anomalous

English

Etymology

From Late Latin anomalus

Pronunciation

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Adjective

anomalous (comparative more anomalous, superlative most anomalous)

1. Deviating from the normal; marked by incongruity or contradiction; aberrant or abnormal.
2. Of uncertain or unknown categorization; strange.
3. Having anomalies.

Derived terms

• anomalously

Related terms

• anomal
• anomaly

Translations

deviating from the normal

• Bulgarian: неправилен (bg) (nepravilen), аномален (anomalen)
• Catalan: anòmal
• Dutch: abnormaal (nl)
• Esperanto: anomalia
• Finnish: poikkeava (fi), epätavallinen (fi)
• French: anormal (fr), anomal (fr)
• Galician: anómalo m
• German: unregelmäßig (de), irregulär (de), anomal (de)

• Greek: ανώμαλος (el) (anómalos)

  Ancient: ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos)

• Hungarian: abnormális (hu), visszás (hu)
• Irish: aimhrialta
• Latin: irrēgulāris, anōmalos
• Persian: ناهنجار‎‎ (fa) (nâhanjâr)
• Portuguese: anómalo (pt) (Portugal), anômalo (pt) (Brazil)
• Serbo-Croatian: anomalan
• Spanish: anómalo (es)