estrany
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin extrāneus. Cognates include Spanish extraño, Portuguese estranho, French étrange, Romanian străin and Italian strano.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈtɾaɲ]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [esˈtɾaɲ]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: es‧trany
Adjective
estrany (feminine estranya, masculine plural estranys, feminine plural estranyes)
- alien (not part of a particular family, clan, nation, or other social group)
- Antonym: propi
- strange; unknown
- foreign (something that is a place it should not be)
- strange; unusual; odd
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- (alien): extern (“external, not part of”)
Derived terms
Noun
estrany m (plural estranys, feminine estranya, feminine plural estranyes)
- (historical) alien; foreigner
- (historical) stranger
- Synonym: foraster
- chrysanthemum
- Synonym: crisantem
Derived terms
- propis i estranys (“all and sundry”)
Further reading
- “estrany”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007