autrement
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: autrément
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French aultrement, from Old French autrement, from Early Medieval Latin alterā mente. Synchronically autre + -ment.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
autrement
- otherwise
- differently, in another way or manner
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “autrement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin alterā mente. Synchronically autre + -ment.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
autrement
- otherwise
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Sire, ne puet estre autremant.
- My Lord, it cannot be otherwise.
Descendants[edit]
- Middle French: aultrement
- French: autrement
References[edit]
Categories:
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Early Medieval Latin
- French terms derived from Early Medieval Latin
- French terms suffixed with -ment (adverbial)
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- Rhymes:French/ɑ̃
- French lemmas
- French adverbs
- Old French terms inherited from Early Medieval Latin
- Old French terms derived from Early Medieval Latin
- Old French terms suffixed with -ment (adverbial)
- Old French terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old French lemmas
- Old French adverbs
- Old French terms with quotations