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Pronunciation / Transliteration: hùwài
"孩子们喜欢在户外玩耍。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The open air; outside of buildings.
"We spent the weekend enjoying activities in the outdoors."
- 1
In or into the open air; outside.
"The children love to play outdoors during the summer."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'outdoors' is derived from the combination of 'out' and 'doors', where 'out' comes from Old English 'ūtan', meaning 'outside', and 'doors' from Old English 'duru', meaning 'door'. The phrase evolved to denote areas outside of buildings, particularly in the context of nature and open spaces.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Outdoors" is said worldwide
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dehors
Transliteration: də.ɔʁ
"Nous avons passé la journée dehors."
draußen
Transliteration: ˈdʁaʊ̯sən
"Die Kinder spielen gerne draußen."
all'aperto
Transliteration: al.laˈpɛr.to
"Ci piace passare il tempo all'aperto."
al aire libre
Transliteration: al ˈai̯ɾe ˈliβɾe
"Nos gusta pasar tiempo al aire libre."
ao ar livre
Transliteration: aw aʁ ˈlivɾi
"Gostamos de passar tempo ao ar livre."
बाहर
Transliteration: bāhar
"बच्चों को बाहर खेलना पसंद है।"
户外
Transliteration: hùwài
"孩子们喜欢在户外玩耍。"
야외
Transliteration: yaoe
"아이들은 야외에서 노는 것을 좋아합니다."
屋外
Transliteration: okugai
"子供たちは屋外で遊ぶのが好きです。"
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