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Dautres is a term that does not have a widely established meaning in major dictionaries or linguistic references. In standard French, the closest and most common form is d'autres, a contracted preposition meaning “of others” or “other people.” The sequence dautres without an apostrophe is generally considered a typographical variation or misspelling rather than a separate lexical item, and its appearance in formal writing is unusual.

As a potential proper noun, dautres may be encountered as a brand name, a fictional place or character, or a local designation in some contexts. In those cases, capitalization signals that the term is serving as a name rather than a common word, and its interpretation depends on the surrounding text.

Because of its uncertain status, most references treat dautres as either a misspelling of d'autres or as a nonstandard form used only in specific, limited contexts. When encountering it, readers should consider whether the intended meaning is the standard French phrase, a typographical error, or a proper noun.

See also: d'autres, autre, de (French contraction), and related terms in discussions of contraction and articles in Romance languages.