Meaning

14 senses
  1. (not comparable, usually)Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.

    She slept in, which was very odd.

    beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

  2. Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.

    (not comparable, usually)Peculiar, singular and strange in looks or character; eccentric, bizarre.

    seltsam, merkwürdig, komisch

    стра́нныйstránnyj

  3. (not comparable, usually)Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched.

    Optimistically, he had a corner of a drawer for odd socks.

    My cat Fluffy has odd eyes: one blue and one brown.

  4. (not comparable, usually)Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped.

    I'm the odd one out.

  5. (not comparable, usually)Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc.

  6. (not comparable, usually)Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern.

    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

    gelegentlich

    розрі́зненийrozríznenyj

  7. (not comparable, usually)Not regular or planned.

    He's only worked odd jobs.

  8. (not comparable, usually)Used or employed for odd jobs.

    not used up

  9. (not comparable, usually)Numerically indivisible by two.

    The product of two odd numbers is also odd.

    ungerade

    нечётныйnečótnyj

    непа́рнийnepárnyj

    not divisible by two

  10. (not comparable, usually)Numbered with an odd number.

    How do I print only the odd pages?

  11. (in compounds, not comparable, usually)About, approximately; somewhat more than (an approximated round number).

    There were thirty-odd people in the room.

    о́колоókolo, приблизи́тельноpriblizítelʹno

  12. (not comparable, usually)Out of the way, secluded.

Examples

436 sentences
  1. She looks odd in those clothes.

    Він дивно виглядає у цьому одязі.

    ruОна странно выглядит в этой одежде.

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  2. Tom is a very odd person.

    Том дуже дивна людина.

    ruТом очень странный человек.

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  3. Tom certainly is an odd kid.

    Том, звичайно ж, дивна дитина.

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  4. Doesn't it look a little odd?

    Хіба це не виглядає трохи дивно?

    ruНе странновато выглядит?

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  5. I think she's a little odd.

    Мені здається, вона трохи дивакувата.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
occasional; infrequent:
indivisible by two:
Русский
By meaning 3
strange:
indivisible by two:
about:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
not having a mate:
strange:
casual, irregular:
indivisible by two:

Origin

From Middle English odde, od (“odd (not even); leftover after division into pairs”), from

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”).

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