autrement
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 (France, Paris) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑ̃
Derived terms
Further reading
- “autrement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin alterā mente. Synchronically autre + -ment.
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
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