anomalous

English

Etymology

From Late Latin anōmalos, from Ancient Greek ἀνώμᾰλος (anṓmalos).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈnɑmələs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈnɒmələs/

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• Rhymes: -ɒmələs

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
• anomalousness
• anomalous water

 

Related terms

• anomal
• anomaly

Translations

deviating from the normal

• Asturian: anómalu
• Belarusian: анама́льны (anamálʹny)
• Bulgarian: неправилен (bg) (nepravilen), аномален (anomalen)
• Catalan: anòmal
• Czech: anomální
• Dutch: abnormaal (nl)
• Esperanto: anomalia
• Finnish: poikkeava (fi), epätavallinen (fi)
• French: anormal (fr), anomal (fr)
• Galician: anómalo
• German: unregelmäßig (de), irregulär (de), anomal (de)
• Greek: ανώμαλος (el) (anómalos)

  Ancient: ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos)

• Hungarian: abnormális (hu), visszás (hu)
• Irish: aimhrialta
• Italian: anomalo (it)
• Latin: irrēgulāris, anōmalos
• Persian: ناهنجار‎ (fa) (nâhanjâr)
• Polish: anomalny (pl)
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: anômalo (pt)

  European: anómalo (pt)

• Russian: анома́льный (ru) (anomálʹnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: anomalan
• Spanish: anómalo (es)
• Turkish: anormal (tr), düzgüsüz (tr)
• Ukrainian: анома́льний (uk) (anomálʹnyj)