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estrangement

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English

Etymology

Old French estrangement. By surface analysis, estrange + -ment (act, state).

Pronunciation

Noun

estrangement (countable and uncountable, plural estrangements)

  1. The act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation.
  2. The state of being alien; foreign, non-native.

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Middle French

Etymology 1

From estrange + -ment.

Adverb

estrangement

  1. strangely; oddly
Descendants
  • French: étrangement

Etymology 2

From Old French estrangement. Synchronically estranger + -ment.

Noun

estrangement m (plural estrangemens)

  1. estrangement; alienation

Old French

Noun

estrangement oblique singular, m (oblique plural estrangemenz or estrangementz, nominative singular estrangemenz or estrangementz, nominative plural estrangement)

  1. estrangement; alienation

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