Hors

Part of Speech

noun

Difficulty Level

Translations

🇩🇪 außerhalb von , 🇪🇸 sobrevalorado , 🇮🇹 troppo costoso , 🇵🇹 exorbitante , 🇨🇳 在...之外 , 🇯🇵 ～の外に , 🇰🇷 가격이 지나치게 높다 , 🇸🇦 مكلف أكثر من قيمته , 🇮🇳 बाहर से

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Etymology

The noun **hors** is a fossilized form of the Old French preposition *hors* (“outside, beyond”), which in turn comes from Latin *foris* (outside). By the Middle Ages it was used in the fixed expression **hors de prix** – literally “outside of price” – to denote something that is exceptionally expensive or beyond normal cost. The noun survives only in this idiomatic context, reflecting its historical development from the Latin preposition to modern French.

Synonyms

trop cher cher exorbitant surévalué surchargé exagéré à prix excessif

Antonyms

abordable raisonnable à prix raisonnable bon marché à prix modéré