autrui

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French autrui, from Vulgar Latin *alterui, alteration (after cui) of Latin alterī, dative singular of alter. Compare lui.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /o.tʁɥi/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɥi

Pronoun[edit]

autrui m

  1. (chiefly literary) others; other people; someone else
    Il ne faut pas faire mal à autrui.
    One should not do harm to others.
    • 1943, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Le Petit Prince:
      Il est bien plus difficile de se juger soi-même que de juger autrui.
      It is more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others.
    • 1994, Yasmina Reza, ‘Art’:
      Yvan. Dès l’instant qu’il n’y a pas de préjudice pour autrui…
      From the moment there is not prejudice for others…

Usage notes[edit]

  • In line with its etymology, autrui is only exceptionally used as a subject. It is commonest after prepositions.

Further reading[edit]

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From altre, whence French autre.

Pronoun[edit]

autrui

  1. others (other people)

See also[edit]

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