Meaning

9 senses
  1. A 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

  2. An outsider or foreigner.

    Fremder, Fremde, Ausländer

    иностра́нецinostránec, иностра́нкаinostránka, чужезе́мецčužezémec

    інозе́мецьinozémecʹ, інозе́мкаinozémka

  3. One not admitted to communion or fellowship.

  4. A newcomer.

    Fremder, Fremde, Neuling

    новоприбы́вшийnovopribývšij, прише́лецprišélec

  5. (humorous)Used ironically to refer to a person who the speaker knows.

    Hello, stranger!

  6. 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.

  7. (sometimes, with definite article)A moth, Lacanobia blenna

  8. (obsolete)One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.

  9. (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.

More definitions
  • anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
  • an individual that one is not acquainted with

Examples

242 sentences
  1. The dog barks at all strangers.

    Собака гавкає на всіх незнайомців.

    ruСобака лает на всех незнакомцев.

    deDer Hund bellt alle fremden Leute an.

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  2. I'm used to talking to strangers.

    Я звик розмовляти з незнайомцями.

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  3. Tom likes to talk to strangers.

    Тому подобається розмовляти з незнайомцями.

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  4. We're not strangers.

    Ми не незнайомці.

    ruМы не чужаки.

    deWir sind keine Fremden.

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  5. Don't trust strangers.

    Не довіряй незнайомцям.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
person whom one does not know:
outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner:
Русский
By meaning 3
person whom one does not know:
outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner:
newcomer:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
person whom one does not know:
outsider or foreigner — see also foreigner:
newcomer:

Origin

From Middle English straunger, from Old French estrangier (“foreign, alien”), from estrang

From 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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Forms

plural: strangers
Singularstranger
Pluralstrangers

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
newcomer:newbie
Close in meaning
  • anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found:alienunknown

Antonyms

8 antonyms
person whom one does not know:acquaintanceB1friendA1

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stranger — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto