estrange
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Etymology
From Old French estranger (“to treat as a stranger”), from Latin extraneus (“foreigner, stranger”) (from which also strange, stranger). Also see Spanish extraño.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒ/, /əˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪndʒ
Verb
estrange (third-person singular simple present estranges, present participle estranging, simple past and past participle estranged)
- (transitive) To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).
- 1945, Martin Buber, translated by Ludwig Lewisohn, For the Sake of Heaven, The Jewish Publication Society of America, page 229:
- And thou thyself, Jaacob Yitzchak, dost thou mind how thou meantest to follow me and estrangedst thyself from me the more?
- (transitive) To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations.
Usage notes
Largely synonymous with alienate, estrange is primarily used to mean “cut off relations”, particularly in a family setting, while alienate is rather used to refer to driving off (“he alienated her with his atrocious behavior”) or to offend a group (“the imprudent remarks alienated the urban demographic”).
When speaking of parents being estranged from a child of theirs, disown is frequently used instead, and has a stronger connotation.
Synonyms
- (cause to feel less close): alienate, antagonize, disaffect, isolate
- (remove from an accustomed context): wean
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Translations
cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
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remove from an accustomed place or set of associations
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Etymology
From Old French estrange.
Adjective
estrange m or f (plural estranges)
- strange; odd; bizarre
- 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:
- mais leur estat est changé en estrange façon.
- But their state change in a strange fashion
- foreign
- c. 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
- Si vous alez guerroier en contree estrange
- If you're going to engage in warfare in a foreign country
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Descendants
- French: étrange
Etymology
Adjective
estrange m (oblique and nominative feminine singular estrange)
Noun
estrange oblique singular, m (oblique plural estranges, nominative singular estranges, nominative plural estrange)
- foreigner; non-native
Derived terms
- estranger
- → English: estrange
- estrangier
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