outer space

English

Etymology

From outer + space.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌaʊtə ˈspeɪs/, [ˌaʊ̯tə ˈspɛɪ̯s]
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌaʊtɚ ˈspeɪs/, [ˌaʊ̯ɾɚ ˈspeɪ̯s]

• Audio (Canada):

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Noun

outer space (uncountable)

1. A region outside of explored space.
3. Any region of space beyond limits determined with reference to boundaries of a celestial system or body, especially the region of space immediately beyond Earth's atmosphere; sometimes, space beyond Earth's solar system.

   Synonyms: final frontier, high frontier, last frontier

   Astronauts train for years before traveling to outer space.

   The telescope captured incredible images from outer space.

   Science fiction often imagines alien civilizations in the depths of outer space.

   • 2025 March 8, Miranda Bryant, quoting Tom Dans, “‘It’s very unpredictable’: divided Greenland prepares to vote amid Trump-inspired existential crisis”, in The Observer‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 March 2025:

     Dans added: “We talk about outer space and trips to Mars and then when you realise Nuuk is a three-hour flight from New York City, or thereabouts, it gets interesting.”

4. A bluish shade of black.

   outer space (Pantone):  

   outer space (Crayola):  

Derived terms

• outer-spacey

Translations

region

• Arabic: فَضَاء خَارِجِيّ m (faḍāʔ ḵārijiyy)
• Armenian: տիեզերական տարածություն (hy) (tiezerakan taracutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: kosmik fəza, kosmos
• Bashkir: йыһан (yıhan)
• Belarusian: касмі́чная прасто́ра f (kasmíčnaja prastóra), касьмі́чная прасто́ра f (kasʹmíčnaja prastóra), ко́смас (be) m (kósmas)
• Bulgarian: косми́ческо простра́нство n (kosmíčesko prostránstvo), ко́смос (bg) m (kósmos)
• Burmese: အာကာသ (my) (akasa.)
• Catalan: espai exterior (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 太空 (zh) (tàikōng), 宇宙空間 / 宇宙空间 (zh) (yǔzhòu kōngjiān), 外層空間 / 外层空间 (zh) (wàicéng kōngjiān)

• Czech: kosmický prostor m
• Danish: ydre rum n
• Dutch: ruimte (nl) f
• Estonian: maailmaruum
• Finnish: ulkoavaruus
• French: espace extra-atmosphérique (fr) m, espace extérieur m
• Georgian: კოსმოსი (ḳosmosi), ღია კოსმოსი (ɣia ḳosmosi)
• German: Weltraum (de) m, All (de) n, Weltall (de) n
• Greek: διάστημα (el) n (diástima)
• Gujarati: અંતરિક્ષ (antarikṣ)
• Hebrew: חָלָל חִיצוֹן m (khalál khitsón)
• Hindi: अंतरिक्ष (hi) m (antrikṣ)
• Hungarian: világűr (hu)
• Icelandic: útgeimur m
• Italian: spazio cosmico m, cosmo (it) m, spazio esterno m
• Japanese: 宇宙 (ja) (うちゅう, uchū), 宇宙空間 (ja) (うちゅうくうかん, uchūkūkan)
• Kazakh: ғарыш (ğarıš)
• Khmer: អវកាស (km) (ʼaʼvĕəʼkaah)
• Korean: 우주(宇宙) (ko) (uju), 우주 공간(宇宙空間) (uju gonggan)
• Kyrgyz: космос (ky) (kosmos)
• Lao: ອະວະກາດ (lo) (ʼa wa kāt)
• Latvian: kosmiskā telpa f
• Lithuanian: kosminė erdvė f
• Macedonian: вселенски простор m (vselenski prostor)
• Malay: angkasa lepas (ms)
• Māori: tuarangi
• Navajo: yágháhonikáán, yágháhookáán, yáhoníkáán
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: verdensrom n, ytre rom m

• Pashto: بهرنى تشيال m (baharanay tǝšyāl)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: فَضا (fazâ), اِسْپاش (espâš), فَضایِ بیرونی (fazâ-ye biruni), فَضایِ کِیْهان (fazâ-ye keyhân)

• Polish: kosmos (pl) m inan, przestrzeń kosmiczna (pl) f
• Portuguese: espaço sideral (pt) m
• Romanian: spațiu cosmic (ro) n, spațiu interplanetar n, cosmos (ro) n
• Russian: ко́смос (ru) m (kósmos), откры́тый ко́смос m (otkrýtyj kósmos), косми́ческое простра́нство n (kosmíčeskoje prostránstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: све̏мӣр m, васио́на f, васељена f, космос m

  Latin: svȅmīr (sh) m, vasióna (sh) f, vaseljena f, kosmos (sh) m

• Slovak: kozmický priestor m
• Slovene: vesoljski prostor m
• Spanish: espacio exterior (es) m, espacio cósmico m
• Swahili: anga za juu
• Swedish: yttre rymden c
• Tajik: фазо (tg) (fazo), фазои берунӣ (fazo-yi beruni), фазои кайҳон (fazo-yi kayhon)
• Tamil: விண்வெளி (ta) (viṇveḷi)
• Tatar: галәми фәза (ğälämi fäza), фәза (tt) (fäza)
• Thai: อวกาศ (th) (à-wá-gàat)
• Turkish: dış uzay
• Ukrainian: космі́чний про́стір m (kosmíčnyj próstir), ко́смос m (kósmos)
• Urdu: فَضائے بَسِیط f (fazāe basīt)
• Uzbek: fazo (uz), kosmos (uz)
• Vietnamese: vũ trụ (vi)

See also

• Appendix:Colors
• astropolitics