străin
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străin¹
- /strəˈin/
Rhymes with -in
Where it comes from
Inherited from Latin extrāneus, through a Vulgar Latin intermediate form; the expected normal phonetic result in Romanian from the base Latin word would be *strâi, so it must have come from a derivative form. It is likely that Latin extraneus produced several popular altered variant or derived forms (cf. Italian/Tuscan straino, Calabrian strainu ("without a master")). Several conjectures exist but none have arrived at a definitive and universally accepted etymology: one possibility is through a metathesized form *extrainu (cf. Romanian roib < rubeus, aibă < habeat); other proposals include Latin exterraneus, or *exterrinus, or *extralienus. The now obsolete 16th century derivative astrina, astriirat indicates it is almost surely an inherited term.
adjective străină · străini · străine · străin
- foreign, strange
Străin²
Where it comes from
From străin.
proper noun lui Străin
- a surname
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: venetic
In English
Talk about this word "străin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/str%C4%83in. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. străin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/str%C4%83in "străin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/str%C4%83in.Cite this
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title = {străin},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/str%C4%83in},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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