strange
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[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).
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strange (comparative stranger, superlative strangest)
- Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.
- He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.
- Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
- I moved to a strange town when I was ten.
- 1955, Rex Stout, "The Next Witness", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553249592, pages 48–49:
- She's probably sitting there hoping a couple of strange detectives will drop in.
- (physics) Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
- 2004 Frank Close, Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 93:
- A strange quark is electrically charged, carrying an amount -1/3, as does the down quark.
- 2004 Frank Close, Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 93:
[edit] Synonyms
- (not normal): bizarre, odd, out of the ordinary, peculiar, queer, singular, weird, fremd
- (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
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Terms derived from strange
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[edit] Translations
not normal
not yet part of one’s experience
in quantum mechanics
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Most common English words before 1923: reached · appeared · spoke · #462: strange · force · character · taking
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strange
[edit] Old English
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈstrɑŋɡe/
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strange
- Inflected form of strang
