Learn French: L'entrée est de l'autre côté. - The entrance is on the other side.

In English, we say "on the other side", but French uses the fixed phrase de l'autre côté. When indicating which side something is located on, French commonly uses de rather than sur.

How does this relate to the phrase à côté de from this lesson?

The noun côté simply means "side". The complex preposition à côté de literally translates to "at the side of" (meaning "next to"). Here, we see a different phrase using the same noun: de l'autre côté, which means "on the other side".

Why is it l'autre and not le autre?

Because autre begins with a vowel. Even though côté is a masculine noun and the phrase describes a masculine "other" side, the article le drops its vowel and forms a contraction (l') to make pronunciation smoother.

Is entrée always feminine?

Yes, entrée is a feminine noun. Many French nouns ending in -ée are feminine, especially those formed from verbs, often describing a place or the result of an action (like entering).