autres

Autres is the plural form of the French adjective autre, meaning "other" or "another." It agrees with the noun it modifies in gender and number; in the plural it is "autres" for both masculine and feminine contexts. The singular forms are un autre (masculine) and une autre (feminine). As a determiner, autres precedes a noun in plural: les autres étudiants; d'autres idées. When used with a definite article, les autres typically means "the others" or "the rest," referring to the remainder of a previously mentioned group. When used with a partitive or indefinite sense, d'autres means "other, additional" as in d'autres options, d'autres pays. As a pronoun, the determiner phrase les autres can function as a noun phrase referring to the remaining people or things; d'autres can substitute for "others" as an indefinite pronoun. In everyday French, the choice between autre, autres, and phrases like les autres or d'autres depends on specificity and emphasis. Common collocations include autres possibilités, autres pays, et autres exemples. The word derives from Latin alter, alteri, via Old French autre, and shares cognates with related terms in Romance languages. See also: synonyms such as différent, distinct, séparé; antonyms such as même, identique in certain contexts.