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/e.tʁɑ̃.ʒe/

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Translation

foreign; foreigner, stranger

Word origin

From Old French estrangier, from estrange ('strange, foreign'), from Latin extraneus ('external, outside'), from extra ('outside'). The same root gives English 'stranger' and 'strange'.

Origin
Latin
Root
extraneus
English cognates
stranger, strange

Grammar

Feminineétrangère
Masc pluralétrangers
Fem pluralétrangères

Examples

couramment.

He speaks three foreign languages fluently.

' .

A stranger asked me for directions in the street.

l' .

She spent a year abroad for her studies.

' .

This face is not entirely unfamiliar to me.

.

Foreigners must show their passport at the border.

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This word is part of lesson 19.