French word

out

Pronunciation

IPA/awt/

Meaning

  • adjectiveunfashionable

Example

Cette mode est out cette saison.

This style is unfashionable this season.

Illustration for out (unfashionable)

More examples

Ce téléphone est totalement out.

This phone is totally out of style.

Core concept

A trend pushed beyond the circle of current fashion.

Common phrases

  • être out

    be out of style

  • totalement out

    totally out of style

  • vraiment out

    really out of style

Similar words

démodé: No longer current in style or use and therefore old-looking.
ringard: Dated and embarrassing in a slangy, mocking sense.
vieillot: Having a noticeably old-fashioned style associated with older people.

Definition in French

Indique qu'une chose est passée de mode ou considérée comme démodée par son entourage.

Word origin

French out is a direct borrowing from English out, whose sense of being outside was extended metaphorically to exclusion from current fashion.

Usage tips

  • The borrowed adjective out is normally invariable in French, so it does not take separate masculine, feminine, singular, or plural forms.

Other meanings

  • outdatedadjective

Opposites

  • à la modefashionableadjective
  • tendancetrendyadjective

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