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What people don't know how to say horses overies? How else would you say it?



numéro hors série n.m. : 1. special issue n. [Journalisme]
hors d'haleine adj. : 1. breathless adj. 2. winded adj.
hors de prix adj. : 1. priceless adj.
hors pair adj. : 1. unequaled adj. 2. unparalleled adj.
hors pareil adj. : 1. matchless adj.
hors série adj.inv. : 1. one-of-a-kind adj. 2. unparalleled adj. 3. unique adj. 4. extraordinary adj.
hors champ expr. : 1. off camera expr. [Cinéma]
hors de question expr. : 1. out of the question expr.

And there are loads more.

But hors d'oeuvre just SEEMS TO BE something apart from the real meal.