estrangement
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Old French estrangement, corresponding to estrange + -ment (“act, state”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪsˈtɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun[edit]
estrangement (countable and uncountable, plural estrangements)
- The act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation.
- The state of being alien; foreign, non-native.
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Translations[edit]
the act of alienating
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the state of being alien
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Middle French[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adverb[edit]
estrangement
Descendants[edit]
- French: étrangement
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old French estrangement. Synchronically estranger + -ment.
Noun[edit]
estrangement m (plural estrangemens)
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
estrangement oblique singular, m (oblique plural estrangemenz or estrangementz, nominative singular estrangemenz or estrangementz, nominative plural estrangement)
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