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Odd means unpaired, occasional, strange or unusual, or a person who is viewed as eccentric.
Odd may also refer to:
Acronym[edit]
- ODD (Text Encoding Initiative) («One Document Does it all»), an abstracted literate-programming format for describing XML schemas
- Oodnadatta Airport (IATA: ODD), South Australia
- Oppositional defiant disorder, a mental disorder characterized by anger-guided, hostile behavior
- Operational due diligence
- Operational Design Domain (ODD) in case of autonomous cars
- Optical disc drive
- ODD, a 2007 play by Hal Corley about a teenager with oppositional defiant disorder
Mathematics[edit]
- Even and odd numbers, an integer is odd if dividing by two does not yield an integer
- Even and odd functions, a function is odd if f(−x) = −f(x) for all x
- Even and odd permutations, a permutation of a finite set is odd if it is composed of an odd number of transpositions
Ships[edit]
- HNoMS Odd, a Storm-class patrol boat of the Royal Norwegian Navy
- Odd I, a Norwegian whaler
Other[edit]
- Odd (name), a male name common in Norway
- Odd (Shinee album), an album by the South Korean boy band Shinee
- Odd, West Virginia, U.S., an unincorporated community
- Odd Della Robbia, a character in the animated television series Code Lyoko
- Odd Fellowship, a fraternal order
- Odd Grenland, a Norwegian football team
- Odd Thomas (character), a character in a series of novels by Dean Koontz
- Odd and the Frost Giants, a book by Neil Gaiman
- Odd, a science fiction short story by John Wyndham in the collection The Seeds of Time
- «Odd», a song by Loona Odd Eye Circle from Mix & Match
See also[edit]
- Odds, from probability theory and gambling
- Oddity (disambiguation)
1
: differing markedly from the usual, ordinary, or accepted : peculiar
a very odd way to show gratitude
2
a
: not regular, expected, or planned
b
: encountered or experienced from time to time : occasional
manages to get in some reading at odd moments
3
b(1)
: left over after others are paired or grouped
came without his wife and thus turned out to be the odd guest at the party
(2)
: separated from a set or series
had in his possession only two or three odd volumes of the original 12-volume set
4
a
: being any of the integers (such as −3, −1, +1, and +3) that are not divisible by two without leaving a remainder
b
: marked by an odd number of units
needed two odd-length boards, one of three feet and one of five feet
5
a
: somewhat more than the indicated approximate quantity, extent, or degree
—usually used in combination
b(1)
: left over as a remainder
had a few odd dollars left after paying his bills
(2)
: constituting a small amount
had some odd change in her pocket
6
: having an out-of-the-way location : remote
found it in some odd corner of the house
Synonyms
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strange, singular, unique, peculiar, eccentric, erratic, odd, quaint, outlandish mean departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected.
strange stresses unfamiliarity and may apply to the foreign, the unnatural, the unaccountable.
a journey filled with strange sights
singular suggests individuality or puzzling strangeness.
a singular feeling of impending disaster
unique implies singularity and the fact of being without a known parallel.
a career unique in the annals of science
peculiar implies a marked distinctiveness.
the peculiar status of America’s First Lady
eccentric suggests a wide divergence from the usual or normal especially in behavior.
the eccentric eating habits of preschoolers
erratic stresses a capricious and unpredictable wandering or deviating.
a friend’s suddenly erratic behavior
odd applies to a departure from the regular or expected.
quaint suggests an old-fashioned but pleasant oddness.
outlandish applies to what is uncouth, bizarre, or barbaric.
outlandish fashions of the time
Example Sentences
Adjective
She had an odd look on her face.
People would call at odd hours during the night.
She’s got a really odd sense of humor.
Some rather odd people used to live in this house.
There was something odd about his story.
It’s odd that nobody told me about this before.
That’s odd. He was here a minute ago.
That is one of the oddest creatures I have ever seen.
She kept a stack of magazines that she would read at odd moments.
During the summer, he would do odd jobs for his neighbors to earn extra money.
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Recent Examples on the Web
My one qualm here is that I was left with odd amounts of leftover veggies, as the recipe lists its measurements in cups (one cup of diced carrots, for example, rather than just one or two carrots).
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2023
The one sizable parcel of private land in the valley is already home to the 30-odd cabins in Gold Hill Estates.
—oregonlive, 7 Apr. 2023
Since 2017, what started as the odd, isolated incident became a flood.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2023
And so an odd-couple friendship is born. Between practice and competitions, the film reveals its many supporting characters.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 5 Apr. 2023
Not a hundred yards along the first sandy path cutting between the oaks, two or three bulls bolted in odd directions.
—Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2023
Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA Today: Richardson Talk about odd pairings.
—Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2023
In the 1990s, Los Angeles police used an odd acronym, NHI, to refer to incidents involving Black people and other minorities.
—Annalee Newitz, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2023
Fried said the FiGURE program creates cohorts of students so that those selected don’t feel like the odd person out, surrounded by team members who don’t look like them or share their backgrounds and experiences.
—Maya Lora, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English odde, from Old Norse oddi point of land, triangle, odd number; akin to Old English ord point of a weapon
First Known Use
Adjective
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a
Time Traveler
The first known use of odd was
in the 14th century
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нечетный, странный, лишний, необычный, нечетное число, решающая взятка, удар
прилагательное ↓
- нечётный
odd number — мат. нечетное число 
odd houses — дома с нечётными номерами
odd months — месяцы, имеющие 31 день
odd files — нечётные шеренги
odd and [or] even — чёт и [или] нечет
- непарный
odd shoe [boot, glove] — непарный полуботинок [ботинок, -ая перчатка]
the box was full of odd gloves — в коробке лежало много перчаток от разных пар
- превышающий (круглое число)
the odd money — сдача, мелочь
five hundred odd, five hundred and odd — пятьсот с лишним
- немногим больший; дополнительный, ещё один или несколько
she is 30 odd years — ей за тридцать
it will cost 23 dollars odd — это будет стоить чуть больше двадцати трёх долларов
- лишний, избыточный (сверх нужного количества)
odd player — запасной игрок
- разрозненный
odd volumes of Dickens — отдельные тома (из собрания сочинений) Диккенса
odd bits of information — отрывочные /разрозненные/ сведения
he turned out to be the odd guest at the party — он оказался на вечере без пары
- случайный, нерегулярный
odd job — случайная работа
odd man /lad, hand/ — человек, выполняющий случайную работу
odd stroke of luck — случайная удача, неожиданное везение
at odd moments — в свободные минуты; когда удаётся выбрать время
he would see her again some odd day — он ещё когда-нибудь с ней увидится
I’ve got one or two odd jobs for you to do — у меня есть некоторые поручения для тебя
- странный, необычный, эксцентричный
odd manners — эксцентричные манеры
odd way of speaking — странная манера говорить
how odd! — как странно!
odd in shape — неправильной /необычной/ формы
he looks very odd in uniform — он очень странно выглядит в форме
that’s very odd — очень странно
that’s an odd way to show gratitude — разве так благодарят?
- отдалённый, дальний; заброшенный
odd corner — дальний уголок
a tour to the odd parts of the Far East — поездка в отдалённые районы Дальнего Востока
the odd man — решающий голос
существительное
- непарная вещь
- нечётное число
- странность; случайность и т. п.
- дополнительный, лишний удар (в гольфе)
- фора
- карт. решающая взятка
Мои примеры
Словосочетания
queer / odd fish — странный тип, чудак
odd numbers — нечётные числа
odd shoe — туфля без пары
thirty odd years — тридцать с лишним лет
a few odd dollars for entertainment — несколько долларов на развлечения
odd money — сдача, мелочь
odd card; queer card — чудак
odd card — чудак
odd or even — чёт или нечёт; чёт и нечёт; нечёт
odd month — месяц, имеющий 31 день
Примеры с переводом
It was odd of her to do that.
Странно, что она так поступила.
They’re an odd couple.
Они — странная парочка.
He was wearing odd socks.
На нём были разные носки.
She had an odd look on her face.
У неё было странное выражение лица.
A wheel in general contains an odd number of teeth.
Обычно в колесе нечётное количество зубьев.
It was an odd thing to say.
Это прозвучало как-то странно.
There was something odd about his story.
В его рассказе было что-то странное.
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Фразовые глаголы
odd man out — человек, предпочитающий одиночество, водящий, выбор водящего
Возможные однокоренные слова
oddish — странноватый, чудаковатый, странный, эксцентричный
oddity — странность, бзик, чудак, чудаковатость, причудливая вещь, странный случай
oddly — странно
oddness — чудаковатость, разрозненность, непонятность
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English odde, od (“odd (not even); leftover after division into pairs”), from Old Norse oddi (“odd, third or additional number; triangle”), from oddr (“point of a weapon”), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to stick, prick, pierce, sting”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to set, place”).
Cognate to Icelandic oddi (“triangle, point of land, odd number”), Swedish udda (“odd”), udd (“a point”), Danish od (“point of weapon””) and odde (“a headland, point”), Norwegian Bokmål odde (“a point”, “odd”, “peculiar”); related to Old English ord (“a point”). Doublet of ord («point»).
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: ŏd
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɒd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɑd/
- Rhymes: -ɒd
- Homophone: awed (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
Adjective[edit]
odd (not generally comparable, comparative odder, superlative oddest)
- Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.
- Synonyms: unusual, strange; see also Thesaurus:strange
- Antonyms: common, familiar, mediocre; see also Thesaurus:common
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She slept in, which was very odd.
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1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
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We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day.
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- Peculiar, singular and strange in looks or character; eccentric, bizarre.
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2003, Kenneth Rubin; Andrea Thompson, The Friendship Factor, Penguin, →ISBN:
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[One of them would] say, ‘Hi, Mother.’ This might be Chrissie with the purple hair and black lipstick, or Adam, who usually wore odd leather stuff. Sometimes ‘Hi’ was all I heard; other times they’d stay and talk for a minute.
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- (not comparable) Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched.
- Synonyms: single, mismatched
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Optimistically, he had a corner of a drawer for odd socks.
- My cat Fluffy has odd eyes: one blue and one brown.
- 1822, John Gage, The History and Antiquities of Hengrave, in Suffolk, page 29:
- Itm , lxij almond rivetts.
- *Almain rivetts, a sort of light armour having sleeves of mail, or iron plates, rivetted, with braces for the defence of the arms.
- Itm, one odd back for an almond rivett.
- Itm , lxij almond rivetts.
- (not comparable) Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped.
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I’m the odd one out.
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- (not comparable) Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc.
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2009, Sam O’Connor, Tales of Old Las Vegas: Inside are a Few Stories Set in the 60’s, where There was More to the Action Than the Games, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 187:
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«Here, I have some odd change that should make things easier.» As Tish turned and reached for the cigarettes, Eric took some loose coins from his pocket and placed the change from the twenty into his other pocket.
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2010, Chris Thomas, The Rockefeller Fraud, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 24:
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Third was my college loan of five thousand dollars and some odd change.
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- (not comparable) Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern.
- I don’t speak Latin well, so in hearing a dissertation in Latin, I would only be able to make out the odd word of it.
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but for the odd exception
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1998, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov; Ronald Hingley, Five Plays, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 148:
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There are odd bits of green here and there in patches, but no continuous stretches. The elk, swans and woodgrouse are no more. The old hamlets, farmsteads, hermitages and mills have vanished without trace.
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- (not comparable) Not regular or planned.
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He’s only worked odd jobs.
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- (not comparable) Used or employed for odd jobs.
- 1879, Journal of Horticulture and Practical Gardening, page 262:
- The odd horse will now be employed in carting couch grass on to pasture land, carting hay, &c, to sheep in the field, carting roots, straw, &c, for feeding cattle in the boxes or dairy cows in the stalls or yards, and in various odd jobs on the farm …
- 1894, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Sessional papers. Inventory control record 1, page 57:
- At about 14 he rises a step by getting the ‘odd‘ horse and cart, and does all the small carting work about the farm.
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1912, John Burleigh, Ednam and Its Indwellers:
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There is also the “orra man who, like the odd horse, is kept busy on odd jobs.
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- 1879, Journal of Horticulture and Practical Gardening, page 262:
- (mathematics, not comparable) Numerically indivisible by two.
- Antonym: even
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The product of odd numbers is also odd.
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1998 January 15, “Collusion in the Stockmarket”, in The Economist:
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In their original article, Messrs Christie and Schultz found that in 70 of the 100 most heavily traded stocks, Nasdaq dealers avoided quoting prices in odd eighths of a dollar. Buyers were far more likely to quote shares at 28 1/2 or 28 3/4 than at 28 5/8.
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- (not comparable) Numbered with an odd number.
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How do I print only the odd pages?
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- (not comparable, in combination with a number) About, approximately; somewhat more than (an approximated round number).
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:about, Thesaurus:approximately
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There were thirty-odd people in the room.
- Out of the way, secluded.
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1958, Henry Miller, The Colossus of Maroussi, New Directions Publishing, →ISBN, page 218:
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«Well, isn’t it a bit unusual to run into an old friend in an odd corner of the world like this?» I asked.
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2015, Karen Newcomb, The Postage Stamp Vegetable Garden: Grow Tons of Organic Vegetables in Tiny Spaces and Containers, Ten Speed Press, →ISBN:
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Plant a clump in your postage stamp garden, or stuff them in an odd corner of a flower bed. (They prefer full sun but will tolerate filtered shade.)
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- (sports) On the left.
- He served from the odd court.
- (obsolete) Singular in excellence; matchless; peerless; outstanding. [since the 1400s]
- 1886, Walter William Skeat, The Wars of Alexander: An Alliterative Romance Translated Chiefly from the Historia Alexandri Magni de Preliis, page 120, in (modern English) notes about the Middle English text:
- He goes to Phrygia, and sees Scamander. «Happy are all,» he says, «who are honoured by that odd clerk. Homer.» In Macedonia, he finds hie mother.
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1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:
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I assure you, if I were Hazlewood I should look on his compliments, his bowings, his cloakings, his shawlings, and his handings with some little suspicion; and truly I think Hazlewood does so too at some odd times.
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- 1886, Walter William Skeat, The Wars of Alexander: An Alliterative Romance Translated Chiefly from the Historia Alexandri Magni de Preliis, page 120, in (modern English) notes about the Middle English text:
Derived terms[edit]
[edit]
- ord
- odds and ends
Translations[edit]
not having a mate
- Bashkir: яңғыҙ (yaŋğıð)
- Bulgarian: отделен (bg) (otdelen), единичен (bg) (ediničen)
- Finnish: pariton (fi)
- French: please add this translation if you can
- German: einzeln (de)
- Hungarian: páratlan (hu), fél pár
- Italian: spaiato (it)
- Norman: dêpathié
- Portuguese: ímpar (pt)
- Spanish: guacho (es), desparejado (es), desemparejado (es), suelto (es)
strange
- Armenian: տարօրինակ (hy) (tarōrinak)
- Azerbaijani: əcaib
- Bashkir: сәйер (säyer)
- Breton: Iskis
- Bulgarian: странен (bg) (stranen), необичаен (bg) (neobičaen)
- Catalan: estrany (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 奇怪 (zh) (qíguài)
- Danish: mærkelig
- Dutch: vreemd (nl), merkwaardig (nl), raar (nl)
- Esperanto: stranga
- Finnish: outo (fi), kummallinen (fi), omituinen (fi)
- French: bizarre (fr), étrange (fr)
- Friulian: stramp
- Galician: estrano m, arrevasado m
- Georgian: უცნაური (ucnauri)
- German: seltsam (de), merkwürdig (de), komisch (de)
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐍃 (aljakuns)
- Greek: αλλόκοτος (el) m (allókotos), παράξενος (el) m (paráxenos)
- Ancient: ἄτοπος (átopos)
- Hebrew: משונה m (meshuné), משונה f (meshuná)
- Hungarian: furcsa (hu), fura (hu), különös (hu)
- Ido: baroka (io)
- Indonesian: ganjil (id)
- Irish: aisteach
- Italian: strano (it), strambo (it)
- Japanese: 変な (hen na), 奇異な (kii na), 奇妙な (kimyō na), 風変わりな (fūgawari na)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: سەیر (ckb) (seyr)
- Latvian: dīvains
- Louisiana Creole French: dròl, drol
- Plautdietsch: schnoopich, sondaboa
- Polish: dziwny (pl)
- Portuguese: estranho (pt), raro (pt)
- Romanian: straniu (ro), ciudat (ro), bizar (ro)
- Russian: стра́нный (ru) (stránnyj)
- Slovene: čuden (sl)
- Spanish: extraño (es), raro (es)
- Swedish: konstig (sv), märklig (sv)
- Telugu: విలక్షణమైన (vilakṣaṇamaina)
- Vietnamese: kỳ cục (vi)
indivisible by two
- Armenian: կենտ (hy) (kent)
- Bashkir: таҡ (taq)
- Belarusian: няцо́тны (njacótny)
- Breton: impar
- Bulgarian: нече́тен (bg) (nečéten), тек (bg) (tek)
- Catalan: imparell, senar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 奇 (zh) (jī)
- Czech: lichý (cs) m
- Danish: ulige
- Dutch: oneven (nl), onpaar (nl)
- Finnish: pariton (fi)
- French: impair (fr)
- Galician: impar
- Georgian: კენტი (ḳenṭi)
- German: ungerade (de)
- Greek: περιττός (el) m (perittós), μονός (el) m (monós)
- Ancient: περισσός (perissós), ἀνάρτιος (anártios)
- Hebrew: אי זוגי (he) (‘i zugí)
- Hindi: विषम (hi) (viṣam)
- Hungarian: páratlan (hu)
- Icelandic: odda-, ójafn, hvass (is)
- Ido: nepara (io)
- Indonesian: gasal (id), ganjil (id)
- Italian: dispari (it), caffo
- Japanese: 奇の (ja) (ki no), 奇数の (ja) (kisū no), 半 (ja) (han) (dice)
- Khmer: សេស (km) (seeh)
- Korean: 기수의 (ko) (gisuui), 홀수의 (ko) (holsuui)
- Kumyk: такъ (taq)
- Lao: please add this translation if you can
- Latin: impār
- Latvian: nepāra
- Luxembourgish: ongerued
- Macedonian: непарен (neparen)
- Malay: ganjil (ms)
- Norman: fâlot
- Norwegian: ulike (no)
- Polish: nieparzysty (pl)
- Portuguese: ímpar (pt)
- Romanian: impar (ro)
- Russian: нечётный (ru) (nečótnyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: còrr
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: непаран
- Roman: neparan (sh)
- Slovak: nepárny
- Slovene: lih
- Spanish: impar (es)
- Swedish: udda (sv)
- Tagalog: gansal
- Telugu: బేసి (te) (bēsi)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian: непа́рний (nepárnyj)
- Vietnamese: lẻ (vi)
- Welsh: od (cy)
occasional; infrequent
- Bulgarian: случаен (bg) (slučaen)
- Dutch: uitzonderlijk (nl), zeldzaam (nl)
- Finnish: yksittäinen (fi), muutama (fi)
- French: please add this translation if you can
- Hungarian: esetleges (hu), alkalmi (hu), alkalmankénti, ritka (hu), egy-egy
- Irish: corr, corr-
- Latvian: please add this translation if you can
- Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
- Swedish: enstaka (sv)
left over after others have been grouped
about
- Catalan: i escaig
- Dutch: bij benadering, ongeveer (nl)
- Finnish: noin (fi), suunnilleen (fi)
- French: à peu près (fr)
- Galician: achegadamente, cuasemente
- Greek: πάνω κάτω (el) (páno káto), συν πλην (syn plin)
- Hungarian: valahány (hu), egynéhány (hu)
- Italian: circa (it), all’incirca (it), a occhio e croce, approssimativamente (it)
- Portuguese: aproximadamente (pt)
- Russian: о́коло (ru) (ókolo), приблизи́тельно (ru) (priblizítelʹno)
- Spanish: y pico (es), aproximadamente (es)
Noun[edit]
odd (plural odds)
- (mathematics, diminutive) An odd number.
- So let’s see. There are two evens here and three odds.
- (colloquial) Something left over, not forming part of a set.
- I’ve got three complete sets of these trading cards for sale, plus a few dozen odds.
Translations[edit]
See also[edit]
- Odd Rode
Further reading[edit]
Odd in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)- odd at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “odd”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
- DDO, DOD, DoD, dod
Icelandic[edit]
Noun[edit]
odd
- indefinite accusative singular of oddur
Middle English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
odd
- Alternative form of odde
Odd
(ŏd)
odd
(ŏd)
adj. odd·er, odd·est
1. Deviating from what is ordinary, usual, or expected; strange or peculiar: an odd name; odd behavior. See Synonyms at strange.
2. Being in excess of the indicated or approximate number, extent, or degree. Often used in combination: invited 30-odd guests.
3.
a. Constituting a remainder: had some odd dollars left over.
b. Small in amount: jingled the odd change in my pockets.
4.
a. Being one of an incomplete pair or set: an odd shoe.
b. Remaining after others have been paired or grouped.
5. Mathematics Designating an integer not divisible by two, such as 1, 3, and 5.
6. Not expected, regular, or planned: called at odd intervals.
7. Remote; out-of-the-way: found the antique shop in an odd corner of town.
[Middle English odde, from Old Norse oddi, point of land, triangle, odd number.]
odd′ly adv.
odd′ness n.
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odd
(ɒd)
adj
1. unusual or peculiar in appearance, character, etc
2. occasional, incidental, or random: odd jobs.
3. leftover or additional: odd bits of wool.
4. (Mathematics)
a. not divisible by two
b. represented or indicated by a number that is not divisible by two: graphs are on odd pages. Compare even17
5. being part of a matched pair or set when the other or others are missing: an odd sock; odd volumes.
6. (in combination) used to designate an indefinite quantity more than the quantity specified in round numbers: fifty-odd pounds.
7. out-of-the-way or secluded: odd corners.
8. (Mathematics) maths (of a function) changing sign but not absolute value when the sign of the independent variable is changed, as in y=x3. See even113
9. odd man out a person or thing excluded from others forming a group, unit, etc
n
10. (Golf) golf
a. one stroke more than the score of one’s opponent
b. an advantage or handicap of one stroke added to or taken away from a player’s score
11. a thing or person that is odd in sequence or number
[C14: odde: from Old Norse oddi point, angle, triangle, third or odd number. Compare Old Norse oddr point, spot, place; Old English ord point, beginning]
ˈoddly adv
ˈoddness n
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odd
(ɒd)
adj. -er, -est.
1. differing in nature from what is usual or expected: an odd creature; an odd choice.
2. peculiar or eccentric: an odd person.
3. fantastic; bizarre: an odd taste in clothing.
4. leaving a remainder of 1 when divided by 2, as a number (opposed to even): 3, 15, and 181 are odd numbers.
5. more or less, esp. a little more (used in combination with a round number): I owe three hundred-odd dollars.
6. being part of a pair, set, or series of which the rest is lacking: an odd glove.
7. remaining after all others are paired, grouped, or divided into equal numbers or parts: Who gets the odd burger?
8. not forming part of any particular group, set, or class: to pick up odd bits of information.
9. not regular or full-time; occasional: odd jobs.
10. Math. (of a function) having a sign that changes when the sign of each independent variable is changed at the same time.
[1300–50; Middle English < Old Norse odda-, in oddatala odd number, from oddi point of land, angle, third or odd number; c. Old English ord point, Old High German ort point, place]
odd′ly, adv.
odd′ness, n.
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odd
(ŏd)
Divisible by 2 with a remainder of 1, such as 17 or -103.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Adj. | 1. | odd — not divisible by two
uneven even — divisible by two |
| 2. | odd — not easily explained; «it is odd that his name is never mentioned»
unusual — not usual or common or ordinary; «a scene of unusual beauty»; «a man of unusual ability»; «cruel and unusual punishment»; «an unusual meteorite» |
|
| 3. | odd — an indefinite quantity more than that specified; «invited 30-odd guests»
combining form — a bound form used only in compounds; «`hemato-‘ is a combining form in words like `hematology'» inexact — not exact |
|
| 4. | odd — beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; «a curious hybrid accent»; «her speech has a funny twang»; «they have some funny ideas about war»; «had an odd name»; «the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves»; «something definitely queer about this town»; «what a rum fellow»; «singular behavior»
peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, curious, funny, singular strange, unusual — being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; «a strange exaltation that was indefinable»; «a strange fantastical mind»; «what a strange sense of humor she has» |
|
| 5. |  odd — of the remaining member of a pair, of socks e.g.
unmatched, unpaired, unmated mismatched — either not matched or unsuitably matched |
|
| 6. |  odd — not used up; «leftover meatloaf»; «she had a little money left over so she went to a movie»; «some odd dollars left»; «saved the remaining sandwiches for supper»; «unexpended provisions»
left over, leftover, remaining, unexpended, left unexhausted — not used up completely; «an unexhausted well» |
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odd
adjective
1. peculiar, strange, unusual, different, funny, out there (slang), extraordinary, bizarre, weird, exceptional, eccentric, abnormal, queer, rum (Brit. slang), deviant, unconventional, far-out (slang), quaint, kinky (informal), off-the-wall (slang), outlandish, whimsical, oddball (informal), out of the ordinary, offbeat, left-field (informal), freakish, freaky (slang), wacko (slang), outré He’d always been odd, but not to this extent.
2. unusual, different, strange, rare, funny (slang), extraordinary, remarkable, bizarre, fantastic, curious, weird, exceptional, peculiar, abnormal, queer, irregular, uncommon, singular, uncanny, outlandish, out of the ordinary, freakish, atypical, freaky Something odd began to happen.
unusual common, natural, normal, regular, usual, ordinary, familiar, typical, customary, unremarkable, unexceptional
3. occasional, various, varied, random, casual, seasonal, irregular, periodic, miscellaneous, sundry, incidental, intermittent, infrequent He did various odd jobs around the place.
occasional regular, permanent, steady, habitual
4. spare, remaining, extra, surplus, single, lone, solitary, uneven, leftover, unmatched, unpaired I found an odd sock in the washing machine.
spare even, matched, paired
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
odd
adjective
1. Deviating from the customary:
bizarre, cranky, curious, eccentric, erratic, freakish, idiosyncratic, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky, singular, strange, unnatural, unusual, weird.
2. Causing puzzlement; perplexing:
3. Agreeably curious, especially in an old-fashioned or unusual way:
4. Occurring unexpectedly:
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Translations
lichýdivný
uligeunderligusædvanligumagelejlighedsvis
stranga
outoparitonsatunnainensuunnilleeneriparinen
čudanneparanneuparen
fél pár
oddatalaósamstæîurtilfallandi, stökuundarlegur
変な奇数の左右が揃っていない
이상한짝이 안 맞는홀수
argi tai svarbu?atliekamas asmuoatliekamas daiktasatsitiktiniai darbaiįsivaizduok sau
brīvsdīvainsgadījuma-lieks, bez pāranepāra-
nepárny
lihlihalihonenavadenbrez para
uddaunderlig
เลขคี่แปลกผิดข้าง
không cùng một đôikỳ quặcsố lẻ
odd
[ɒd]
A. ADJ (odder (compar) (oddest (superl)))
5. (= extra, left over)
to be the odd one out (= be over) → ser el que sobra, estar de más; (= be different) → ser distinto
these clowns are all identical except one, which is the odd one out? → estos payasos son todos iguales excepto uno, ¿cuál es distinto?
but everybody will be wearing a tie, I don’t want to be the odd one or man out → pero todo el mundo va a llevar corbata, yo no quiero ser la excepción
would you like the odd penny? → ¿quiere el penique?
£5 and some odd pennies → cinco libras y algunos peniques
any odd piece of wood → cualquier trozo de madera
an odd piece of material → un retal
an odd scrap of paper → un trozo de papel
6. (with approximate numbers) 30 odd → treinta y pico, treinta y tantos
she must be 40 odd → debe tener cuarenta y tantos or y pico años
£20 odd → unas 20 libras
I haven’t seen him for forty odd years → llevo cuarenta y tantos or cuarenta y pico años sin verlo
B. ADV he acted a bit odd when I told him → reaccionó de forma rara cuando se lo dije
Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
odd
[ˈɒd] adj
(= little) → quelconque
Have you got an odd bit of paper? → Tu as un bout de papier quelconque?
I usually write odd notes in the back of my diary
BUT J’écris généralement des petites notes au dos de mon agenda.
(= different) the odd one out → l’exception f
to be the odd one out → être l’exception
I was the odd one out; all my friends were in couples → J’étais l’exception; tous mes amis étaient en couples.
to be the odd man out → être l’exception
to be the odd woman out → être l’exception
(following a number) (= or thereabouts) 60-odd → une soixantaine
He’s sixty-odd → Il a une soixantaine d’années
We first met twenty odd years ago
BUT Nous nous sommes connus il y a une vingtaine d’années.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
odd
adj (+er)
(= slightly over) 600-odd euros → gut 600 Euro
(= not regular or specific) moments, times → zeitweilig; (Comm) size → ausgefallen; any odd piece of wood → irgendein Stück(chen) Holz; at odd moments or times → ab und zu; at odd moments during the day → zwischendurch; he likes the odd drink → er trinkt gerne mal einen; odd job → (gelegentlich) anfallende Arbeit; he does all the odd jobs → er macht alles, was an Arbeit anfällt
adv (inf) he was acting a bit odd → er benahm sich etwas komisch
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
odd
[ɒd] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl)))
a. (strange) → strano/a
how odd! → che strano!
he says some odd things → dice delle cose strane
c. (extra, left over) → in più; (unpaired, sock) → spaiato/a
if you have an odd minute → se hai un momento libero
the odd man or one out → l’eccezione f
e. (and more) 30 odd → 30 e rotti, poco più di 30
see also odds
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
odd
(od) adjective
1. unusual; strange. He’s wearing very odd clothes; a very odd young man.
2. (of a number) that cannot be divided exactly by 2. 5 and 7 are odd (numbers).
3. not one of a pair, set etc. an odd shoe.
4. occasional; free. at odd moments.
ˈoddity – plural ˈoddities – noun
a strange person or thing. He’s a bit of an oddity.
ˈoddly adverb
strangely. He is behaving very oddly.
ˈoddment noun
a piece left over from something. an oddment of material.
odds noun plural
1. chances; probability. The odds are that he will win.
2. a difference in strength, in favour of one side. They are fighting against heavy odds.
odd jobs
(usually small) jobs of various kinds, often done for other people. He’s unemployed, but earns some money by doing odd jobs for old people.
odd job man
a person employed to do such jobs.
be at odds
to be quarrelling. He has been at odds with his brother for years.
make no odds
to be unimportant. We haven’t got much money, but that makes no odds.
oddly enough
it is strange or remarkable (that). I saw John this morning. Oddly enough, I was just thinking I hadn’t seen him for a long time.
odd man out / odd one out
1. a person or thing that is different from others. In this test, you have to decide which of these three objects is the odd one out.
2. a person or thing that is left over when teams etc are made up. When they chose the two teams, I was the odd man out.
odds and ends
small objects etc of different kinds. There were various odds and ends lying about on the table.
what’s the odds?
it’s not important; it doesn’t matter. We didn’t win the competition but what’s the odds?
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
odd
→ غَرِيبٌ, غَيْرُ مُتَجَانِس, فَرْدِيّ divný, lichý uens, ulige, underlig einzeln, sonderbar, ungerade αταίριαστος, μονός, παράξενος desparejado, impar, raro eriparinen, outo, pariton bizarre, impair, intrus čudan, neparan, neuparen dispari, spaiato, strano 変な, 奇数の, 左右が揃っていない 이상한, 짝이 안 맞는, 홀수 niet passend, oneven, vreemd forskjellige, merkelig, oddetall nieparzysty, różny estranho, ímpar, sem par, trocado непарный, нечетный, странный udda, underlig เลขคี่, แปลก, ผิดข้าง acayip, tek không cùng một đôi, kỳ quặc, số lẻ 不成对的, 单数的, 奇怪的
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
odd
a. extraño-a, irregular, raro-a, inexacto-a;
an ___ case → un caso ___;
___ or even → nones o pares;
thirty ___ pills → treinta píldoras más o menos, treinta y tantas píldoras;
at ___ times → en momentos imprevistos, a horas imprevistas.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012