odd

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.
2. Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.
3. Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched.
4. Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped.
5. Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc.
6. Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern.
7. Not regular or planned.
8. Used or employed for odd jobs.
9. Numerically indivisible by two.
10. Numbered with an odd number.
11. About, approximately; somewhat more than (an approximated round number).
12. Out of the way, secluded.
13. On the left.
14. (obsolete) Singular in excellence; matchless; peerless; outstanding.

strange

queer

hard to understand

wierd

be strange

not normal

only one

single handed

stange

superunmerary

not being in couples

not existing in couples

azygos

left-field

different from others

additional extra

a bit off

odd thing

queer as a clockwork orange

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɒd/

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").

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