odd

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odd
A adj
1 (strange, unusual) [person, object, occurrence] bizarre ; there is something odd about il y a quelque chose de bizarre dans [appearance, statement] ; there is something odd about her elle a quelque chose de bizarre ; there is something/nothing odd about it il y a quelque chose/il n'y a rien de bizarre ; it is odd that c'est bizarre que (+ subj) ; (more formally) il est surprenant que (+ subj) ; it is odd to see c'est bizarre de voir ; (more formally) il est surprenant de voir ; it is odd how people react c'est bizarre de voir comme les gens réagissent ; it would be odd if they were to do il serait surprenant qu'ils fassent ; to be an odd couple former un drôle de couple ; that's odd bizarre ; he's a bit odd (eccentric) il est un peu loufoque ;
2 (occasional) I have the odd drink/pizza il m'arrive de boire un verre/manger une pizza ; to write the odd article écrire un article de temps en temps ; to pay sb the odd visit aller voir qn de temps en temps ; the landscape was bare except for the odd tree le paysage était désert à part un arbre ou deux ;
3 (not matching) [socks, gloves] dépareillé ;
4 (miscellaneous) there were some odd envelopes/bits of cloth left il restait encore quelques enveloppes/bouts de tissu ; a few odd coins un reste de monnaie ;
5 Math [number] impair ;
6 (different) spot the odd man ou one out trouvez l'intrus ; to feel the odd one out ne pas se sentir à sa place.
B -odd (dans composés) (approximately) he lost a thousand-odd dollars il a perdu mille dollars et quelques ; there were sixty-odd people il y avait soixante et quelques personnes ; twenty-odd years later une bonne vingtaine d'années après.
Idiom
he's as odd as two left feet il marche à côté de ses pompes .

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