autre
Bourguignon
Etymology
From Old French autre, from Latin alterum.
Noun
autre m (plural autres)
Franco-Provençal
Adjective
autre (Forézien, Old Dauphinois)
References
- autre in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “alter”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 353
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French aultre, from Old French autre, from Latin alterum.
See also Aragonese altro, atro, Aromanian altu, Asturian otru, Burgundian autre, Catalan altre, Corsican altru, Dalmatian jiltri, jultro, Franco-Provençal ôtro, Friulian altri, Galician outro, Gallo aotr, aùtr, Istro-Romanian åt, Italian altro, Ligurian âtro, Lombard òltar, olter, otar, Megleno-Romanian altu, Neapolitan ato, Norman âote, Occitan aute, autre, Picard aute, eute, Piedmontese àutr, Portuguese outro, Romanian alt, Sardinian àteru, Sicilian altru, artru, àutru, àvutru, Spanish otro, Venetan altro, Walloon ôte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /otʁ/
Audio (Paris): (file) - (Quebec) IPA(key): [ou̯tʁ]
- (Louisiana) IPA(key): [ɔt(ɾ)]
- Rhymes: -otʁ
- Homophone: autres
Adjective
autre (plural autres)
- other
- another
- Donnez-moi un autre exemple.
- Give me another example.
- (figurative) used to express the equivalence or resemblance between two or more things; second
- C’est un autre César.
- He is a second Cæsar.
Pronoun
autre
Derived terms
Further reading
- “autre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
autre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular autre)
- other
- c. 1110,, Benedeit, Le Voyage de saint Brandan:
- Et tu e tuit li altre oisel
- And you and all the other birds
- another
Pronoun
autre
Derived terms
Descendants
- Bourguignon: autre
- Gallo: aùte
- Middle French: aultre, autre (less common)
- French: autre
- Norman: âote
- Picard: aute, eute
- Walloon: ôte
References
- “autre”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
Old Occitan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈau̯tɾe/
Adjective
autre m (feminine singular autra, masculine plural autres, feminine plural autras)
Descendants
- Occitan: autre