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Meaning of strange | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Common
stɹeɪnd͡ʒ

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. Sex outside of one's current relationship.
    slang, uncountable
  3. strange, unusual, odd, weird, bizarre, uncanny, rare, peculiar, freaky, freakish, freak, curious
  4. A community in King township, Ontario, Canada, named after Frederick William Strange.
  5. A strange quark.
    countable, particle
  6. foreign, alien, extraneous
  7. In a strange manner: He's been acting strange lately.
  8. funny, suspicious
  9. vreemd بِغَرابَه странно estranhamente podivně, cize fremd mærkeligt παράξενα extrañamente imelikult بطرز غير عادي oudosti bizarrement בּאוֹפֶן מוּזָר आश्चर्यजनकता से, अपरिचितता से, विदेशीपन से, अनोखेपन से nepoznatno, neobično különösképpen, furcsán secara aneh undarlega stranamente 奇妙に 이상하게 keistai savādi; svešādi tidak seperti biasa vreemdrart, underlig dziwnie په غیر عادی توګه estranhamente în mod bizar/straniu странно cudzo, zvláštne čudno neobično konstigt น่าแปลก; น่าประหลาด garip şekil...
  10. not belonging to, not possessed by, not property of
  11. vreemdheid غَرابَه странност estranheza cizost, zvláštnost die Fremdheit fremmedhed παραξενιά, αλλοκοτιάextrañeza veidrus غير عادي outous bizarrerieמוזרות अपरिचितता, विदेशीपन, अनोखापन, अनूठापन neobičnost, čudnovatost különösség, furcsaság keanehan undarleiki; framandleiki stranezza 奇妙さ 이상함 keistumas savādība; svešādums keganjilan vreemdheidmerkverdighet, underlighet dziwny charakter غیر عادی estranheza bizarerie странность cudzosť, zvláštnosť nenavadnost neobičnost konstighet ความประหลาด yaba...
  12. foreigner
  13. surprisingly. Strange to say, he did pass his exam after all. verbasend بصورةٍ مُفاجِئَه странно наистина por estranho que pareça zvláštní věc seltsamerweise mærkeligt nok όλως παραδόξως por extraño que parezca, aunque parezca mentira ennäe imet, ime küll بطرز شگفت آور ihme kyllä chose étrange מוזר आश्चर्यजनक रूप से začudno, čudno bármily furcsa is secara mengejutkan til mestu furðu (strano a dirsi) 不思議なことに 이상한 이야기지만 kad ir kaip keista dīvainā kārtā; pārsteidzoši yang mengejutkan vreemd genoe...
  14. it is strange (that). He lives next door, but strangely enough I rarely see him. vreemd genoeg خلافا للعادَه، بصورةٍ غَريبَه جدا странно е че por estranho que pareça kupodivu seltsamerweise mærkeligt nok παραδόξως por extraño que parezca kummaline (et) عجيب است كه mikä erikoista chose étrange מוּזָר ש- आश्चर्य है कि čudno különösképpen anehnya þó undarlegt sé stranamente 妙なことに 이상하게도 keista, bet dīvaini, bet yang hairannya vreemd genoeg merkelig nok dziwne jest to że ... عجیبه ده چی por estran...
  15. extraño-a, raro-a; extranjero-a; no relacionado-a con un organismo o situado-a fuera del mismo.
  16. Not previously known; unfamiliar: saw lots of strange faces at the reception; heard music that was strange to me.
  17. Out of the ordinary or difficult to account for; unusual or peculiar: Events took a strange twist last week.
  18. Reserved in manner; distant or cool: The once affable man slowly became strange to his friends.
  19. Not accustomed or conditioned: She was strange to her new duties.

Equivalents

Afrikaans vreemd
العربية أجنبي عجيب غريب
Azərbaycanca qəribə
Беларуская дзіўны заме́жны чужы
Bosanski štranga
Català anormal estrany
Cymraeg rhyfedd
Esperanto stranga
Eesti imelik veider
فارسی عجیب
Français anormal étrange étranger Inconnu
Gàidhlig coimheach
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi hilu ʻē
עברית מוזר
हिन्दी अजीब
Hrvatski štranga
Հայերեն տարօրինակ օտար
Bahasa Indonesia aneh
Íslenska skrýtinn
Italiano anormale strano
日本語 奇妙
Қазақша әпенді оғаш
Lëtzebuergesch droleg gelungen komesch koppeg
Lietuvių keistas svetimas
Malagasy hafahafa
Te Reo Māori tipua tupua
Македонски необичен чуден
मराठी विचित्र
Bahasa Melayu aneh ganjil pelik
Română ciudat nenatural neobișnuit straniu
Slovenčina cudzí divný neznámy
Српски štranga
Kiswahili geni
తెలుగు వింత
Türkçe garip tuhaf yabancı yadırgatıcı
اردو عجیب
Tiếng Việt la lạ lùng xa lạ

Examples

“It was a bar by license, but in hiring practice it became an intergalactic smorgasbord of xenosexual delights, females of fancy species serving drinks and offering cultural exchange to human males seeking some strange.”
“All he has to do is walk into a bar, and he can get some Strange.'” “Oh yeah, Tom,” I mutter, “that's exactly how it was, every Saturday night. Nothing but Strange. Up here too.””

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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