Complete Definition of "odd"

see|Odd
English

Pronunciation
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: (UK) /Qd/, (US) /Ad/
audio|en-us-odd.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�d|-�d

Etymology
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".

Adjective
en-adj|er

  1. strange, unusual.
  2. arithmetic (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

#:I'm the odd one out.

  1. casual, irregular.

#:He's only worked odd jobs.

  1. (in combination with a number) about, approximately.

#:There were thirty-odd people in the room.

Synonyms
i-c|strange bizarre, peculiar, queer, rum, strange, unusual, weird
i-c|about about, approximately, around

Antonyms
i-c|not divisible by two even

Translations

trans-top|strange
Catalan: estrany
Chinese: �� (qí quài)
Dutch: t+|nl|vreemd, t-|nl|merkwaardig, t+|nl|raar
Esperanto: t-|eo|stranga|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|outo, t+|fi|kummallinen, t-|fi|omituinen
French: t+|fr|bizarre, t+|fr|étrange
German: t+|de|seltsam, t-|de|merkwürdig, t+|de|komisch
Japanese: � (��, hen)
trans-mid
Ido: baroka
Italian: t+|it|strano, t-|it|strambo
Kurdish:

Portuguese: t-|pt|estranho, t-|pt|raro
Russian: t-|ru|���анн�й|sc=Cyrl
Slovene: �uden m, �udna f, �udno n
Spanish: t-|es|extraño, t+|es|raro
Telugu: విల��షణమ�న (vilakshaNamaina)
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trans-top|not divisible by two
Catalan: imparell, senar
Czech: t-|cs|lichý|m
Dutch: t+|nl|oneven, t-|nl|onpaar
Finnish: t-|fi|pariton
French: t+|fr|impair
German: t-|de|ungerade
trans-mid
Italian: dispari m, f and plural
Portuguese: t-|pt|�mpar
Russian: t-|ru|не���н�й|sc=Cyrl
Slovene: t-|sl|lih|m, t-|sl|liha|f, t-|sl|liho|n
Spanish: t-|es|impar
Telugu: బ�సి (baesi)
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trans-top|rare: but for the odd exception
Dutch: t-|nl|uitzonderlijk, t-|nl|zeldzaam
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trans-top|left over after others have been grouped
Dutch: t-|nl|overblijvend, t-|nl|resterend
Finnish: t-|fi|pariton
trans-mid
Korean: ��리 (usuri)
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trans-top|casual, irregular
Dutch: t-|nl|onregelmatig
Finnish: t+|fi|satunnainen
trans-mid
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trans-top|about
Catalan: aproximadament
Dutch: t-|nl|bij benadering, t+|nl|ongeveer
Finnish: t+|fi|noin, t-|fi|suunnilleen
French: t+|fr|à peu près
trans-mid
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Noun
See odds

  1. defn|English

fr:odd
ko:odd
io:odd
id:odd
it:odd
hu:odd
pl:odd
ru:odd
simple:odd
fi:odd
sv:odd
vi:odd
zh:odd

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