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étranger
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French
Etymology
Inherited 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
Adjective
étranger (feminine étrangère, masculine plural étrangers, feminine plural étrangères)
- foreign
- unacquainted
- Je ne suis pas 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
Noun
étranger m (plural étrangers, feminine étrangère)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Polish: wtranżolić
Further reading
- “étranger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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