Stranger — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

an individual that one is not acquainted with

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/stɹˈeɪndʒɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/stɹˈeɪndʒə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/stɹˈeɪndʒə/

2 syllables Say it as /stɹˈeɪndʒɚ/.

Examples

a strange exaltation that was indefinable
a strange fantastical mind
what a strange sense of humor she has

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

unknown strange foreign alien unusual

Antonyms

familiar native acquaintance

Parts of Speech

noun	anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
noun	an individual that one is not acquainted with
adjective	being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird “a strange exaltation that was indefinable”
adjective	not known before “used many strange words”
adjective	relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world “foreign nations”

Word Forms

alien	adjective	being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
unknown	adjective	not known
strangeness	noun	unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
unusualness	noun	uncommonness by virtue of being unusual

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Fremder

jeder, der nicht in die Umgebung gehört, in der er sich befindet

🇫🇷French

étranger

toute personne qui n'appartient pas à l'environnement dans lequel elle se trouve

🇪🇸Spanish

extraño

Cualquiera que no pertenezca al entorno en el que se encuentra.

🇮🇹Italian

sconosciuto

chiunque non appartenga all'ambiente in cui si trova

🇳🇱Dutch

vreemdeling

iedereen die niet thuishoort in de omgeving waarin zij zich bevinden

🇵🇹Portuguese

estranho

qualquer pessoa que não pertença ao ambiente em que se encontra

🇷🇺Russian

незнакомец

любой, кто не принадлежит к среде, в которой он находится

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अजनबी

कोई भी जो उस वातावरण से संबंधित नहीं है जिसमें वे पाए जाते हैं

🇧🇩Bengali

অপরিচিত

যে কেউ যে পরিবেশের অন্তর্গত নয় যেখানে তারা পাওয়া যায়

🇮🇳Tamil

அந்நியன்

அவர்கள் காணப்படும் சூழலில் இல்லாத எவரும்

🇮🇳Telugu

అపరిచితుడు

వారు కనిపించే వాతావరణంలో లేని ఎవరైనా

🇮🇳Marathi

अनोळखी

ज्या वातावरणात ते आढळतात त्या वातावरणात नसलेले कोणीही

🇮🇳Gujarati

અજાણી વ્યક્તિ

કોઈપણ કે જે પર્યાવરણ સાથે સંબંધિત નથી જેમાં તેઓ જોવા મળે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಪರಿಚಿತ

ಅವರು ಕಂಡುಬರುವ ಪರಿಸರದಲ್ಲಿ ಸೇರದ ಯಾರಾದರೂ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അപരിചിതൻ

അവർ കാണപ്പെടുന്ന പരിതസ്ഥിതിയിൽ ഉൾപ്പെടാത്ത ഏതൊരാളും

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਜਨਬੀ

ਕੋਈ ਵੀ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜੋ ਵਾਤਾਵਰਣ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਹ ਪਾਏ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

اجنبی

کوئی بھی جو اس ماحول سے تعلق نہیں رکھتا جس میں وہ پائے جاتے ہیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

陌生人

任何不属于他们被发现的环境的人

🇯🇵Japanese

見知らぬ人

自分がいる環境に属さない人

🇰🇷Korean

낯선 사람

자신이 발견된 환경에 속하지 않는 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người lạ

bất cứ ai không thuộc về môi trường mà họ được tìm thấy

🇹🇭Thai

คนแปลกหน้า

ใครก็ตามที่ไม่ได้อยู่ในสภาพแวดล้อมที่พบ

🇮🇩Indonesian

lebih aneh

siapa pun yang tidak termasuk dalam lingkungan di mana mereka ditemukan

🇵🇭Filipino

estranghero

sinumang hindi kabilang sa kapaligiran kung saan sila matatagpuan

🇲🇾Malay

orang asing

sesiapa sahaja yang tidak tergolong dalam persekitaran di mana mereka ditemui

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غريب

أي شخص لا ينتمي إلى البيئة التي يوجد فيها

🇮🇷Persian

غریبه

هر کسی که به محیطی که در آن یافت می شود تعلق ندارد

🇹🇷Turkish

yabancı

Bulunduğu çevreye ait olmayan herkes

🇮🇱Hebrew

זָר

כל מי שאינו שייך לסביבה בה הוא נמצא

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The primary meaning of 'stranger' is 'anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found'.

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Using 'stranger' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'stranger' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

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