other

other
other [ˈʌðər]
1. adjective
autre
• the other one l'autre mf
• the other five les cinq autres
• other people have done it d'autres l'ont fait
• other people's property la propriété d'autrui
• the other day/week l'autre jour/semaine
• come back some other time revenez un autre jour
• some fool or other un idiot
2. pronoun
autre
• and these five others et ces cinq autres
• some others d'autres
• others have spoken of him d'autres ont parlé de lui
• he doesn't like hurting others il n'aime pas faire de mal aux autres
• some like flying, others prefer the train les uns aiment prendre l'avion, les autres préfèrent le train
• one or other of them will come il y en aura bien un qui viendra
3. adverb
autrement
• he could not have acted other than he did il n'aurait pas pu agir autrement
• I wouldn't wish things other than they are les choses sont très bien comme elles sont
• other than that, I said nothing à part ça, je n'ai rien dit
• I've told nobody other than him je ne l'ai dit à personne d'autre que lui
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['ʌðə(r)] 1.
adjective
1) (what is left, the rest) autre

the other one — l'autre

the other 25 — les 25 autres

2) (alternative, additional) autre

I only have one other shirt — je n'ai qu'une seule autre chemise

3) (alternate)

every other year — tous les deux ans

every other Saturday — un samedi sur deux

4) (different, not the same) autre

other people — les autres

I wouldn't have him any other way — je ne voudrais pas qu'il change

some other time perhaps — une autre fois peut-être

at all other times — en dehors de ces heures-là

the ‘other woman’ — (mistress) la maîtresse

5) (opposite) autre

he was going the other way — il allait dans la direction opposée

6) (recent)

the other day — l'autre jour

7) (in lists)

she will visit Japan, among other places — entre autres, elle ira au Japon

2.
other than prepositional phrase
1) (except)

other than that — à part ça

there's nobody here other than Carole — il n'y a personne ici à part Carole

we can't get home other than by car — nous ne pouvons pas rentrer autrement qu'en voiture

I have no choice other than to fire her — je n'ai pas d'autre solution que de la renvoyer

2) (anything but)

he could scarcely be other than relieved — il aurait difficilement pu être autre chose que soulagé

3.
pronoun

the others — les autres

others — (as subject) d'autres; (as object) les autres

one after the other — l'un après l'autre

one or other of them — un d'entre eux

somebody ou someone or other — quelqu'un

some book or other — un livre, je ne sais plus lequel

somehow or other — d'une manière ou d'une autre

Bob something or other — Bob quelque chose

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my other half — (colloq) ma moitié (colloq) f


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