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other¹
- /ˈʌðə/ UK
- /ʊðə/ Northern England, UK
- /ˈʌðəɹ/ Northern Ireland, Scotland, UK
- /ˈʌðɚ/ US
- [ˈʌɾə]
- /ˈɐðə/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈʊðəɹ/ Ireland
- /ˈʌðəɹ/ Canada
- [ˈʌðəɹ]
- [ˈɔd̪əɹ]
- [ˈʊɾəɹ]
Sounds like udder (th-stopping) · Rhymes with -ʌðə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English other, from Old English ōþer (“other, second”), from Proto-West Germanic *ą̄þar, *anþar, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (“other, second”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros (“other”).
Cognate with Scots uther, ither (“other”), Old Frisian ōther, ("other"; > North Frisian ouder, öler, üđer, Saterland Frisian uur, West Frisian oar), Old Saxon ōthar, ("other"; > Low German anner), Old Dutch āthar, ("other"; > Afrikaans ander, Dutch ander), Old High German andar, ("other"; > Cimbrian andar, German ander, anderer, Luxembourgish aner, Mòcheno ònder, Yiddish אַנדער (ander)), Old Norse annarr, ("other"; > Danish anden, Faroese annar, Icelandic annar, Jamtish æðnen, ænnen, Norwegian Bokmål annen, Norwegian Nynorsk annan, Swedish annan), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 (anþar, “other”), Old Prussian anters, antars (“other, second”), Lithuanian antroks (“other”, pronoun), Latvian otrs, otrais (“second”), Macedonian втор (vtor, “second”), Albanian ndërroj (“to change; to switch; to alternate”), Sanskrit अन्त॑र (ántara, “different”).
French autre, Spanish otro, Portuguese outro, etc., all from Latin alter, are false cognates. A true cognate would be Latin anterior.
adjective
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See other (determiner) below.
Pick up the phone and find out who's on the other end.
Similar: additional, another
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Second.
I get paid every other week.
Similar: alternate
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Alien.
In Matthew's account, the law remains intact, as does virtually everything except that critical belief in Jesus as the Messiah (obviously no small thing), and this is not enough to make Matthew completely other from its Jewish origins.
Similar: foreign
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Different.
it is inherent, rather, in the revolutionary attempt of the West to externalize the idea of a source of meaning wholly other than what is embodied in human conventions and hierarchies.
Similar: disparate, dissimilar, distinctive, distinguishable, diverse, different, differing, other, unalike, unlike · Opposite: same
- Left, as opposed to right. A diſtaffe in her other hand ſhe had, / Vpon the which ſhe litle ſpinnes, but ſpils, / And faynes to weaue falſe tales and leaſings bad, / To throw amongſt the good, which others had diſprad.
noun others
- An other, another (person, etc), more often rendered as another. I'm afraid little Robbie does not always play well with others.
- The other one; the second of two. One boat is not better than the other.
determiner
- Not the one or ones previously referred to. Earning less than $2,000 a month, I have no other source of income except for gifts from relatives.
Opposite: same
adverb
- Otherwise. I durst, my lord, to wager she is honest, Lay down my soul at state; if you think other, Remove your thought;
verb others · othering · othered
- To regard, label, or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien. "Rican" is code for its homonym, "redskin," through which they othered this non-Mexican ethnic group.
- To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise. In this scenario, the young lady who had spoken had been othered by her peers and her response to my question had been dismissed as invalid despite the fact that she was alright.
Other²
Where it comes from
Calque of French autre (other). Semantic loan from French Autre, principally after French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan (also as grand Autre) and philosopher Emmanuel Levinas.
proper noun the Other · Others
- Radical alterity or otherness conceived or reified as a separate entity; “other people” altogether in their difference from oneself. In its most fundamental dimension, sacrifice is a “gift of reconciliation” to the Other, destined to appease its desire. Sacrifice conceals the abyss of the Other’s desire, more precisely: it conceals the Other’s lack, inconsistency, “inexistence,” that transpires in this desire. Sacrifice is a guar
Other³
proper noun
- A surname.
Other⁴
Where it comes from
From Old Norse Othorere, originating during the Viking occupation of England.
proper noun Others
- A male given name from Old Norse, of rare usage, used as an aristocratic heritage familial given name.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: else, different, new, past, former, early, opposite, remaining, additional, strange, unusual, extra, added, another, other than, some other
determiner
Opposite: same
Translations
Every language
adj not the one previously referred to
| Español | otro |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 다른 dareun |
| 日本語 | 他の hoka no, 別の betsu no |
| 中文 | 別的 /别的 biéde, 其他的 qítā de |
| हिन्दी | अन्य anya, दूसरा dūsrā, अलग alag, दूजा dūjā, और aur, बिलग bilag |
| Kiswahili | ingine |
| Português | outro |
| Français | autre |
| Deutsch | andere, sonstig |
| Italiano | altro |
| Ελληνικά | άλλος állos |
| Română | alt |
| Русский | друго́й drugój, ино́й inój |
| Tiếng Việt | khác |
| العربية | آخَر ʔāḵar, أُخْرَى ʔuḵrā |
| עברית | אַחֵר akher |
noun an other one
| Español | otro, otra |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 他 hoka, 別 betsu |
| Português | outro, outra |
| Deutsch | andere |
| Română | altul, alta |
| العربية | آخَر ʔāḵar |
Talk about this word "other." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/other. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. other. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/other "other." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/other.Cite this
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title = {other},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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