strange

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Related terms 1.3.5 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Esperanto 2.1 Adverb 3 Old English 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Middle English strange from Old French estrange, from Latin extraneus, "that which is on the outside". Displaced native Middle English fremd, frempt "strange" (from Old English fremede, fremde).

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: strānj, IPA: /streɪndʒ/, SAMPA: /streIndZ/
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[edit] Adjective

strange (comparative stranger, superlative strangest)

1. Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.

   He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.

2. Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.

   I moved to a strange town when I was ten.

3. (physics) Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
   • 2004: A strange quark is electrically charged, carrying an amount -1/3, as does the down quark. — Frank Close, Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2004, p. 93)

[edit] Synonyms

• (not normal): bizarre, odd, out of the ordinary, peculiar, queer, singular, weird
• (not part of one's experience): new, unfamiliar, unknown
• See also Wikisaurus:strange

[edit] Antonyms

• (not normal): everyday, normal, regular (especially US), standard, usual, unsurprising
• (not part of one's experience): familiar, known

[edit] Derived terms

• for some strange reason
• like a cat in a strange garret
• strange as it may seem
• strangelet
• strange matter
• strange quark
• strangely
• strangeness
• strangeonium
• stranger things happen at sea, stranger things have happened at sea
• strange to say
• truth is stranger than fiction

[edit] Related terms

• estranged
• stranger

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aegnrst
• garnets

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[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Adverb

strange

1. strangely

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈstrɑŋge/

[edit] Adjective

strange

1. Inflected form of strang.