strange en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- strānj
- [stɹeɪnd͡ʒ]
- (US) audio
- /stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āneus Latin extrāneusder. Old French estrange Anglo-Norman estraungebor. Middle English straunge English strange From Middle English straunge, strange, stronge, from Old French estrange, from Latin extrāneus (“that which is on the outside”). Doublet of extraneous and estrange. Cognate with French étrange (“strange, foreign”) and Spanish extraño (“strange, foreign”). Largely displaced native fremd, selcouth, and uncouth, from Old English fremede, seldcūþ, and uncūþ.
Meanings
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Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
Sated at length, ere long I might perceave / Strange alteration in me, to degree / Of Reason in my inward Powers, and Speech / Wanted not long, though to this shape retain’d.
1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 598-601:He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.
I do love nothing in the world so well as you: is not that strange?
1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:When you're strange / Faces come out of the rain / When you're strange / No one remembers your name
1967, Robby Krieger, Jim Morrison, “People Are Strange”, performed by The Doors:
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Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
I moved to a strange town when I was ten.
She's probably sitting there hoping a couple of strange detectives will drop in.
1955 October, Rex Stout, “The Next Witness”, in Three Witnesses, Bantam, published 1994, →ISBN, pages 48–49:[…] here is the hand and seal of the duke: you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you.
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:'I'm sure I should have never mentioned anything of the kind to three strange gentlemen if you hadn't dragged it out of me.'
1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 105:
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(of sex, qualifier:genitals; etc; genitals; etc, slang) Outside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar.
"You just need some strange dick, that's all.” Maureen rolled her eyes and gave her friend an exasperated look. “I'm a married woman, Catty.” “Uh-huh! I knew somethin' like this was goin' to happen after you married Mel."
2014, Mary Monroe, Lost Daughters, Kensington Books, →ISBN:When AIDS and Herpes hit the street Talib stopped fucking with strange pussy and stray pussy. Bitches had a ways to go to match Malikah in bed anyway. With her there was that extra element of real love that heightened sex […]
2006, Black Butch Malone, Streetwise: N.Y. YO, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 47:Arnett might have come to Boston to eat baked beans, get some strange ass, or stick up the First New England Trust, the motive mattered little to him—whatever the boss wanted to do was jake-okay by him. Besides, being on overtime for ...
2009, David Karcher, Winter Kill, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 239:The future mother of his child was not going out and getting laid by some strange dick. He'd tie her to his bed before he let that happen.
2021, Ellis O. Day, The Billionaire's Baby, LSODea, →ISBN:
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(particle) Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
A strange quark is electrically charged, carrying an amount -1/3, as does the down quark.
2004, Frank Close, Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 93:
- Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.
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(obsolete) Belonging to another country; foreign.
How shall we sing the Lords song: in a strange land?
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 137:4:[…] one of the strange queen’s lords.
c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:I could not see the [Russian] Embassador in his coach; but his attendants in their habits and fur caps very handsome, comely men […] But Lord! to see the absurd nature of Englishmen, that cannot forbear laughing and jeering at every thing that looks strange.
1662 December 6 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “November 27th, 1662”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume II, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1893, →OCLC, page 377:I take goyng thither [to Italy], and liuing there, for a yonge ientleman, that doth not goe vnder the kepe and garde of such a man, as both, by wisedome can, and authoritie dare rewle him, to be meruelous dangerous […] not bicause I do contemne, either the knowledge of strange and diuerse tonges, and namelie the Italian tonge […] or else bicause I do despise, the learning that is gotten […]
a. 1569 (date written), Roger Ascham, edited by Margaret Ascham, The Scholemaster: Or Plaine and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Vnderstand, Write, and Speake, the Latin Tong, […], London: […] John Daye, […], published 1570, →OCLC:
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(obsolete) Reserved; distant in deportment.
Good signiors both, when shall we laugh? say, when? / You grow exceeding strange: must it be so?
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee!
1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 19, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC, page 253:
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(obsolete) Backward; slow.
That to his name your barrenneſſe adds rule; / VVho louing the effect, vvould not be ſtrange / In fauoring the cause; looke on the profit, / And gaine vvill quickly point the miſchiefe out.
c. 1607–1621 (date written), [Francis Beaumont; John Fletcher; Philip Massinger], The Tragedy of Thierry King of France, and His Brother Theodoret. […], London: […] [Nicholas Okes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1621, →OCLC, Act III, scene i:
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(obsolete) Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
I know thee well; / But in thy fortunes am unlearn’d and strange.
c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
- Not belonging to one.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stranger | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| strangest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
normal · regular · standard · inevitable · common · intermediate · familiar · usual · moderate · familiar · normal · everyday · known
Deriveds
strange matter · truth is stranger than fiction · strange as it may seem · strangen · strange star · sstrange · strange bedfellow · strangification · strangelet · strange-ass · strange quark · strangify · make strange · unstrange · strangely · strangeonium · bestrange · strange woman · strange fruit · strangeon · strange-horned toad · like a cat in a strange garret · multistrange · strangeness · strange minds think alike · strange to say · fact is stranger than fiction · strangeling · nonstrange · strange bird · sstrange squark
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
unorthodox · eccentric · weird-ass · strange-ass · quirky · gorky
Relateds
estrange · outlier · there's nowt so queer as folk · stranger · estranged · crooked
Synonyms
undiscovered · errant · freakish · queer as a nine bob note · unversed · tramontane · unusual · unrevealed · ignote · out of the ordinary · rummy · fremd · offish · unreasonable · aloof · callow · unexperienced · queer as a clockwork orange · freak · unexplained · anomalous · irregular · ascititious · supplemental · extraordinary · rare · alien · peculiar · unimpressionable · strange · incongruitous · new · unseasoned · uncommon · queer as a coot · unbending · experienceless · intrusive · unfamiliar · quaint · green · queer · queer as a three dollar bill · hankty · weird · distant · weirdsome · undemonstrative · pup · deviant · knownless · abnormal · thorny · eerie · incongruous · uncouth · unrecognized · yampy · funny · hard-to-get · outré · freaky · fresh · curious · outlandish · outlandish · inexperienced · strange · unwonted · kooky · hinky · queer as Dick's hatband · standoffish · fey · acquired · uninvolved · booky · unpracticed · unversed · heteroclite · seld · unfamiliar · strange · new · touch-me-not-ish · adventitious · unknown · alien · uninvestigated · frosty · alien · unconventional · singular · strange · remote · aberrant · unapproachable · punk · unseen · obscure · bizarre · trippy · nonstandard · outlandish · distant · uncanny · as queer as Dick's hatband · fremd · unexpected · quiet · unearthly · strange · raw · discrepant · rum · cool · selcouth · green · foreign · extraneous · exceptional · forby · monstrous · odd · additional · unascertained · unknown · eldritch · unapprehended · standoffish
Translations (327)
li vraemb (not normal) · sh stran (not normal) · lt nepažįstamas (not yet part of one’s experience) · cs divný (not normal) · th แปลก (not normal) · cs cizí (not yet part of one’s experience) · sk cudzí (not yet part of one’s experience) · sv konstig (not normal) · sh inozeman (belonging to another country, foreign) · no sær (in quantum mechanics) · da løjerlig (not normal) · pt estranho (not normal) · zlw-ocs cuzí (not yet part of one’s experience) · sw geni (not normal) · ga iasachta (belonging to another country, foreign) · mi rerekē (not normal) · co stranu (not normal) · sh стран (not normal) · pdt sondaboa (not normal) · oc estranh (not normal) · nl buitenlands (belonging to another country, foreign) · ka უცნაური (not normal) · ga aisteach (not normal) · bn অদ্ভুত (not normal) · lt svetimas (not yet part of one’s experience) · io stranja (not normal) · uk чужи́й (belonging to another country, foreign) · ms gharib (not normal) · id aneh (not normal) · fa عجیب (not normal) · uk ди́вний (not normal) · ru чудно́й (not normal) · es cuático (not normal) · lb gelungen (not normal) · sv främmande (not yet part of one’s experience) · no selsom (not normal) · pdt schnoopich (not normal) · ga saoithiúil (not normal) · ia estranie (not normal) · de fremd (not yet part of one’s experience) · grc ἄτοπος (not normal) · ovd underlin (not normal) · roa-leo estrañu (not normal) · km ចំឡែក (not yet part of one’s experience) · af vreemd (not normal) · fi tuntematon (not yet part of one’s experience) · sh čudan (not normal) · yi מאָדנע (not normal) · ko 경험이 없다 (not yet part of one’s experience) · ckb عەنتیکە (not normal) · mi tupua (not normal) · fy bjuster (not normal) · sh чудноват (not normal) · akk 𒀀𒄷𒌝 (belonging to another country, foreign) · sv egendomlig (not normal) · as আচহুৱা (not normal) · ro ciudat (not normal) · gd annasach (not normal) · fo løgin (not normal) · ga ait (not normal) · izh vastumain (not normal) · ja 変 (not normal) · no rar (not normal) · la ignōtus (not yet part of one’s experience) · vi xa lạ (not yet part of one’s experience) · gl estraño (belonging to another country, foreign) · pt curioso (not normal) · mfe etranz (not normal) · nl strange (in quantum mechanics) · txb alletstse (belonging to another country, foreign) · be чужы́ (belonging to another country, foreign) · lv svešāds (not normal) · sh neobičan (not normal) · cs neznámý (not yet part of one’s experience) · cy rhyfedd (not normal) · fr étrange (not normal) · hi अनूठा (not normal) · ckb سەیر (not normal) · sv sällsam (not normal) · eo stranga (not normal) · ba ғәжәп (not normal) · fur stramp (not normal) · gd coimheach (not normal) · af raar (not normal) · kmr ecêb (not normal) · ga coimhthíoch (not yet part of one’s experience) · mwl stranho (not normal) · ru чужо́й (not yet part of one’s experience) · fy nuver (not normal) · nl onbekend (not yet part of one’s experience) · ca anormal (not normal) · pl niezwyczajny (not normal) · mk чуден (not normal) · hu különleges (not normal) · acw غريب (not normal) · es raro (not normal) · bg чужд (not yet part of one’s experience) · be заме́жны (belonging to another country, foreign) · el περίεργος (not normal) · uk інозе́мний (belonging to another country, foreign) · ar أَجْنَبِيّ (not yet part of one’s experience) · pl nienormalny (not normal) · lb droleg (not normal) · yi פֿרעמד (not normal) · da kuriøs (not normal) · it strano (not normal) · ga aduain (not yet part of one’s experience) · ko 익숙하지 않은 (not yet part of one’s experience) · da sælsom (not normal) · th ประหลาด (not normal) · tr garip (not normal) · ru стра́нный (in quantum mechanics) · sah дьиибэ (not normal) · kk оғаш (not normal) · kk біртүрлі (not normal) · pl dziwny (in quantum mechanics) · fr inconnu (not yet part of one’s experience) · unm wëlelëmi (not normal) · ga coimhthíoch (belonging to another country, foreign) · fi outo (in quantum mechanics) · izh muudra (not normal) · arz عجيب (not normal) · da ejendommelig (not normal) · ast estrañu (not normal) · ru стра́нный (not normal) · nl vreemd (belonging to another country, foreign) · it strano (in quantum mechanics) · sh стран (not yet part of one’s experience) · sv underlig (not normal) · de seltsam (not normal) · vec stranio (not normal) · fi vieras (not yet part of one’s experience) · ang fremde (not yet part of one’s experience) · nl vreemd (not yet part of one’s experience) · ga éagsúlach (not normal) · fi vieras (belonging to another country, foreign) · sh stran (not yet part of one’s experience) · hy տարօրինակ (not normal) · et imelik (not normal) · mr विचित्र (not normal) · lt nepažįstama (not yet part of one’s experience) · gl descoñecido (not yet part of one’s experience) · te విచిత్రమైన (not normal) · egy x:p-p:Y1 (not normal) · bg непознат (not yet part of one’s experience) · haw hilu (not normal) · ur عجیب (not normal) · ms ganjil (not normal) · sv märklig (not normal) · ka საოცარი (not normal) · sv okänd (not yet part of one’s experience) · kmr mat (not normal) · lmo strania (not normal) · ms pelik (not normal) · el παράδοξος (not normal) · de komisch (not normal) · pl dziwny (not normal) · gd coimheach (not yet part of one’s experience) · sh чудан (not normal) · sh čudan (not yet part of one’s experience) · lkt tȟókeča (not normal) · is skrýtinn (not normal) · da sær (not normal) · pt desconhecido (not yet part of one’s experience) · lt svetima (not yet part of one’s experience) · be чужы́ (not yet part of one’s experience) · hu ismeretlen (not yet part of one’s experience) · sk divný (not normal) · es extraño (in quantum mechanics) · de fremd (belonging to another country, foreign) · lij stranu (not normal) · kk бөгде (not yet part of one’s experience) · it anormale (not normal) · tr yadırgatıcı (not normal) · mi tipua (not normal) · nb uvant (not yet part of one’s experience) · sh необичан (not normal) · inc-opa ਬੇਗਾਨਾ (not normal) · gl raro (not normal) · ka უცხო (belonging to another country, foreign) · no sær (not normal) · pl obcy (belonging to another country, foreign) · cs cizí (belonging to another country, foreign) · fi outo (not yet part of one’s experience) · zlw-ocs cuzí (belonging to another country, foreign) · got 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐍃 (not normal) · oc anormal (not normal) · no merkelig (not normal) · de ausländisch (belonging to another country, foreign) · tr tuhaf (not normal) · lt keistas (not normal) · txb alletstse (not normal) · nl vreemd (in quantum mechanics) · sl čuden (not normal) · gl estraño (in quantum mechanics) · la extraneus (not normal) · fa عجیب و غریب (not normal) · pms stran (not normal) · ta விசித்திரமான (not normal) · dsb cuzy (belonging to another country, foreign) · tr yabancı (belonging to another country, foreign) · da mærkelig (not normal) · uk чужи́й (not yet part of one’s experience) · fi outo (not normal) · crh hucur (not normal) · ja 奇妙 (not normal) · hy օտար (not yet part of one’s experience) · mg hafahafa (not normal) · te వింత (not yet part of one’s experience) · ru иностра́нный (belonging to another country, foreign) · sv besynnerlig (not normal) · az qəribə (not normal) · pl osobliwy (not normal) · ar غَرِيب (not normal) · nl uitheems (belonging to another country, foreign) · ar غَرِيب (not yet part of one’s experience) · vo bisarik (not normal) · pt gozado (not normal) · haw haʻohaʻo (not normal) · gl estraño (not normal) · sh čudnovat (not normal) · pt anormal (not normal) · fur strani (not normal) · br iskis (not normal) · el παράξενος (not normal) · pl cudaczny (not normal) · mk необичен (not normal) · kk әпенді (not normal) · cim vrömade (not normal) · sk cudzí (belonging to another country, foreign) · ba сәйер (not normal) · haw ʻē (not normal) · fi vieras (not normal) · ru незнако́мый (not yet part of one’s experience) · ti ዘደንጹ (not normal) · ru чу́ждый (not yet part of one’s experience) · yi משונהדיק (not normal) · acw غريب (not yet part of one’s experience) · cs podivný (not normal) · no ukjent (not yet part of one’s experience) · vec stranbo (not normal) · da besynderlig (not normal) · ast raru (not normal) · uz g’alati (not normal) · ko 낯설다 (not normal) · as আচৰিত (not normal) · chr ᎠᏎᎩ (not normal) · da underlig (not normal) · ru необы́чный (not normal) · ms aneh (not normal) · cs zvláštní (not normal) · lb komesch (not normal) · ko 이상하다 (not normal) · gl estranxeiro (belonging to another country, foreign) · sk neznámy (not yet part of one’s experience) · liv vȭrõz (not normal) · ast anormal (not normal) · bg чуждестранен (belonging to another country, foreign) · gd neònach (not normal) · pdt onbekaunt (not yet part of one’s experience) · gl forasteiro (belonging to another country, foreign) · de seltsam (in quantum mechanics) · cmn 陌生 (not yet part of one’s experience) · hu furcsa (not normal) · bg чужд (belonging to another country, foreign) · kmr sosret (not normal) · pms dròlo (not normal) · lv svešs (not normal) · am ልዩ (not normal) · akk 𒀀𒄷𒌝 (not normal) · lb koppeg (not normal) · hi अजीब (not normal) · hu idegen (not yet part of one’s experience) · acw عجيب (not normal) · grc παράδοξος (not normal) · be незнаёмы (not yet part of one’s experience) · da finurlig (not normal) · sah дьикти (not normal) · gl anormal (not normal) · el αλλόκοτος (not normal) · ro neobișnuit (not normal) · lt keista (not normal) · ca estrany (not normal) · ru чужо́й (belonging to another country, foreign) · de verwunderlich (not normal) · pdt framd (not yet part of one’s experience) · ro nenatural (not normal) · km ប្លែក (not normal) · gv joarree (not normal) · nl vreemd (not normal) · te వింత (not normal) · pl obcy (not yet part of one’s experience) · gl estraño (not yet part of one’s experience) · uk незнайо́мий (not yet part of one’s experience) · fr étranger (belonging to another country, foreign) · sh необичан (not yet part of one’s experience) · ko 이국적인 (belonging to another country, foreign) · vi lạ lùng (not normal) · kmr seyr (not normal) · yi משונה (not normal) · bg стра́нен (not normal) · hu különös (not normal) · sv obekant (not yet part of one’s experience) · fr anormal (not normal) · fy frjemd (not normal) · es extraño (not normal) · fi ihmeellinen (not normal) · et veider (not normal) · lmo strani (not normal) · lv dīvains (not normal) · cim brömade (not yet part of one’s experience) · vi lạ (not normal) · ar عَجِيب (not normal) · sq i çuditshëm (not normal) · pt esquisito (not normal) · fi kummallinen (not normal) · be дзі́ўны (not normal) · he מוּזָר (not normal) · ro straniu (not normal) · da mærkværdig (not normal) · ti ዘይልሙድ (not normal) · de sonderbar (not normal) · ang seldcūþ (not normal) · pms curios (not normal) · nl raar (not normal) · unm chipamàlsi (not normal) · cmn 奇怪 (not normal)