stranger

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
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• General-American: /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/
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• rhymes with -eɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: S T R EY1 N JH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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 Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Old French estrangierbor. Middle English straunger English stranger 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”).

237 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: huaj — person whom one does not know
• Arabic: غَرِيب (ḡarīb) — person whom one does not know
• Arabic: غَرِيبَة (ḡarība) — person whom one does not know
• Armenian: անծանոթ (ancanotʻ) — person whom one does not know
• Basque: arrotz — person whom one does not know
• Belarusian: незнаёмец (njeznajómjec) — person whom one does not know
• Belarusian: незнаёмка (njeznajómka) — person whom one does not know
• Belarusian: чужы́ (čužý) — person whom one does not know
• Bhojpuri: अजनबी (ajanəbī) — person whom one does not know
• Bulgarian: непозна́т (nepoznát) — person whom one does not know
• Catalan: desconegut — person whom one does not know
• Chinese Mandarin: 陌生人 (mòshēngrén) — person whom one does not know
• Czech: neznámý — person whom one does not know
• Czech: cizinec — person whom one does not know
• Danish: fremmed — person whom one does not know
• Dutch: vreemde — person whom one does not know
• Dutch: vreemdeling — person whom one does not know
• Dutch: vreemdelinge — person whom one does not know
• Esperanto: nekonato — person whom one does not know
• Finnish: tuntematon — person whom one does not know
• Finnish: vieras — person whom one does not know
• French: inconnu — person whom one does not know
• French: inconnue — person whom one does not know
• Georgian: უცხო (ucxo) — person whom one does not know
• Georgian: უცნობი (ucnobi) — person whom one does not know
• German: Fremder — person whom one does not know
• German: Fremde — person whom one does not know
• German: Fremdling — person whom one does not know
• German: Fremdlingin — person whom one does not know
• Greek: ξένος (xénos) — person whom one does not know
• Greek: άγνωστος (ágnostos) — person whom one does not know
• Ancient Greek: ξένος (xénos) — person whom one does not know
• Hindi: अजनबी (ajnabī) — person whom one does not know
• Hungarian: idegen — person whom one does not know
• Irish: strainséir — person whom one does not know
• Italian: sconosciuto — person whom one does not know
• Italian: straniero — person whom one does not know
• Italian: straniera — person whom one does not know
• Japanese: 知らない人 (shiranai hito) — person whom one does not know
• Japanese: 見ず知らず (mizushirazu) — person whom one does not know
• Kikuyu: mũgeni — person whom one does not know
• Korean: 낯선 사람 (natseon saram) — person whom one does not know
• Latin: advena — person whom one does not know
• Latin: extrāneus — person whom one does not know
• Latin: aliēnus — person whom one does not know
• Lutuv: khyche — person whom one does not know
• Macedonian: незнајник (neznajnik) — person whom one does not know
• Macedonian: незнаник (neznanik) — person whom one does not know
• Macedonian: туѓинец (tuǵinec) — person whom one does not know
• Malayalam: അപരിചിതൻ (aparicitaṉ) — person whom one does not know
• Middle English: straunger — person whom one does not know
• Middle English: alien — person whom one does not know
• Norwegian Bokmål: fremmed — person whom one does not know
• Old English: fremde — person whom one does not know
• Persian: غریبه (ġaribe) — person whom one does not know
• Persian: اجنبی (ajnabi) — person whom one does not know
• Polish: obcy — person whom one does not know
• Polish: nieznajomy — person whom one does not know
• Polish: nieznajoma — person whom one does not know
• Portuguese: estranho — person whom one does not know
• Portuguese: estranha — person whom one does not know
• Romanian: străin — person whom one does not know
• Romanian: străină — person whom one does not know
• Russian: незнако́мец (neznakómec) — person whom one does not know
• Russian: незнако́мка (neznakómka) — person whom one does not know
• Russian: чужо́й (čužój) — person whom one does not know
• Russian: посторо́нний (postorónnij) — person whom one does not know
• Russian: чужа́к (čužák) — person whom one does not know
• Northern Sami: guossi — person whom one does not know
• Scottish Gaelic: coimheach — person whom one does not know
• Scottish Gaelic: coigreach — person whom one does not know
• Serbo-Croatian: стра́нац — person whom one does not know
• Serbo-Croatian: стра̏нкиња — person whom one does not know
• Serbo-Croatian: stránac — person whom one does not know
• Serbo-Croatian: strȁnkinja — person whom one does not know
• Sicilian: scanusciutu — person whom one does not know
• Sicilian: stranu — person whom one does not know
• Sicilian: strana — person whom one does not know
• Slovak: cudzinec — person whom one does not know
• Slovene: neznanec — person whom one does not know
• Slovene: neznanka — person whom one does not know
• Slovene: tujec — person whom one does not know
• Slovene: tujka — person whom one does not know
• Spanish: extraño — person whom one does not know
• Spanish: extraña — person whom one does not know
• Spanish: desconocido — person whom one does not know
• Spanish: desconocida — person whom one does not know
• Swedish: främling — person whom one does not know
• Tajik: аҷнабӣ (ajnabi) — person whom one does not know
• Tajik: ғариб (ġarib) — person whom one does not know
• Tocharian B: laukito — person whom one does not know
• Tumbuka: mlendo — person whom one does not know
• Turkish: yabancı — person whom one does not know
• Ottoman Turkish: یابانجی (yabancı) — person whom one does not know
• Ukrainian: незнайо́мець (neznajómecʹ) — person whom one does not know
• Ukrainian: незнайо́мка (neznajómka) — person whom one does not know
• Ukrainian: чужи́нець (čužýnecʹ) — person whom one does not know
• Ukrainian: чужи́нка (čužýnka) — person whom one does not know
• Ukrainian: чужи́й (čužýj) — person whom one does not know
• Urdu: اجنبی (ajnabī) — person whom one does not know
• Vietnamese: người lạ — person whom one does not know
• Welsh: dieithryn — person whom one does not know
• Arabic: أَجْنَبِيّ (ʔajnabiyy) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Armenian: օտարական (ōtarakan) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Belarusian: іншазе́мец (inšazjémjec) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Belarusian: іншазе́мка (inšazjémka) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Belarusian: чужазе́мец (čužazjémjec) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Belarusian: чужазе́мка (čužazjémka) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Bulgarian: чуждене́ц (čuždenéc) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Bulgarian: чужденка́ (čuždenká) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Catalan: foraster — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Catalan: forastera — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Catalan: estranger — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Catalan: estrangera — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Chinese Mandarin: 外國人 /外国人 (wàiguórén) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Czech: cizinec — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Czech: cizozemec — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Danish: udlænding — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Danish: fremmed — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Dutch: buitenlander — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Dutch: buitenlandse — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Dutch: vreemdeling — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Dutch: vreemdelinge — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Esperanto: eksterlandano — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Esperanto: alilandano — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Esperanto: alilandulo — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Esperanto: fremdulo — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Faroese: útlendingur — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Finnish: muukalainen — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• French: étranger — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• French: étrangère — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Georgian: უცხოელი (ucxoeli) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• German: Fremder — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• German: Fremde — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• German: Ausländer — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• German: Ausländerin — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• German: Fremdling — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Greek: ξένος (xénos) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Greek: ξένη (xéni) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Greek: αλλοδαπός (allodapós) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Greek: αλλοδαπή (allodapí) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Ancient Greek: ξένος (xénos) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Hindi: विदेशी (videśī) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Hindi: अन्यदेशीय (anyadeśīya) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Hindi: परदेशी (pardeśī) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Hungarian: idegenek — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Icelandic: útlendingur — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Ido: stranjero — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Ido: stranjerulo — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Ido: stranjerino — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Indonesian: orang asing — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Irish: strainséir — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Italian: straniero — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Italian: straniera — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Japanese: 外国人 (gaikokujin) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Japanese: 外人 (gaijin) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Korean: 외국인 (oegugin) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Korean: 이국인 (igugin) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Latin: extrāneus — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Latin: extrānea — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Latin: hospes — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Lutuv: khyche — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Macedonian: странец (stranec) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Macedonian: туѓинец (tuǵinec) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Māori: tautangata — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Māori: pūtere — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Māori: uakoau — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Middle English: stranger — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Middle English: alien — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Norwegian Bokmål: utlending — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utlending — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Persian: خارجی (xâreji) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Persian: اجنبی (ajnabi) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Polish: cudzoziemiec — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Polish: cudzoziemka — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Portuguese: estrangeiro — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Portuguese: estrangeira — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Portuguese: forasteiro — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Russian: иностра́нец (inostránec) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Russian: иностра́нка (inostránka) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Russian: чужезе́мец (čužezémec) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Russian: иноро́дец (inoródec) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Sango: wandê — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Scottish Gaelic: coimheach — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Scottish Gaelic: coigreach — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Serbo-Croatian: стра́нац — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Serbo-Croatian: стра̏нкиња — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Serbo-Croatian: туђи́нац — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Serbo-Croatian: stránac — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Serbo-Croatian: strȁnkinja — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Serbo-Croatian: tuđínac — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Sicilian: furisteri — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Sicilian: stranu — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Slovak: cudzinec — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Slovak: cudzinka — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Slovene: tujec — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Slovene: tujka — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Spanish: forastero — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Spanish: forastera — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Spanish: extranjero — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Spanish: extranjera — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Swahili: mgeni — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Swedish: utlänning — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Swedish: främling — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Tajik: хориҷӣ (xoriji) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Tajik: аҷнабӣ (ajnabi) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Thai: ฝรั่ง (fà-ràng) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Turkish: yabancı — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Ottoman Turkish: یابانجی (yabancı) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Ukrainian: інозе́мець (inozémecʹ) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Ukrainian: інозе́мка (inozémka) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Urdu: پردیشی (pardeśī) — outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner
• Armenian: նորեկ (norek) — newcomer
• Chinese Mandarin: 新手 (xīnshǒu) — newcomer
• Danish: fremmed — newcomer
• Finnish: tulokas — newcomer
• German: Fremder — newcomer
• German: Fremde — newcomer
• German: Neuling — newcomer
• Greek: νέος (néos) — newcomer
• Latin: advena — newcomer
• Macedonian: новодојденец (novodojdenec) — newcomer
• Macedonian: дојденец (dojdenec) — newcomer
• Māori: uakoau — newcomer
• Polish: przybysz — newcomer
• Polish: przybyszka — newcomer
• Portuguese: recém-chegado — newcomer
• Portuguese: recém-chegada — newcomer
• Russian: новоприбы́вший (novopribývšij) — newcomer
• Russian: прише́лец (prišélec) — newcomer
• Scottish Gaelic: coigreach — newcomer
• Serbo-Croatian: prìdošlica — newcomer
• Serbo-Croatian: dòšljāk — newcomer
• Serbo-Croatian: došljàkinja — newcomer
• Swedish: främling — newcomer
• Swedish: nykomling — newcomer
• Portuguese: sumido — one who has not been seen for a long time