alienate

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• /ˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪt/
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From Middle English alienat(e) (“deranged; uncertain; sequestred, secluded”), from Latin aliēnātus, perfect passive participle of aliēnō (“to estrange, alienate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from aliēnus. By surface analysis, alien + -ate. See alien, and compare aliene.

From a substantivation of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Cognate with French aliéner (“a crazed, mad man, lunatic”).

Either from the above adjective or directly borrowed from Latin alienātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Cognate with French aliéner.

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: alienar — to convey or transfer
• Czech: převést — to convey or transfer
• Dutch: vervreemden — to convey or transfer
• Finnish: siirtää — to convey or transfer
• French: aliéner — to convey or transfer
• Galician: allear — to convey or transfer
• German: entfremden — to convey or transfer
• Italian: alienare — to convey or transfer
• Italian: cedere — to convey or transfer
• Italian: vendere — to convey or transfer
• Italian: trasferire — to convey or transfer
• Latvian: atsavināt — to convey or transfer
• Macedonian: о́туѓи (ótuǵi) — to convey or transfer
• Māori: whakarere rawa — to convey or transfer
• Norwegian: fremmedgjøre — to convey or transfer
• Polish: alienować — to convey or transfer
• Portuguese: alienar — to convey or transfer
• Russian: отчужда́ть (otčuždátʹ) — to convey or transfer
• Russian: отчуди́ть (otčudítʹ) — to convey or transfer
• Spanish: alienar — to convey or transfer
• Spanish: enajenar — to convey or transfer
• Ukrainian: відчу́жувати (vidčúžuvaty) — to convey or transfer
• Ukrainian: відчу́жити (vidčúžyty) — to convey or transfer
• Catalan: alienar — to estrange
• Chinese Mandarin: 疏遠 /疏远 (shūyuǎn) — to estrange
• Czech: odcizit — to estrange
• Czech: odtrhnout — to estrange
• Czech: znepřátelit si — to estrange
• Danish: fremmedgøre — to estrange
• Dutch: vervreemden — to estrange
• Esperanto: fremdigi — to estrange
• Faroese: styggja frá sær — to estrange
• Finnish: vieraannuttaa — to estrange
• French: aliéner — to estrange
• Galician: alienar — to estrange
• German: befremden — to estrange
• German: entfremden — to estrange
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (framaþjan) — to estrange
• Greek: αποξενώνω (apoxenóno) — to estrange
• Hebrew: ניכר (nikér) — to estrange
• Italian: estraniarsi — to estrange
• Italian: allontanarsi — to estrange
• Japanese: 疎む (utomu) — to estrange
• Japanese: 疎んじる (utonjiru) — to estrange
• Japanese: 疎外する (sogai suru) — to estrange
• Japanese: 仲間外れにする (nakamahazure ni suru) — to estrange
• Japanese: ハブにする (habu ni suru) — to estrange
• Latin: aliēnō — to estrange
• Latin: abaliēnō — to estrange
• Latvian: atsvešināt — to estrange
• Macedonian: о́туѓи (ótuǵi) — to estrange
• Maltese: barra — to estrange
• Māori: whakakaikiri — to estrange
• Norwegian Bokmål: fremmedgjøre — to estrange
• Old English: āfremdan — to estrange
• Polish: alienować — to estrange
• Polish: wyalienować — to estrange
• Polish: zalienować — to estrange
• Portuguese: alienar — to estrange
• Russian: отчужда́ть (otčuždátʹ) — to estrange
• Russian: отчуди́ть (otčudítʹ) — to estrange
• Russian: отвраща́ть (otvraščátʹ) — to estrange
• Russian: отврати́ть (otvratítʹ) — to estrange
• Russian: отдаля́ть (otdaljátʹ) — to estrange
• Russian: отдали́ть (otdalítʹ) — to estrange
• Sicilian: allianari — to estrange
• Spanish: alienar — to estrange
• Spanish: enajenar — to estrange
• Ukrainian: відчу́жувати (vidčúžuvaty) — to estrange
• Ukrainian: відчу́жити (vidčúžyty) — to estrange