estranger

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English estrange

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English estranger

From estrange + -er.

Noun

estranger (plural estrangers)

1. One who estranges.

Synonyms

• alienator

Anagrams

• sergreant, garneters, Gaertners

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French estrangier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əs.tɾəɲˈʒe̞]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [əs.tɾəɲˈʒe]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.tɾaɲˈd͡ʒeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [es.tɾaɲˈʒe]

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Adjective

estranger (feminine estrangera, masculine plural estrangers, feminine plural estrangeres)

1. foreign

Derived terms

• estrangeria

Noun

estranger m or f by sense (plural estrangers)

1. foreigner

   a l'estranger ― abroad

   És a l’estranger. ― He's abroad.

Related terms

• estrany

Further reading

• “estranger”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “estranger”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “estranger” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “estranger”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French estrangier.

Adjective

estranger m (feminine singular estrangere, masculine plural estrangers, feminine plural estrangeres)

1. foreign; not one's own

Noun

estranger m (plural estrangers, feminine singular estrangere, feminine plural estrangeres)

1. foreigner

Descendants

• French: étranger