Oddments — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a motley assortment of things

a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈɑːdmənts/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈɒdmənts/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈɒdmənts/

2 syllables Say it as /ˈɑːdmənts/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

farrago ragbag hodgepodge remainder omnium-gatherum hotchpotch mishmash oddment curiosity odds and ends end mingle-mangle rarity remnant curio melange gallimaufry peculiarity oddity

Word Forms

remain	verb	be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.
curious	adjective	beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
odd	adjective	beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
peculiar	adjective	beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
rare	adjective	marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; -J.R.Lowell

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Kuriositäten

eine bunte Ansammlung von Dingen

🇫🇷French

bibelots

un assortiment hétéroclite de choses

🇪🇸Spanish

rarezas

una variada variedad de cosas

🇮🇹Italian

stranezze

un assortimento eterogeneo di cose

🇳🇱Dutch

eigenaardigheden

een bonte verzameling spullen

🇵🇹Portuguese

curiosidades

uma variedade heterogênea de coisas

🇷🇺Russian

мелочи

пестрый ассортимент вещей

India

🇮🇳Hindi

आसार

चीजों का एक विविध वर्गीकरण

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রতিকূলতা

জিনিসের একটি বিচিত্র ভাণ্ডার

🇮🇳Tamil

முரண்பாடுகள்

ஒரு வண்ணமயமான வகைப்பாடு

🇮🇳Telugu

అసమానతలు

వస్తువుల యొక్క రంగురంగుల కలగలుపు

🇮🇳Marathi

शक्यता

गोष्टींचे विविध प्रकारचे वर्गीकरण

🇮🇳Gujarati

મતભેદ

વસ્તુઓની મોટલી ભાત

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಿಚಿತ್ರಗಳು

ವಸ್ತುಗಳ ಮಾಟ್ಲಿ ವಿಂಗಡಣೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിചിത്രതകൾ

വസ്തുക്കളുടെ ഒരു വർണ്ണാഭമായ ശേഖരം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੰਭਾਵਨਾਵਾਂ

ਚੀਜ਼ਾਂ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਮੋਟਲੀ ਸ਼੍ਰੇਣੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

مشکلات

چیزوں کی ایک موٹلی درجہ بندی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

零碎的东西

杂七杂八

🇯🇵Japanese

おまけ

いろいろなものの品揃え

🇰🇷Korean

잡동사니

가지각색의 물건들

🇻🇳Vietnamese

những điều kỳ quặc

một loạt các thứ đa dạng

🇹🇭Thai

ความผิดปกติ

สิ่งต่าง ๆ หลากหลาย

🇮🇩Indonesian

campuran tetek bengek

bermacam-macam hal

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

نهاية الحلقة

مجموعة متنوعة من الأشياء

🇮🇷Persian

عجیب و غریب

مجموعه ای متنوع از چیزها

🇹🇷Turkish

tuhaflıklar

rengarenk bir çeşit şey

🇮🇱Hebrew

שַׁאֲרִיוֹת

מגוון רחב של דברים

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