étranger
/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.
passeport frontière.
Foreigners must show their passport at the border.
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