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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English outlete, outeleate, ut-lete, derived from Middle English outleten (“to allow, let out, emit”), equivalent to out- let. Compare West Frisian útlit (“outlet”), Dutch uitlaat (“outlet”), German Auslass (“outlet”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]outlet (plural outlets)
- A vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something.
- Something which allows for the release of one's desires.
- Jamie found doing martial arts was a great outlet for her stress.
- 1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:
- Song of the bleeding throat, / Death’s outlet song of life, (for well dear brother I know, / If thou wast not granted to sing thou would’st surely die.)
- A river that runs out of a lake.
- A shop that sells the products of a particular manufacturer or supplier.
- A wall-mounted socket connected to an electrical power supply, at which current can be taken to run electrical devices.
- I had to move the cupboard to get to the power outlet.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]vent
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release of desires
river
shop
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wall socket — see wall socket
Anagrams
[edit]Chinese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: au1 let4
- Cantonese Pinyin: au1 let4
- Guangdong Romanization: eo1 léd4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɐu̯⁵⁵ lɛːt̚²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Noun
[edit]outlet
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English outlet.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]outlet m inan
- outlet (shop)
Declension
[edit]Declension of outlet
Further reading
[edit]- outlet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- outlet in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English outlet.
Noun
[edit]outlet m (plural outlets)
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English outlet.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]outlet m (plural outlets)
Usage notes
[edit]According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
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- Rhymes:Polish/awtlɛt
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