Usage Note
Là-dehors is the compound of là (there) and dehors (outside), meaning 'out there' in a spatial sense. It is informal and often used in dialogue to point to the outside world beyond a door or window, as in qu'est-ce qui se passe là-dehors ?
Examples
"Il fait froid là-dehors ce matin."
Natural Translation
It is cold out there this morning.
Literal Translation
It makes cold out-there this morning.

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