étranger
French
Etymology
From Middle French estranger, from Old French estrangier, from estrange + -ier, equivalent to modern French étrange + -er. Cf. also Vulgar Latin *extraneārius, Italian straniero, Portuguese estrangeiro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.tʁɑ̃.ʒe/
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Adjective
étranger (feminine singular étrangère, masculine plural étrangers, feminine plural étrangères)
- foreign
- unacquainted
- Je ne suis étranger aux crises d'angoisse. – I'm not immune to anxiety attacks.
- Je ne suis pas étranger à cette discipline. – I'm well acquainted with that subject.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “étranger” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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