estrange

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old French estranger (to treat as a stranger), from Latin extraneus (foreigner, stranger) (from which also English strange, stranger). Also see Spanish: extraño.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ɪˈstreɪndʒ/, /əˈstreɪndʒ/

Verb [edit]

estrange (third-person singular simple present estranges, present participle estranging, simple past and past participle estranged)

  1. (transitive) To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).
  2. (transitive) To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations.

Usage notes [edit]

Largely synonymous with alienate, estrange is primarily used to mean “cut off relations”, particularly in a family setting, while alienate is rather used to refer to driving off (“he alienated her with his atrocious behavior”) or to offend a group (“the imprudent remarks alienated the urban demographic”).

When speaking of a parent being estranged from a child of theirs, disown is frequently used instead, and has a stronger connotation.

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Adjective [edit]

estrange m and f (plural estranges)

  1. strange; odd; bizarre
  2. foreign
    • circa 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
      Si vous alez guerroier en contree estrange
      If you're going to engage in warfare in a foreign country

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Old French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Latin extraneus.

Noun [edit]

estrange m and f

  1. foreign; oversea

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