autrement

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See also: autrément

French

Etymology

From Middle French aultrement, from Old French autrement, from Early Medieval Latin alterā mente. Synchronically autre +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /o.tʁə.mɑ̃/
Audio (Paris): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Adverb

autrement

otherwise
differently, in another way or manner

Derived terms

autrement dit

Further reading

“autrement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Old French

Alternative forms

altrement, aotrement, atremant, atrement, aultrement, authement, autremant, auterment

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin alterā mente. Synchronically autre +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

(archaic) IPA^(key): /altɾəˈment/
(classical) IPA^(key): /au̯tɾəˈmant/

Adverb

autrement

otherwise
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
  Sire, ne puet estre autremant.
  My Lord, it cannot be otherwise.

Descendants

Middle French: aultrement
- French: autrement

References

“autre”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.

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