odd

étrange, bizarre

Qui diffère de ce que l’on attend ou considère comme normal.

En anglais simple : Different from what you expect or consider normal.

• That is an odd noise.
• He gave me an odd look.
• Isn't it odd that both clocks stopped?

Comment l'utiliser : it is odd that… (It is odd that nobody answered.)

Synonymes : strange, unusual, peculiar

Contraires : normal, usual

Expressions courantes : odd smell, odd behaviour, seem odd, odd feeling

impair

Se dit d’un nombre entier qui ne se divise pas exactement par deux, comme trois ou cinq.

En anglais simple : A whole number that cannot be divided into two equal whole numbers, such as three or five.

• Three is an odd number.
• Write your name on the odd pages.
• Are all these numbers odd?

Contraires : even

Expressions courantes : odd number, odd numbers, odd pages, odd integer

occasionnel, rare

Qui arrive ou apparaît de temps en temps, sans être fréquent.

En anglais simple : Happening or appearing sometimes, but not often.

• I enjoy the odd beer.
• We get the odd visitor in winter.
• She does the odd job for her neighbours.

Comment l'utiliser : the odd + singular noun (I still make the odd spelling mistake.)

Synonymes : occasional, infrequent

Contraires : frequent, regular

Expressions courantes : the odd drink, the odd mistake, the odd occasion

dépareillé, seul

Qui n’a pas de partenaire assorti ou diffère des autres éléments d’une paire ou d’un ensemble.

En anglais simple : Without a matching partner, or different from the other things in a pair or set.

• I found an odd sock.
• He wore odd shoes by mistake.
• Keep the odd gloves until we find their partners.

Synonymes : unmatched, mismatched

Contraires : matching, paired

Expressions courantes : odd sock, odd socks, odd glove, odd shoes

et quelques

S’emploie après un nombre pour indiquer une quantité légèrement supérieure.

En anglais simple : Used after a number to mean a little more than that number.

• There were twenty-odd guests.
• She has lived here for thirty-odd years.
• The repairs cost a hundred-odd pounds.

Comment l'utiliser : number + odd + plural noun (We invited forty-odd people.)

Expressions courantes : twenty odd people, fifty odd students, thirty odd years

reste, pièce dépareillée

Objet en trop qui ne fait pas partie d’un ensemble complet ; le mot s’emploie généralement au pluriel.

En anglais simple : An extra item that does not belong to a complete set, usually mentioned in the plural.

• Keep the odds in this box.
• He sold complete sets and a few odds.
• These odds might help you finish your card collection.

Synonymes : leftover, extra

Expressions courantes : an odd, a few odds, sell the odds

nombre impair

Nombre entier qui ne se divise pas exactement par deux, comme un, trois ou cinq.

En anglais simple : A whole number such as one, three, or five, which cannot be divided evenly by two.

• Put the odds in this column.
• The list contains three odds and two evens.
• She separated the odds from the evens.

Synonymes : odd number

Contraires : even

Expressions courantes : an odd, odds and evens, count the odds