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odd [ɒd]1. adjectivea. ( = strange) bizarre• the odd thing about it is... ce qui est bizarre c'est...b. [number] impairc. [shoe, sock] dépareillé• £5 and some odd pennies 5 livres et quelques penniese. ( = occasional) he has written the odd article il a écrit un ou deux articles• in odd moments he... à ses moments perdus, il...• to do odd jobs about the house ( = housework) faire un peu de ménage ; ( = do-it-yourself) bricoler dans la maison2. compounds* * *[ɒd] 1.1) (strange, unusual) [person, object, occurrence] bizarrethere is something odd about — il y a quelque chose de bizarre dans [appearance, statement]
it is odd how... — c'est bizarre de voir comme...
he's a bit odd — il est un peu loufoque (colloq)
2) ( occasional)3) [socks, gloves] dépareillés4) ( miscellaneous)5) Mathematics [number] impair6) ( different)2.spot the odd man ou one out — trouvez l'intrus
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A adj1 (strange, unusual) [person, object, occurrence] bizarre ; there is something odd about il y a quelque chose de bizarre dans [appearance, statement] ; there is something odd about her elle a quelque chose de bizarre ; there is something/nothing odd about it il y a quelque chose/il n'y a rien de bizarre ; it is odd that c'est bizarre que (+ subj) ; ( more formally) il est surprenant que (+ subj) ; it is odd to see c'est bizarre de voir ; ( more formally) il est surprenant de voir ; it is odd how people react c'est bizarre de voir comme les gens réagissent ; it would be odd if they were to do il serait surprenant qu'ils fassent ; to be an odd couple former un drôle de couple ; that's odd bizarre ; he's a bit odd ( eccentric) il est un peu loufoque ○ ;2 ( occasional) I have the odd drink/pizza il m'arrive de boire un verre/manger une pizza ; to write the odd article écrire un article de temps en temps ; to pay sb the odd visit aller voir qn de temps en temps ; the landscape was bare except for the odd tree le paysage était désert à part un arbre ou deux ;3 ( not matching) [socks, gloves] dépareillé ;4 ( miscellaneous) there were some odd envelopes/bits of cloth left il restait encore quelques enveloppes/bouts de tissu ; a few odd coins un reste de monnaie ;5 Math [number] impair ;6 ( different) spot the odd man ou one out trouvez l'intrus ; to feel the odd one out ne pas se sentir à sa place.B - odd (dans composés) ( approximately) he lost a thousand-odd dollars il a perdu mille dollars et quelques ; there were sixty-odd people il y avait soixante et quelques personnes ; twenty-odd years later une bonne vingtaine d'années après.he's as odd as two left feet ○ il marche à côté de ses pompes ○.
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