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altri

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin alterī, dative singular of alter (other).

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Pronoun

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altri

  1. someone else, another
  2. others
    per compte d'altrifor the sake of others
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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin alter, alterum.

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Adjective

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altri

  1. other

Italian

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Pronoun

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altri m sg (archaic)

  1. (indefinite) someone else, another
  2. (indefinite) someone, somebody
    Synonyms: alcuno, qualcuno
  3. (when referring to someone whose name one doesn't want to utter) the other, he/she
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto V”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 80-81; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      O anime affanate,
      venite a noi parlar, s'altri (Dio) nol niega !
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

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Usually only found as subject, can sometimes be found after a preposition.

Determiner

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altri

  1. masculine plural of altro

Pronoun

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altri

  1. masculine plural of altro

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Determiner

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altrī

  1. inflection of alter:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. dative masculine/feminine/neuter singular