Odd

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.3.1 Translations to be checked 1.4 Noun

English

Etymology

From Old Norse oddi (third or additional number), which comes from oddr (point of a weapon) via an intermediate meaning of "triangle". The original meaning is "left over". Further back, oddr derives from Germanic *uzdaz (pointing upward) and Indogermanic *uzdho.

Pronunciation

• SAMPA : (UK) /Qd/, (US) /Ad/

Adjective

odd (comparative odder, superlative oddest)

1. Strange, unusual.
2. (mathematics; no comparative or superlative) Not divisible by two.
3. (rare) But for the odd exception.
4. Left over , remaining when the rest have been grouped.

   the odd one out

5. Casual, irregular.

   odd jobs

Synonyms

• (strange): bizarre, peculiar, queer, rum, strange, unusual

Antonyms

• (not divisible by two): even

Translations

strange

• French: bizarre, étrange
• Japanese: 変 (へん, hen)
• Italian: strano
• Spanish: Extraño, raro

not divisible by two

• French: impair
• Italian: dispari m, f and plural
• German: seltsam (1), merkwürdig (1), ungerade (2)
• Spanish: impar

rare: but for the odd exception

left over after others have been grouped

casual, irregular

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and then inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. The numbering is unreliable.

• Dutch: vreemd , merkwaardig (1), oneven (2), uitzonderlijk (3), zeldaam (3), overblijvend (4), onregelmatig (5)
• Finnish: omituinen , kummallinen (1), pariton (2)

Noun

See odds