Complete Definition of "strange"

English
rank|reached|appeared|spoke|462|strange|force|character|taking

Etymology
From OF. estrange, from L. extraneus, a thing outside

Pronunciation
AHD|str�nj, IPA|/streɪnd�/, SAMPA|/streIndZ/
audio|en-us-strange.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
en-adj|strang|er

  1. Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.

#:: He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.

  1. unfamiliar|Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.

#:: I moved to a strange town when I was ten.

  1. physics Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.

#* 2004: A strange quark is electrically charged, carrying an amount -1/3, as does the down quark. � Frank Close, Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2004, p. 93)

Synonyms
italbrac|not normal: bizarre, odd, out of the ordinary, peculiar, queer, singular, weird
italbrac|not part of one's experience: new, unfamiliar, unknown

Antonyms
italbrac|not normal: everyday, normal, regular italbrac|especially US, standard, usual, unsurprising
italbrac|not part of one's experience: familiar, known

Derived terms
for some strange reason
strange as it may seem

strangely
strangeness
stranger things happen at sea, stranger things have happened at sea
strange to say
truth is stranger than fiction

Related terms
estranged
stranger

Translations
trans-top|not normal
Arabic: ARchar|غر�ب unicode|(�arí:b)
Bosnian: t-|bs|neobi�an|m, t-|bs|�udan|m
Bulgarian: ���анен (stranen) m
Catalan: estrany m
Chinese: �� (qíguài)
Crimean Tatar: kucur
Croatian: t-|hr|neobi�an|m, t-|hr|�udan|m
Czech: t-|cs|zvláštní|m
Dutch: t+|nl|vreemd, t+|nl|vreemde, t+|nl|raar, t-|nl|rare
Esperanto: t-|eo|stranga|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: imelik
Finnish: t+|fi|outo, t+|fi|vieras, t+|fi|kummallinen, t-|fi|ihmeellinen
French: t+|fr|étrange|m|f
Frisian: frjemd, frjemde, nuver, nuvere
German: fremd, seltsam, sonderbar, befremdlich
Greek: �α�άξενο� (paraksenos) m, �α�άδοξο� (paradoksos) m, αλλ�κο�ο� (alokotos) m. �ε�ίε�γο� (periergos) m
Hungarian: t-|hu|különös, t-|hu|furcsa
Indonesian: t-|id|aneh|xs=Indonesian
Italian: t+|it|strano|m, t-|it|strana|f
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Japanese: �� (���, hen na), ��� (�����, kimy� na)
Korean: ��� (isanghan)
Kurdish:
Portuguese: estranho m
Romanian: t-|ro|ciudat, t-|ro|straniu, t-|ro|neobi�nuit
Russian: t-|ru|���анн�й|m|trstránnyj|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: coimheach, annasach, neònach
Serbian:

Spanish: t-|es|extraño|m
Swedish: främmande, konstig, underlig
Turkish: t-|tr|garip, t-|tr|tuhaf, t-|tr|yabancı
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trans-top|not yet part of one�s experience
Finnish: t+|fi|outo, t+|fi|tuntematon
French: t+|fr|inconnu|m, t-|fr|inconnue|f
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trans-top|in quantum mechanics
Finnish: t+|fi|outo
German: t+|de|seltsam
Italian: t+|it|strano
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Polish: dziwny
Russian: t-|ru|���анн�й|trstránnyj|scCyrl
Spanish: t-|es|extraño
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ttbc|Hungarian: fura
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Esperanto

Adverb
strange

  1. strangely

Category:Esperanto adverbs

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hu:strange
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