stranger
A person whom one does not knowA person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
» The dog barks at all strangers.
Der Hund bellt alle fremden Leute an.
Собака лает на всех незнакомцев.
Собака лает на всех чужих.
Собака гавкає на всіх незнайомців.
Meaning
9 sensesA person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
That gentleman is a stranger to me.
Children are taught not to talk to strangers.
Fremder, Fremde, Fremdling
незнако́мецneznakómec, незнако́мкаneznakómka, чужо́йčužój
незнайо́мецьneznajómecʹ, незнайо́мкаneznajómka, чужи́нецьčužýnecʹ
An outsider or foreigner.
Fremder, Fremde, Ausländer
иностра́нецinostránec, иностра́нкаinostránka, чужезе́мецčužezémec
інозе́мецьinozémecʹ, інозе́мкаinozémka
One not admitted to communion or fellowship.
A newcomer.
Fremder, Fremde, Neuling
новоприбы́вшийnovopribývšij, прише́лецprišélec
(humorous)Used ironically to refer to a person who the speaker knows.
Hello, stranger!
One not privy or party to an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right.
Actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title.
(sometimes, with definite article)A moth, Lacanobia blenna
(obsolete)One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
(obsolete)A superstitious premonition of the coming of a visitor by a bit of stalk in a cup of tea, the guttering of a candle, etc.
- anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
- an individual that one is not acquainted with
Examples
242 sentencesThe dog barks at all strangers.
Собака гавкає на всіх незнайомців.
ruСобака лает на всех незнакомцев.
deDer Hund bellt alle fremden Leute an.
I'm used to talking to strangers.
Я звик розмовляти з незнайомцями.
Tom likes to talk to strangers.
Тому подобається розмовляти з незнайомцями.
We're not strangers.
Ми не незнайомці.
ruМы не чужаки.
deWir sind keine Fremden.
Don't trust strangers.
Не довіряй незнайомцям.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English straunger, from Old French estrangier (“foreign, alien”), from estrangFrom Middle English straunger, from Old French estrangier (“foreign, alien”), from estrange, from Latin extraneus (“foreign, external”) (whence also English estrange), from extra (“outside of”). Cognate with French étranger (“foreigner, stranger”) and Spanish extranjero (“foreigner”). Displaced native Old English fremde (literally “strange or unfamiliar person”).
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