adj · name · noun · 27 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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ŏd
Received-Pronunciation:/ɒd/
General-American:/ɑd/
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rhymes with -ɒd
homophone: awed (cot–caught merger)
CMU ARPABET:AA1 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
Examples
She slept in, which was very odd.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unusual, strange, aberrant, abnormal, alien, anomalous, as queer as Dick's hatband, bizarre, booky, curious, deviant, discrepant, eerie, eldritch, errant, exceptional, extraordinary, fey, forby, freak, freakish, freaky, fremd, funny, heteroclite, hinky, incongruous, incongruitous, irregular, kooky, monstrous, nonstandard, odd, outlandish, out of the ordinary, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queer as a clockwork orange, queer as a nine bob note, queer as a three dollar bill, queer as a coot, queer as Dick's hatband, rare, rum, rummy, selcouth, seld, singular, trippy, uncanny, uncommon, uncouth, unconventional, unearthly, unexpected, unreasonable, unwonted, weird, weirdsome, yampy
Antonyms: common, familiar, mediocre, average, basic, bog-standard, common as bums, common as dirt, common as muck, common as pig tracks, dime a dozen, everyday, frequent, general, habitual, nonrare, par for the course, pedestrian, plain, quotidian, regular, routinary, routine, ten a penny, two a penny, usual, workaday
2
adj
Meaning 2
Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.
Peculiar, singular and strange in looks or character; eccentric, bizarre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unusual, strange, aberrant, abnormal, alien, anomalous, as queer as Dick's hatband, bizarre, booky, curious, deviant, discrepant, eerie, eldritch, errant, exceptional, extraordinary, fey, forby, freak, freakish, freaky, fremd, funny, heteroclite, hinky, incongruous, incongruitous, irregular, kooky, monstrous, nonstandard, odd, outlandish, out of the ordinary, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queer as a clockwork orange, queer as a nine bob note, queer as a three dollar bill, queer as a coot, queer as Dick's hatband, rare, rum, rummy, selcouth, seld, singular, trippy, uncanny, uncommon, uncouth, unconventional, unearthly, unexpected, unreasonable, unwonted, weird, weirdsome, yampy
Antonyms: common, familiar, mediocre, average, basic, bog-standard, common as bums, common as dirt, common as muck, common as pig tracks, dime a dozen, everyday, frequent, general, habitual, nonrare, par for the course, pedestrian, plain, quotidian, regular, routinary, routine, ten a penny, two a penny, usual, workaday
3
adj
Meaning 3
Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
Examples
Optimistically, he had a corner of a drawer for odd socks.
My cat Fluffy has odd eyes: one blue and one brown.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: single, mismatched
Antonyms: none provided
4
adj
Meaning 4
Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
Examples
I'm the odd one out.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adj
Meaning 5
Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
adj
Meaning 6
Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
Examples
I don't speak Latin well, so in hearing a dissertation in Latin, I would only be able to make out the odd word of it.
but for the odd exception
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
adj
Meaning 7
Not regular or planned.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
Examples
He's only worked odd jobs.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
adj
Meaning 8
Used or employed for odd jobs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
adj
Meaning 9
Numerically indivisible by two.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
Topics: mathematics, sciences
Examples
The product of two odd numbers is also odd.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: even
10
adj
Meaning 10
Numbered with an odd number.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
Examples
How do I print only the odd pages?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
11
adj
Meaning 11
About, approximately; somewhat more than (an approximated round number).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds, not-comparable, usually
Examples
There were thirty-odd people in the room.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
12
adj
Meaning 12
Out of the way, secluded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
13
adj
Meaning 13
On the left.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
He served from the odd court.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
14
adj
Meaning 14
Singular in excellence; matchless; peerless; outstanding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
15
name
Meaning 15
A male given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
16
name
Meaning 16
Minced form of God.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unmatched, unmated, unpaired
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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").
English surname, from the Middle English name Ode, either from Anglo-Norman Ode (see Oates) or from Old English Odda, Old Norse Oddr, or a conflation of all. Compare Oddy.
Across languages
Translations
229 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bashkir:
яңғыҙ
(yañğıź)
— not having a mate
Bulgarian:
отделен
(otdelen)
— not having a mate
Bulgarian:
единичен
(ediničen)
— not having a mate
Catalan:
imparell
— not having a mate
Finnish:
pariton
— not having a mate
French:
impair
— not having a mate
German:
einzeln
— not having a mate
Hungarian:
páratlan
— not having a mate
Hungarian:
fél pár
— not having a mate
Italian:
spaiato
— not having a mate
Norman:
dêpathié
— not having a mate
Portuguese:
ímpar
— not having a mate
Spanish:
guacho
— not having a mate
Spanish:
desparejado
— not having a mate
Spanish:
desemparejado
— not having a mate
Spanish:
suelto
— not having a mate
Armenian:
տարօրինակ
(tarōrinak)
— strange
Azerbaijani:
əcaib
— strange
Bashkir:
сәйер
(səyer)
— strange
Breton:
Iskis
— strange
Bulgarian:
странен
(stranen)
— strange
Bulgarian:
необичаен
(neobičaen)
— strange
Catalan:
estrany
— strange
Chinese Mandarin:
奇怪
(qíguài)
— strange
Danish:
mærkelig
— strange
Dutch:
vreemd
— strange
Dutch:
merkwaardig
— strange
Dutch:
raar
— strange
Esperanto:
stranga
— strange
Finnish:
outo
— strange
Finnish:
kummallinen
— strange
Finnish:
omituinen
— strange
French:
bizarre
— strange
French:
étrange
— strange
Friulian:
stramp
— strange
Galician:
estrano
— strange
Galician:
arrevasado
— strange
Georgian:
უცნაური
(ucnauri)
— strange
German:
seltsam
— strange
German:
merkwürdig
— strange
German:
komisch
— strange
Gothic:
𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐍃
(aljakuns)
— strange
Greek:
αλλόκοτος
(allókotos)
— strange
Greek:
παράξενος
(paráxenos)
— strange
Ancient Greek:
ἄτοπος
(átopos)
— strange
Hebrew:
משונה
(meshuné)
— strange
Hebrew:
משונה
(meshuná)
— strange
Hindi:
विचित्र
(vicitra)
— strange
Hindi:
निराला
(nirālā)
— strange
Hungarian:
furcsa
— strange
Hungarian:
fura
— strange
Hungarian:
különös
— strange
Ido:
baroka
— strange
Indonesian:
ganjil
— strange
Ingrian:
muudra
— strange
Ingrian:
vastumain
— strange
Irish:
aisteach
— strange
Italian:
strano
— strange
Italian:
strambo
— strange
Japanese:
変な
(hen na)
— strange
Japanese:
奇異な
(kii na)
— strange
Japanese:
奇妙な
(kimyō na)
— strange
Japanese:
風変わりな
(fūgawari na)
— strange
Central Kurdish:
سەیر
(seyr)
— strange
Latvian:
dīvains
— strange
Louisiana Creole:
dròl
— strange
Louisiana Creole:
drol
— strange
Norwegian Bokmål:
egen
— strange
Plautdietsch:
schnoopich
— strange
Plautdietsch:
sondaboa
— strange
Polish:
dziwny
— strange
Polish:
dziwaczny
— strange
Portuguese:
estranho
— strange
Portuguese:
raro
— strange
Romanian:
straniu
— strange
Romanian:
ciudat
— strange
Romanian:
bizar
— strange
Russian:
стра́нный
(stránnyj)
— strange
Slovene:
čuden
— strange
Spanish:
extraño
— strange
Spanish:
raro
— strange
Spanish:
cuático
— strange
Swedish:
konstig
— strange
Swedish:
märklig
— strange
Swedish:
udda
— strange
Tagalog:
kakaiba
— strange
Tagalog:
kakatwa
— strange
Telugu:
విలక్షణమైన
(vilakṣaṇamaina)
— strange
Vietnamese:
kỳ cục
— strange
Arabic:
فَرْدِيّ
(fardiyy)
— indivisible by two
Armenian:
կենտ
(kent)
— indivisible by two
Bashkir:
таҡ
(taq)
— indivisible by two
Belarusian:
няцо́тны
(njacótny)
— indivisible by two
Breton:
impar
— indivisible by two
Bulgarian:
нече́тен
(nečéten)
— indivisible by two
Bulgarian:
тек
(tek)
— indivisible by two
Catalan:
imparell
— indivisible by two
Catalan:
senar
— indivisible by two
Chinese Mandarin:
奇
(jī)
— indivisible by two
Czech:
lichý
— indivisible by two
Danish:
ulige
— indivisible by two
Dutch:
oneven
— indivisible by two
Dutch:
onpaar
— indivisible by two
Esperanto:
nepara
— indivisible by two
Finnish:
pariton
— indivisible by two
French:
impair
— indivisible by two
Galician:
impar
— indivisible by two
Georgian:
კენტი
(ḳenṭi)
— indivisible by two
German:
ungerade
— indivisible by two
Greek:
περιττός
(perittós)
— indivisible by two
Greek:
μονός
(monós)
— indivisible by two
Ancient Greek:
περισσός
(perissós)
— indivisible by two
Ancient Greek:
ἀνάρτιος
(anártios)
— indivisible by two
Hebrew:
אי זוגי
(‘i zugí)
— indivisible by two
Hindi:
विषम
(viṣam)
— indivisible by two
Hungarian:
páratlan
— indivisible by two
Icelandic:
odda-
— indivisible by two
Icelandic:
ójafn
— indivisible by two
Icelandic:
hvass
— indivisible by two
Ido:
nepara
— indivisible by two
Indonesian:
gasal
— indivisible by two
Indonesian:
ganjil
— indivisible by two
Irish:
corr
— indivisible by two
Italian:
dispari
— indivisible by two
Italian:
impari
— indivisible by two
Italian:
caffo
— indivisible by two
Japanese:
奇の
(ki no)
— indivisible by two
Japanese:
奇数の
(kisū no)
— indivisible by two
Japanese:
半
(han)
— indivisible by two
Khmer:
សេស
(seeh)
— indivisible by two
Korean:
기수의
(gisuui)
— indivisible by two
Korean:
홀수의
(holsuui)
— indivisible by two
Kumyk:
такъ
(taq)
— indivisible by two
Latin:
impār
— indivisible by two
Latvian:
nepāra
— indivisible by two
Luxembourgish:
ongerued
— indivisible by two
Macedonian:
непарен
(neparen)
— indivisible by two
Malay:
ganjil
— indivisible by two
Norman:
fâlot
— indivisible by two
Norwegian:
ulike
— indivisible by two
Occitan:
impar
— indivisible by two
Persian:
تاق
(tāq)
— indivisible by two
Polish:
nieparzysty
— indivisible by two
Portuguese:
ímpar
— indivisible by two
Romanian:
impar
— indivisible by two
Russian:
нечётный
(nečótnyj)
— indivisible by two
Scottish Gaelic:
còrr
— indivisible by two
Serbo-Croatian:
непаран
— indivisible by two
Serbo-Croatian:
neparan
— indivisible by two
Slovak:
nepárny
— indivisible by two
Slovene:
lih
— indivisible by two
Spanish:
impar
— indivisible by two
Spanish:
non
— indivisible by two
Swedish:
udda
— indivisible by two
Tagalog:
gansal
— indivisible by two
Tamil:
ஒற்றைப்படை
(oṟṟaippaṭai)
— indivisible by two
Telugu:
బేసి
(bēsi)
— indivisible by two
Thai:
คี่
(kîi)
— indivisible by two
Turkish:
tek
— indivisible by two
Ukrainian:
непа́рний
(nepárnyj)
— indivisible by two
