other

== 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 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, switch, alternate”), Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara, “different”). French autre, Spanish otro, Portuguese outro, etc., all from Latin alter, are false cognates. A true cognate would be Latin anterior. === 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) See other (determiner) below. Synonyms: additional, another Second. Synonym: alternate (formal) Alien. Synonym: foreign (formal or puristic) Different. Synonyms: disparate, dissimilar, distinctive, distinguishable, diverse; see also Thesaurus:different Antonym: same (obsolete) Left, as opposed to right. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === other (plural others) An other, another (person, etc), more often rendered as another. The other one; the second of two. ==== Derived terms ==== others ==== Translations ==== === Determiner === other 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) (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) (transitive) To regard, label, or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien. (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 ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === threo-, Toher, heort-, thero-, throe, hetro, Rothe, rothe == Middle English == === Alternative forms === othir, oþer === Etymology === From Old English ōþer. Compare German oder. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈuðər/, /ˈoːðər/ === Conjunction === other synonym of or === Adjective === other other === Pronoun === other other ==== Descendants ==== English: other Yola: oother, other === Adverb === other 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 other 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 == === Adjective === other 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