Meaning

10 senses
  1. Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.

    He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.

    seltsam, sonderbar, komisch

    стра́нныйstránnyj, чудно́йčudnój, необы́чныйneobýčnyj

    ди́внийdývnyj

    being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

  2. Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.

    I moved to a strange town when I was ten.

    fremd

    чужо́йčužój, незнако́мыйneznakómyj, чу́ждыйčúždyj

    чужи́йčužýj, незнайо́мийneznajómyj

  3. (slang)Outside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar.

  4. (particle)Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.

    seltsam

    стра́нныйstránnyj

  5. Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.

  6. Not belonging to one.

  7. (obsolete)Belonging to another country; foreign.

    ausländisch, fremd

    иностра́нныйinostránnyj, чужо́йčužój

    інозе́мнийinozémnyj, чужи́йčužýj

  8. (obsolete)Reserved; distant in deportment.

  9. (obsolete)Backward; slow.

  10. (obsolete)Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.

Examples

2412 sentences
  1. A strange feeling came over me.

    Мною опанувало дивне відчуття. — aandrusiak

    ruМеня охватило странное чувство. — bijin

    deEin eigenartiges Gefühl übermannte mich. — kroko

  2. This is a very strange letter.

    То дуже дивний лист. — deniko

    ruЭто очень странное письмо. — las

    deDas ist ein sehr seltsamer Brief. — Wolf

  3. A stranger came into the building.

    До будівлі зайшов незнайомець. — deniko

    ruВ здание вошел незнакомец. — sharptoothed

    deEin Fremder betrat das Gebäude. — MUIRIEL

  4. I saw a strange woman there.

    Я бачив там дивну жінку. — deniko

    ruЯ видел там странную женщину. — Eldad

    deIch sah dort eine seltsame Frau. — jxan

  5. They saw a strange animal there.

    Там вони бачили дивовижну тварину. — ChickenKiev

    ruОни видели там странное животное. — marafon

    deSie sahen dort ein seltsames Tier. — Alois

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
not normal:
not yet part of one’s experience:
belonging to another country, foreign:
Русский
By meaning 3
not normal:
not yet part of one’s experience:
belonging to another country, foreign:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
not normal:
not yet part of one’s experience:
belonging to another country, foreign:

Origin

From Middle English straunge, strange, stronge, from Old French estrange, from Latin extrā

From Middle English straunge, strange, stronge, from Old French estrange, from Latin extrāneus (“that which is on the outside”). Doublet of extraneous and estrange. Cognate with French étrange (“strange, foreign”) and Spanish extraño (“strange, foreign”). Largely displaced native fremd, selcouth, and uncouth, from Old English fremede, seldcūþ, and uncūþ.

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Forms

stranger, strangest
Comparativestranger Lesson
Superlativestrangest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

114 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • not known before:unknown
  • being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird:unusual
  • relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world:foreign

Antonyms

11 antonyms

Word family

29 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • is a strange
  • a little strange
  • something strange
  • kind of strange
  • a bit strange
  • heard a strange
  • strange noise
  • strange things
  • a strange noise
  • a very strange
  • had a strange
  • little strange

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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