other

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English

Etymology

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 üđer, ööder, ouder), Old Saxon ōthar (“other”), Old High German ander (“other”), Old Norse annarr, ǫðr-, aðr- (“other, second”), 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, switch, alternate”), Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara, “different”).

French autre, Spanish otro, Portuguese outro, etc., all from Latin alter, are false cognates.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ŭth′ər
• (UK)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʌðə/
  • (Northern England) IPA^(key): /ʊðə/
  • (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈʌðəɹ/
• (US)
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʌðɚ/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈɐðə/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈʊðəɹ/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈʌðəɹ/
  • (Ottawa Valley) IPA^(key): [ˈʌðəɹ], [ˈɔd̪əɹ], [ˈʊɾəɹ]
• Hyphenation: oth‧er
• Rhymes: -ʌðə(ɹ)
• Homophone: udder (th-stopping)

Adjective

other (not comparable)

1. See other (determiner) below.

   Synonyms: additional, another

2. Second.

   Synonym: alternate

3. Alien.

   Synonym: foreign
4. Different.

   Synonyms: disparate, dissimilar, distinctive, distinguishable, diverse; see also Thesaurus:different

   Antonym: same
5. (obsolete) Left, as opposed to right.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

other (plural others)

1. An other, another (person, etc), more often rendered as another.

2. The other one; the second of two.

Derived terms

• others

Translations

Determiner

other

1. Not the one or ones previously referred to.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:other.

Antonyms

• same

Derived terms

• this, that, and the other

Translations

Adverb

other (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Otherwise.

Related terms

• another
• other than
• otherwise

Verb

other (third-person singular simple present others, present participle othering, simple past and past participle othered)

1. (transitive) To regard, label, or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien.
2. (transitive) To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise.
   • 2007, Christopher Emdin, City University of New York. Urban Education, Exploring the contexts of urban science classrooms:

     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.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• threo-, Toher, heort-, thero-, throe, hetro, Rothe, rothe

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English ōþer. Compare German oder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuðər/, /ˈoːðər/

Conjunction

other

1. or; synonym of or

Adjective

other

1. other

Pronoun

other

1. other

Descendants

• English: other
• Yola: oother, other

Adverb

other

1. otherwise

References

• “ọ̄̆ther, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “ọ̄̆ther, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• ōr (Old West Frisian)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *anþar, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros. Cognates include Old English ōþer, Old Saxon ōthar and Old Dutch andar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːðer/

Adjective

ōther

1. other
2. second

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: öler

  Hallig: öör

  Helgoland: uur

  Mooring: ouder

  Sylt: üđer

• Saterland Frisian: uur, our
• West Frisian: oar

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Yola

Pronoun

other

1. Alternative form of oother

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 131