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outtake¹

  • /ˈaʊtˌteɪk/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English outtaken (“to take out”), equivalent to out- + take.

noun outtakes

  1. A portion of a recording (a take) that is not included in the final version of a film or a musical album, often because it contains a mistake. The DVD for that movie has ten minutes' worth of outtakes.
  2. A complete version of a recording or film that is dropped in favour of another version, reject.
  3. An opening for outward discharge; a vent. The boiler is "sectional" and of the water tube type, in which the steam and water drums are arranged transversely to the flow of gases from the furnace to the outtake to chimney.

verb outtakes · outtaking · outtook · outtaken

  1. transitive To take out, remove.
  2. obsolete To except. it happed the kynge and launcelot stode in a wyndowe / and sawe syre Tristram ryde and Isoud / Syre sayd Launcelot yonder rydeth the fayrest lady of the world excepte youre quene Dame Gueneuer / who is that said sir Arthur / Sir sayd he / it is quene Isoud that oute taken my lady your quene she is m

outtake²

  • /ˈaʊtˌteɪk/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English outtake, outtaken, from the past participle of outtaken (“to take out”). See above. Compare earlier Middle English outnime, out-neme (“except, except for”).

preposition

  1. archaic except; besides. this is for everyone outtake my wife

    Similar: barring, except for, save, save for

Translations

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noun portion of a recording not included in the final version

Françaisscène coupée, bêtisier
DeutschOuttake, Nichtkopierer, herausgeschnittenes Filmmaterial

verb to take out, remove

Españolquitar, sacar

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@misc{outtake_2026,
  title = {outtake},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/outtake},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}