estraneo
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin extrāneus (“external, foreign; strange”), whence also Italian strano (an inherited doublet).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
estraneo (feminine estranea, masculine plural estranei, feminine plural estranee) (a)
- extraneous or foreign (to)
- Synonyms: alieno, sconosciuto, straniero, forestiero, avulso
- Antonyms: familiare, casalingo
- una persona estranea al nostro paese
- a person foreign to our country
- unrelated (to), unconnected (with)
- Antonyms: pertinente, inerente, attinente
- estraneo all'argomento ― unrelated to the topic
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
estraneo m (plural estranei, feminine estranea)
- outsider, stranger
- Synonyms: sconosciuto, forestiero
- Antonyms: familiare, consanguineo, intimo
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- estraneo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana