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