors (not comparable)

1. Not inside a house or under covered structure; unprotected; in the open air.

Translations

Noun

outdoors (uncountable)

1. (often preceded by "the") The environment outside of enclosed structures.
2. (often preceded by "the") The natural environment in the open air, countryside away from cities and buildings.

Synonyms

• great outdoors
• God's country

Antonyms

• indoors

Related terms

Translations

Portuguese

Noun

outdoors m

1. plural of outdoor