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autre — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • alternative adj Offering a different choice from what is usual or expected.
  • another det One more, in addition to what has already been mentioned.
  • else adjective Other than the person or thing already mentioned; additional.
  • new adj Made, created, or introduced recently.
  • other adj Different from the one(s) already mentioned; additional or remaining.

Senses

autre is used for these senses in English:

  • Other (philosophy, psychoanalysis) Radical alterity or otherness conceived or reified as a separate entity; “other people” altogether in their difference from oneself.
  • alternative Other; different from something else.
  • another Not the same; different.
  • else (postpositive, used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.
  • new Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
  • other Not the one or ones previously referred to.

alternative — full definition

  1. adj Offering a different choice from what is usual or expected.
  2. noun One of two or more options available to choose between.
  3. noun A style of rock music that developed outside the mainstream.

another — full definition

  1. det One more, in addition to what has already been mentioned.
  2. det A different one; not the same one.
  3. pron A different or additional thing or person of the same kind.

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