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other
other
A adj
1 (what is left, the rest) autre ; the other one l'autre ; the other children les autres enfants ; the other 25 les 25 autres ;
2 (alternative, additional) autre ; there was one other suggestion il y a eu une autre suggestion ; I only have one other shirt je n'ai qu'une seule autre chemise ; there are other possibilities il y a d'autres possibilités ; ⇒ hand, word ;
3 (alternate) every other week toutes les deux semaines ; every other year tous les deux ans ; every other Saturday un samedi sur deux ;
4 (different, not the same) autre ; other people les autres ; other people have read it d'autres l'ont lu ; other people's children les enfants des autres ; in most other countries dans la plupart des autres pays ; I wouldn't have him any other way je ne voudrais pas qu'il change ; some other day ou time, perhaps une autre fois peut-être ; it must have been some other child ça devait être un autre enfant ; at all other times, phone Paul en dehors de ces heures-là, téléphone à Paul ; the ‘other woman’ (mistress) la maîtresse ;
5 (opposite) autre ; on the other side of the street de l'autre côté de la rue ; at the other end of the garden à l'autre bout du jardin ; he was going the other way il allait dans l'autre direction ;
6 (recent) she phoned the other week elle a téléphoné la semaine dernière ; I saw them the other day je les ai vus l'autre jour ;
7 (in lists) it is found in, amongst other places, Japan on en trouve, entre autres, au Japon ; pens , paper and other office stationery des stylos, du papier et autres fournitures de bureau.
B other than prep phr
1 (except) other than that, everything's OK à part ça, tout va bien ; all countries other than Spain tous les pays à part l'Espagne ; there's nobody here other than Carole il n'y a personne d'autre ici à part Carole ; nobody knows other than you personne d'autre que toi n'est au courant ; 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 or anyone but) he could scarcely be other than relieved il aurait difficilement pu être autre chose que soulagé ; ask somebody other than Catherine demande à quelqu'un d'autre que Catherine ; ⇒ none.
C pron the others les autres ; others (as subject) d'autres ; (as object) les autres ; some like red wine, others prefer white certains aiment le vin rouge, d'autres préfèrent le blanc ; some trains are faster than others certains trains sont plus rapides que d'autres ; each one of them distrusts the others chacun d'entre eux se méfie des autres ; one after the other l'un après l'autre ; he's cleverer than all the other s il est plus intelligent que tous les autres ; nurses, social workers and others les infirmières, les assistantes sociales et autres ; she doesn't like upsetting others elle n'aime pas vexer les autres ; a family like many others une famille comme beaucoup d'autres ; Lucy, among others, has been chosen Lucy a été choisie parmi d'autres ; Rosie and three others Rosie et trois autres ; there are some others il y en a d'autres ; here's one of them, where's the other? en voici un, où est l'autre? ; one or other of them will phone un d'entre eux téléphonera ; somebody ou someone or other recommended Pauline quelqu'un m'a recommandé Pauline ; I read it in some book or other j'ai lu ça dans un livre, je ne sais plus lequel ; some day or other un jour ou l'autre ; somehow or other d'une manière ou d'une autre ; in some form or other sous une forme ou une autre ; for some reason or other pour une raison ou une autre ; he's called Bob something or other il s'appelle Bob quelque chose ; ⇒ somewhere.
Idioms
do you fancy a bit of the other ○ ? GB hum et si on faisait l'amour? ; my other half ○ ma moitié ○ f.

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