odd in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for odd in the English»French Dictionary

I.odd [Brit ɒd, Am ɑd] ADJ

1. odd (strange, unusual):

odd person, object, occurrence

bizarre

there is something odd about appearance, statement

il y a quelque chose de bizarre dans

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 …

it is odd that … + subj (more formally)

il est surprenant que …

+ subj it is odd to see

c'est bizarre de voir

it is odd to see (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 inf

2. odd (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. odd (not matching):

odd socks, gloves

dépareillé

4. odd (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. odd MATH:

odd number

impair

6. odd (different):

spot the odd man or one out

trouvez l'intrus

to feel the odd one out

ne pas se sentir à sa place

II.-odd COMP (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

III.odd [Brit ɒd, Am ɑd]

he's as odd as two left feet inf

il marche à côté de ses pompes inf

odd job N (for money)

odd job

petit boulot m

to do odd jobs around the house

bricoler dans la maison

odd bod N Brit inf

odd bod

drôle de mec/nana inf

odd lot N

1. odd lot COMM (merchandise):

odd lot

lot m dépareillé

2. odd lot FIN (in stock market):

odd lot

paquet m d'actions hors quotité

odd-looking ADJ

odd-looking

à l'air bizarre after n

to be odd-looking

avoir l'air bizarre

odd-job man N

odd-job man

homme m à tout faire

Translations for odd in the French»English Dictionary

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dépareillé (dépareillée)

odd attr

un volume dépareillé

an odd volume

dépareillé (dépareillée) service, ensemble

odd

un service de verres dépareillé

a set of odd glasses

impair (impaire) nombre, numéro

odd

impair (impaire) jour, année

odd-numbered

impair

odd numbers pl

jouer l'impair

to play the odd numbers

spécimen inf

odd specimen inf

c'est un drôle de spécimen

he's an odd specimen

incongru (incongrue) bruit

odd

odd in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for odd in the English»French Dictionary

odd <-er, -est> [ɒd, Am ɑ:d] ADJ

1. odd (strange):

odd

bizarre

to look odd

avoir l'air bizarre

2. odd (not a pair):

odd socks

dépareillé(e)

3. odd (not even):

odd number

impair

4. odd (and more):

odd

et quelques

50 odd people

une cinquantaine de personnes

5. odd (occasional):

odd

occasionnel(le)

to have the odd drink

prendre un verre de temps en temps

at odd times

de temps en temps

odd jobs

petits travaux mpl

Phrases:

the odd man out

l'intrus m

to feel the odd man out

ne pas se sentir à sa place

Translations for odd in the French»English Dictionary

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impair(e)

odd

dépareillé(e) (isolé, pas assorti) gant, tasse, chaise

odd

fantasque (bizarre)

odd

fantaisiste

odd

une pièce rapportée fig inf

an odd man out

impair

odd numbers

miser sur l'impair (à la roulette)

to bet on the odd numbers

cherchez l'intrus

find the odd one out

homme à tout faire

odd-job man

être d'un genre particulier

to be rather odd

odd Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to look odd

avoir l'air bizarre

50 odd people

une cinquantaine de personnes

to have the odd drink

prendre un verre de temps en temps

at odd times

de temps en temps

odd jobs

petits travaux mpl

the odd man out

l'intrus m

to feel the odd man out

ne pas se sentir à sa place

it's an odd/sad state of affairs

c'est bizarre/lamentable

to bet on the odd numbers

miser sur l'impair (à la roulette)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

I find myself stroking them longingly at parties (you do get some odd looks).

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The chambermaid can not tell, but did note another odd occurrence: somebody ran a bath at noon but everyone denies having done so.

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Seems like an odd thing not to require joinder.

patentlyo.com

Your muscles (and the odd misplaced paddle) ocassionally pipe up to spoil your zen, but it gets over-ridden.

www.stuff.co.nz

Just the odd high-pitched hum, whizz or whirr.

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The only odd thing about the watch is it doesn't use a touch screen, so you have to navigate with a touch pad underneath it.

www.theglobeandmail.com

It included 11 gates of which five have airbridges, which are the odd numbered gates, and nine baggage reclaim carousels.

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How do you boil down 600-odd ideas for improving a dwindling strip of shops?

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I was a different odd bod, also bullied - for my tallness!

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Comments NB: 3 more losses than wins; odd number of draws; 9 more goals conceded than scored.

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