Dictionary

outlet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈaʊtlɪt/
• /ˈaʊtlɛt/
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Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. A vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something.
2. Something which allows for the release of one's desires.
   • Jamie found doing martial arts was a great outlet for her stress.
   • 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.) 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:
3. A river that runs out of a lake.
4. A shop that sells the products of a particular manufacturer or supplier.
5. 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.

Forms

Deriveds

nonoutlet · thoracic outlet syndrome · no outlet · media outlet · postal outlet · multioutlet

Descendants

audled

Translations (68)

fi laskujoki (river) · bg промоционален магазин (shop) · fr dérivatif (river) · fr exutoire (release of desires) · es punto de venta (shop) · de Direktverkauf (shop) · fr exutoire (river) · mi pūahatanga (river) · mi tāwaha (river) · pt outlet (shop) · ca sortida (vent) · ru торго́вая то́чка (shop) · es desembocadura (river) · ta வடிகால் (river) · grc ἐκβολή (vent) · ru вы́ход (vent) · ja 出口 (vent) · mi putanga (vent) · de Auslass (vent) · es sucursal (shop) · fr magasin d’usine (shop) · la ēmissārium (vent) · cmn 折扣中心 (shop) · ru вы́ход (release of desires) · bg отдушник (vent) · fi helpotus (release of desires) · da afløb (vent) · de Direktvermarkter (shop) · de Werksverkauf (shop) · ru магази́н (shop) · ja 捌け口 (release of desires) · fr issue (release of desires) · ca punt de venda (shop) · es outlet (shop) · ru а́утлет (shop) · fr conduit (vent) · es escape (vent) · es río que nace en un lago (river) · pl wyjście (vent) · ru отду́шина (vent) · fi luukku (vent) · pl ulga (release of desires) · bg отдушник (release of desires) · fi aukko (vent) · es desahogo (release of desires) · ru сток (river) · pl odpływ (river) · mi kōtore (river) · ja 直販店 (shop) · da udløb (vent) · pl outlet (shop) · pl zbyt (shop) · pt ventilação (vent) · ko 출구 (vent) · fi liike (shop) · ja 流出河川 (river) · fr franchise (shop) · cmn 暢貨中心 /畅货中心 (shop) · da afløb (release of desires) · es salida (vent) · pl wyprzedaż (shop) · cmn 出口 (vent) · nl uitlaat (vent) · ja アウトレット (shop) · ru отду́шина (release of desires) · ca desguàs (river) · de Ausgang (vent) · es minorista de marca (shop)