strange

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• strānj
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• /stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/
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• [ʃtɹeɪnd͡ʒ]
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h1eǵhsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āneus Latin extrāneusder. Old French estrange Anglo-Norman estraungebor. Middle English straunge English strange From Middle English straunge, strange, stronge, from Old French estrange, from Latin extrāneus (“that which is on the outside”). Doublet of extraneous and estrange. Cognate with French étrange (“strange, foreign”) and Spanish extraño (“strange, foreign”). Largely displaced native fremd, selcouth, and uncouth, from Old English fremede, seldcūþ, and uncūþ.

327 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: vreemd — not normal
• Afrikaans: raar — not normal
• Akkadian: 𒀀𒄷𒌝 (aḫûm) — not normal
• Albanian: i çuditshëm — not normal
• Amharic: ልዩ (ləyu) — not normal
• Arabic: غَرِيب (ḡarīb) — not normal
• Arabic: عَجِيب (ʕajīb) — not normal
• Arabic: عجيب (ʕagīb) — not normal
• Arabic: غريب (ḡarīb) — not normal
• Arabic: عجيب (ʕajīb) — not normal
• Armenian: տարօրինակ (tarōrinak) — not normal
• Assamese: আচহুৱা (asohua) — not normal
• Assamese: আচৰিত (asorit) — not normal
• Asturian: raru — not normal
• Asturian: estrañu — not normal
• Asturian: anormal — not normal
• Azerbaijani: qəribə — not normal
• Bashkir: сәйер (səyer) — not normal
• Bashkir: ғәжәп (ğəjəp) — not normal
• Belarusian: дзі́ўны (dzíwny) — not normal
• Bengali: অদ্ভুত (odbhut) — not normal
• Breton: iskis — not normal
• Bulgarian: стра́нен (stránen) — not normal
• Catalan: estrany — not normal
• Catalan: anormal — not normal
• Cherokee: ᎠᏎᎩ (asegi) — not normal
• Chinese Mandarin: 奇怪 (qíguài) — not normal
• Cimbrian: vrömade — not normal
• Corsican: stranu — not normal
• Crimean Tatar: hucur — not normal
• Czech: zvláštní — not normal
• Czech: divný — not normal
• Czech: podivný — not normal
• Danish: underlig — not normal
• Danish: ejendommelig — not normal
• Danish: besynderlig — not normal
• Danish: mærkelig — not normal
• Danish: sær — not normal
• Danish: kuriøs — not normal
• Danish: sælsom — not normal
• Danish: mærkværdig — not normal
• Danish: løjerlig — not normal
• Danish: finurlig — not normal
• Dutch: vreemd — not normal
• Dutch: raar — not normal
• Egyptian: x:p-p:Y1 (ḫpp) — not normal
• Elfdalian: underlin — not normal
• Esperanto: stranga — not normal
• Estonian: imelik — not normal
• Estonian: veider — not normal
• Faroese: løgin — not normal
• Finnish: outo — not normal
• Finnish: vieras — not normal
• Finnish: kummallinen — not normal
• Finnish: ihmeellinen — not normal
• French: étrange — not normal
• French: anormal — not normal
• West-Frisian: frjemd — not normal
• West-Frisian: nuver — not normal
• West-Frisian: bjuster — not normal
• Friulian: stramp — not normal
• Friulian: strani — not normal
• Galician: estraño — not normal
• Galician: raro — not normal
• Galician: anormal — not normal
• Georgian: უცნაური (ucnauri) — not normal
• Georgian: საოცარი (saocari) — not normal
• German: seltsam — not normal
• German: sonderbar — not normal
• German: komisch — not normal
• German: verwunderlich — not normal
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐍃 (aljakuns) — not normal
• Greek: παράξενος (paráxenos) — not normal
• Greek: παράδοξος (parádoxos) — not normal
• Greek: αλλόκοτος (allókotos) — not normal
• Greek: περίεργος (períergos) — not normal
• Ancient Greek: ἄτοπος (átopos) — not normal
• Ancient Greek: παράδοξος (parádoxos) — not normal
• Hawaiian: ʻē — not normal
• Hawaiian: haʻohaʻo — not normal
• Hawaiian: hilu — not normal
• Hebrew: מוּזָר (muzár) — not normal
• Hindi: अजीब (ajīb) — not normal
• Hindi: अनूठा (anūṭhā) — not normal
• Hungarian: különös — not normal
• Hungarian: furcsa — not normal
• Hungarian: különleges — not normal
• Icelandic: skrýtinn — not normal
• Ido: stranja — not normal
• Indonesian: aneh — not normal
• Ingrian: muudra — not normal
• Ingrian: vastumain — not normal
• Interlingua: estranie — not normal
• Irish: aisteach — not normal
• Irish: ait — not normal
• Irish: éagsúlach — not normal
• Irish: saoithiúil — not normal
• Italian: strano — not normal
• Italian: anormale — not normal
• Japanese: 変 (hen) — not normal
• Japanese: 奇妙 (kimyō) — not normal
• Kazakh: әпенді (äpendı) — not normal
• Kazakh: біртүрлі (bırtürlı) — not normal
• Kazakh: оғаш (oğaş) — not normal
• Khmer: ប្លែក (plaek) — not normal
• Korean: 이상하다 (isanghada) — not normal
• Korean: 낯설다 (natseolda) — not normal
• Central Kurdish: عەنتیکە ('entîke) — not normal
• Central Kurdish: سەیر (seyr) — not normal
• Northern Kurdish: ecêb — not normal
• Northern Kurdish: seyr — not normal
• Northern Kurdish: sosret — not normal
• Northern Kurdish: mat — not normal
• Lakota: tȟókeča — not normal
• Latin: extraneus — not normal
• Latvian: svešs — not normal
• Latvian: dīvains — not normal
• Latvian: svešāds — not normal
• Leonese: estrañu — not normal
• Ligurian: stranu — not normal
• Limburgish: vraemb — not normal
• Lithuanian: keistas — not normal
• Lithuanian: keista — not normal
• Livonian: vȭrõz — not normal
• Lombard: strani — not normal
• Lombard: strania — not normal
• Luxembourgish: gelungen — not normal
• Luxembourgish: koppeg — not normal
• Luxembourgish: droleg — not normal
• Luxembourgish: komesch — not normal
• Macedonian: чуден (čuden) — not normal
• Macedonian: необичен (neobičen) — not normal
• Malagasy: hafahafa — not normal
• Malay: aneh — not normal
• Malay: ganjil — not normal
• Malay: pelik — not normal
• Malay: gharib — not normal
• Manx: joarree — not normal
• Māori: rerekē — not normal
• Māori: tipua — not normal
• Māori: tupua — not normal
• Marathi: विचित्र (vicitra) — not normal
• Mauritian Creole: etranz — not normal
• Mirandese: stranho — not normal
• Norwegian: merkelig — not normal
• Norwegian: sær — not normal
• Norwegian: rar — not normal
• Norwegian: selsom — not normal
• Occitan: estranh — not normal
• Occitan: anormal — not normal
• Old English: seldcūþ — not normal
• Persian: عجیب ('ajib) — not normal
• Persian: عجیب و غریب ('ajib-o-ġarib) — not normal
• Piedmontese: stran — not normal
• Piedmontese: curios — not normal
• Piedmontese: dròlo — not normal
• Plautdietsch: schnoopich — not normal
• Plautdietsch: sondaboa — not normal
• Polish: dziwny — not normal
• Polish: nienormalny — not normal
• Polish: cudaczny — not normal
• Polish: niezwyczajny — not normal
• Polish: osobliwy — not normal
• Portuguese: estranho — not normal
• Portuguese: esquisito — not normal
• Portuguese: anormal — not normal
• Portuguese: curioso — not normal
• Portuguese: gozado — not normal
• Old Punjabi: ਬੇਗਾਨਾ (begānā) — not normal
• Romanian: ciudat — not normal
• Romanian: straniu — not normal
• Romanian: neobișnuit — not normal
• Romanian: nenatural — not normal
• Russian: стра́нный (stránnyj) — not normal
• Russian: чудно́й (čudnój) — not normal
• Russian: необы́чный (neobýčnyj) — not normal
• Scottish Gaelic: annasach — not normal
• Scottish Gaelic: neònach — not normal
• Scottish Gaelic: coimheach — not normal
• Serbo-Croatian: необичан — not normal
• Serbo-Croatian: чудан — not normal
• Serbo-Croatian: чудноват — not normal
• Serbo-Croatian: стран — not normal
• Serbo-Croatian: neobičan — not normal
• Serbo-Croatian: čudan — not normal
• Serbo-Croatian: čudnovat — not normal
• Serbo-Croatian: stran — not normal
• Slovak: divný — not normal
• Slovene: čuden — not normal
• Spanish: extraño — not normal
• Spanish: raro — not normal
• Spanish: cuático — not normal
• Swahili: geni — not normal
• Swedish: konstig — not normal
• Swedish: underlig — not normal
• Swedish: sällsam — not normal
• Swedish: märklig — not normal
• Swedish: egendomlig — not normal
• Swedish: besynnerlig — not normal
• Tamil: விசித்திரமான (vicittiramāṉa) — not normal
• Telugu: వింత (vinta) — not normal
• Telugu: విచిత్రమైన (vicitramaina) — not normal
• Thai: แปลก (bplɛ̀ɛk) — not normal
• Thai: ประหลาด (bprà-làat) — not normal
• Tigrinya: ዘይልሙድ (zäyləmud) — not normal
• Tigrinya: ዘደንጹ (zädänṣu) — not normal
• Tocharian B: alletstse — not normal
• Turkish: garip — not normal
• Turkish: tuhaf — not normal
• Turkish: yadırgatıcı — not normal
• Ukrainian: ди́вний (dývnyj) — not normal
• Unami: chipamàlsi — not normal
• Unami: wëlelëmi — not normal
• Urdu: عجیب (ajīb) — not normal
• Uzbek: g’alati — not normal
• Venetan: stranio — not normal
• Venetan: stranbo — not normal
• Vietnamese: lạ lùng — not normal
• Vietnamese: lạ — not normal
• Volapük: bisarik — not normal
• Welsh: rhyfedd — not normal
• Yakut: дьиибэ (jiibe) — not normal
• Yakut: дьикти (jikti) — not normal
• Yiddish: פֿרעמד (fremd) — not normal
• Yiddish: מאָדנע (modne) — not normal
• Yiddish: משונהדיק (mshunhdik) — not normal
• Yiddish: משונה (meshoyne) — not normal
• Arabic: أَجْنَبِيّ (ʔajnabiyy) — not yet part of one’s experience
• Arabic: غَرِيب (ḡarīb) — not yet part of one’s experience
• Arabic: غريب (ḡarīb) — not yet part of one’s experience
• Armenian: օտար (ōtar) — not yet part of one’s experience
• Belarusian: чужы́ (čužý) — not yet part of one’s experience
• Belarusian: незнаёмы (njeznajómy) — not yet part of one’s experience
• Bulgarian: чужд (čužd) — not yet part of one’s experience
• Bulgarian: непознат (nepoznat) — not yet part of one’s experience
• Chinese Mandarin: 陌生 (mòshēng) — not yet part of one’s experience
• Cimbrian: brömade — not yet part of one’s experience
• Czech: cizí — not yet part of one’s experience
• Czech: neznámý — not yet part of one’s experience
• Old Czech: cuzí — not yet part of one’s experience
• Dutch: vreemd — not yet part of one’s experience
• Dutch: onbekend — not yet part of one’s experience
• Finnish: outo — not yet part of one’s experience
• Finnish: tuntematon — not yet part of one’s experience
• Finnish: vieras — not yet part of one’s experience
• French: inconnu — not yet part of one’s experience
• Galician: descoñecido — not yet part of one’s experience
• Galician: estraño — not yet part of one’s experience
• German: fremd — not yet part of one’s experience
• Hungarian: ismeretlen — not yet part of one’s experience
• Hungarian: idegen — not yet part of one’s experience
• Irish: aduain — not yet part of one’s experience
• Irish: coimhthíoch — not yet part of one’s experience
• Kazakh: бөгде (bögde) — not yet part of one’s experience
• Khmer: ចំឡែក (cɑmlaek) — not yet part of one’s experience
• Korean: 경험이 없다 (gyeongheomi eopda) — not yet part of one’s experience
• Korean: 익숙하지 않은 (iksukhaji aneun) — not yet part of one’s experience
• Latin: ignōtus — not yet part of one’s experience
• Lithuanian: svetimas — not yet part of one’s experience
• Lithuanian: svetima — not yet part of one’s experience
• Lithuanian: nepažįstamas — not yet part of one’s experience
• Lithuanian: nepažįstama — not yet part of one’s experience
• Norwegian: ukjent — not yet part of one’s experience
• Norwegian Bokmål: uvant — not yet part of one’s experience
• Old English: fremde — not yet part of one’s experience
• Plautdietsch: framd — not yet part of one’s experience
• Plautdietsch: onbekaunt — not yet part of one’s experience
• Polish: obcy — not yet part of one’s experience
• Portuguese: desconhecido — not yet part of one’s experience
• Russian: чужо́й (čužój) — not yet part of one’s experience
• Russian: незнако́мый (neznakómyj) — not yet part of one’s experience
• Russian: чу́ждый (čúždyj) — not yet part of one’s experience
• Scottish Gaelic: coimheach — not yet part of one’s experience
• Serbo-Croatian: стран — not yet part of one’s experience
• Serbo-Croatian: необичан — not yet part of one’s experience
• Serbo-Croatian: stran — not yet part of one’s experience
• Serbo-Croatian: čudan — not yet part of one’s experience
• Slovak: cudzí — not yet part of one’s experience
• Slovak: neznámy — not yet part of one’s experience
• Swedish: främmande — not yet part of one’s experience
• Swedish: okänd — not yet part of one’s experience
• Swedish: obekant — not yet part of one’s experience
• Telugu: వింత (vinta) — not yet part of one’s experience
• Ukrainian: чужи́й (čužýj) — not yet part of one’s experience
• Ukrainian: незнайо́мий (neznajómyj) — not yet part of one’s experience
• Vietnamese: xa lạ — not yet part of one’s experience
• Dutch: strange — in quantum mechanics
• Dutch: vreemd — in quantum mechanics
• Finnish: outo — in quantum mechanics
• Galician: estraño — in quantum mechanics
• German: seltsam — in quantum mechanics
• Italian: strano — in quantum mechanics
• Norwegian: sær — in quantum mechanics
• Polish: dziwny — in quantum mechanics
• Russian: стра́нный (stránnyj) — in quantum mechanics
• Spanish: extraño — in quantum mechanics
• Akkadian: 𒀀𒄷𒌝 (aḫûm) — belonging to another country, foreign
• Belarusian: заме́жны (zamjéžny) — belonging to another country, foreign
• Belarusian: чужы́ (čužý) — belonging to another country, foreign
• Bulgarian: чужд (čužd) — belonging to another country, foreign
• Bulgarian: чуждестранен (čuždestranen) — belonging to another country, foreign
• Czech: cizí — belonging to another country, foreign
• Old Czech: cuzí — belonging to another country, foreign
• Dutch: vreemd — belonging to another country, foreign
• Dutch: buitenlands — belonging to another country, foreign
• Dutch: uitheems — belonging to another country, foreign
• Finnish: vieras — belonging to another country, foreign
• French: étranger — belonging to another country, foreign
• Galician: estraño — belonging to another country, foreign
• Galician: forasteiro — belonging to another country, foreign
• Galician: estranxeiro — belonging to another country, foreign
• Georgian: უცხო (ucxo) — belonging to another country, foreign
• German: ausländisch — belonging to another country, foreign
• German: fremd — belonging to another country, foreign
• Irish: iasachta — belonging to another country, foreign
• Irish: coimhthíoch — belonging to another country, foreign
• Korean: 이국적인 (igukjeog-in) — belonging to another country, foreign
• Polish: obcy — belonging to another country, foreign
• Russian: иностра́нный (inostránnyj) — belonging to another country, foreign
• Russian: чужо́й (čužój) — belonging to another country, foreign
• Serbo-Croatian: inozeman — belonging to another country, foreign
• Slovak: cudzí — belonging to another country, foreign
• Lower Sorbian: cuzy — belonging to another country, foreign
• Tocharian B: alletstse — belonging to another country, foreign
• Turkish: yabancı — belonging to another country, foreign
• Ukrainian: інозе́мний (inozémnyj) — belonging to another country, foreign
• Ukrainian: чужи́й (čužýj) — belonging to another country, foreign