altrui

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• Rhymes: -ui
• IPA^(key): /alˈtruj/
• Rhymes: -uj
• Hyphenation: al‧trùi

altrui (invariable)

1. (possessive) another person's, someone else's, other people's, of others (genitive of altro)

   Synonym: d'altri

altrui

1. (literary) someone else, other people
   • early 14^th century, Dante, “Canto I”, in Inferno, lines 16–18:

     […] guardai in alto e vidi le sue spalle ¶ vestite già de’ raggi del pianeta ¶ che mena dritto altrui per ogne calle.

     Upward I looked, and I beheld its shoulders, ¶ ⁠Vested already with that planet's rays ¶ ⁠Which leadeth others right by every road.

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altrui

1. Alternative form of autrui