outlet

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtlɛt/, /ˈaʊtlɪt/

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outlet (plural outlets)

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.

   • 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.)

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.

• media outlet
• thoracic outlet syndrome

• let out, let-out

From English outlet.

outlet

1. (Taiwan, Hong Kong) outlet mall; a mall with outlet shops (especially in tourist areas)

Unadapted borrowing from English outlet.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.tlɛt/
• Rhymes: -awtlɛt
• Syllabification: ou‧tlet

outlet m inan

1. outlet (shop)

• outlet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• outlet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English outlet.

outlet m (plural outlets)

1. outlet store

Unadapted borrowing from English outlet.

• IPA^(key): /ˈautlet/ [ˈau̯.t̪let̪]
• Rhymes: -autlet

outlet m (plural outlets)

1. outlet store

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.