French word

hormis

Pronunciation

IPA/ɔʁmi/

Meaning

  • prepositionexcept

Example

Je travaille tous les jours, hormis le dimanche.

I work every day except Sunday.

Illustration for hormis (except)

More examples

Tout est prêt, hormis quelques détails.

Everything is ready except for a few details.

Core concept

A collection stays inside a boundary while one item stands outside it.

Common phrases

  • hormis quelques exceptions

    with a few exceptions

  • hormis les frais

    excluding the fees

  • hormis vous

    except for you

Similar words

sauf: Except for a stated person or thing; widely used in everyday speech.
à part: With a stated person or thing set aside and excluded, often in casual speech.
en dehors de: Outside a stated physical area, range, or abstract group.

Definition in French

Indique l'exclusion d'un élément d'un ensemble, équivalente à « sauf » dans un registre plutôt soutenu.

Word origin

The French preposition hormis arose in Old French from hors, meaning 'outside', plus mis, the past participle of mettre, meaning 'put'.

Usage tips

  • Hormis has a formal written-register tone, while sauf or à part is more common in everyday speech.

Opposites

  • y comprisincludingpreposition

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