stranger
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stranger¹
- /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/ US
Rhymes with -eɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
adjective
- comparative form of strange: more strange Truth is stranger than fiction.
stranger²
- /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/ US
Rhymes with -eɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English straunger, from Old French estrangier (“foreign, alien”), from estrange, from Latin extraneus (“foreign, external”) (whence also English estrange), from extra (“outside of”). Cognate with French étranger (“foreigner, stranger”) and Spanish extranjero (“foreigner”). Displaced native Old English fremde (literally “strange or unfamiliar person”).
noun strangers
- A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance. That gentleman is a stranger to me.
- An outsider or foreigner. I am a most poor woman and a stranger, / Born out of your dominions.
- One not admitted to communion or fellowship.
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A newcomer.
[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and
Similar: newbie
- Used ironically to refer to a person who the speaker knows. Hello, stranger!
- One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor. To honour and receive / Our heavenly stranger.
- One not privy or party to an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right. Actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title.
- A superstitious premonition of the coming of a visitor by a bit of stalk in a cup of tea, the guttering of a candle, etc.
- A moth, Lacanobia blenna
Similar: newcomer, beginner · Opposite: acquaintance, friend, compatriot, countryman, fellow citizen, fellow countryman, national, resident
verb strangers · strangering · strangered
- To estrange; to alienate. Dowered with our curse, and strangered with our oath
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: unknown, alien, outsider, outlander, unsub, foreigner, odd, foreign, weird, abroad, outward, outside, inward, overseas, intruder, world
noun
Similar: newcomer, beginner · Opposite: acquaintance, friend, compatriot, countryman, fellow citizen, fellow countryman, national, resident
Translations
Every language
noun one who has not been seen for a long time
| Português | sumido |
|---|
noun person whom one does not know
| Español | extraño, extraña, desconocido, desconocida |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 낯선 사람 natseon saram |
| 日本語 | 知らない人 shiranai hito, 見ず知らず mizushirazu |
| 中文 | 陌生人 mòshēngrén |
| हिन्दी | अजनबी ajnabī |
| Português | estranho, estranha |
| Français | inconnu, inconnue |
| Deutsch | Fremder, Fremde, Fremdling, Fremdlingin |
| Italiano | sconosciuto, straniero, straniera |
| Ελληνικά | ξένος xénos, άγνωστος ágnostos |
| Română | străin, străină |
| Русский | незнако́мец neznakómec, незнако́мка neznakómka, чужо́й čužój, посторо́нний postorónnij, чужа́к čužák |
| Tiếng Việt | người lạ |
| العربية | غَرِيب ḡarīb, غَرِيبَة ḡarība |
noun outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
| Español | forastero, forastera, extranjero, extranjera |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 외국인 oegugin, 이국인 igugin |
| 日本語 | 外国人 gaikokujin, 外人 gaijin |
| 中文 | 外國人 /外国人 wàiguórén |
| हिन्दी | विदेशी videśī, अन्यदेशीय anyadeśīya, परदेशी pardeśī |
| Kiswahili | mgeni |
| Português | estrangeiro, estrangeira, forasteiro |
| Français | étranger, étrangère |
| Deutsch | Fremder, Fremde, Ausländer, Ausländerin, Fremdling |
| Italiano | straniero, straniera |
| Ελληνικά | ξένος xénos, ξένη xéni, αλλοδαπός allodapós, αλλοδαπή allodapí |
| Русский | иностра́нец inostránec, иностра́нка inostránka, чужезе́мец čužezémec, иноро́дец inoródec |
| العربية | أَجْنَبِيّ ʔajnabiyy |
noun newcomer
| 中文 | 新手 xīnshǒu |
|---|---|
| Português | recém-chegado, recém-chegada |
| Deutsch | Fremder, Fremde, Neuling |
| Ελληνικά | νέος néos |
| Русский | новоприбы́вший novopribývšij, прише́лец prišélec |
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title = {stranger},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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