étrange
French, adjective/e.tʁɑ̃ʒ/
étrange is spelled É-T-R-A-N-G-E (7 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written French, the 2,514th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Étrange is a French adjective meaning “strange (bizarre, odd, abnormal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est en dehors de l’ordre, de l’usage commun ; qui est singulier, extraordinaire”.
What does étrange mean in English?
adjective
- 1
strange (bizarre, odd, abnormal)
- 2
foreign
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est en dehors de l’ordre, de l’usage commun ; qui est singulier, extraordinaire. 2. Composé de quarks étranges. 3. Étranger.
adverb: 1. Étrangement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of étrange
- étranges plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce étrange?
- /e.tʁɑ̃ʒ/
- \e.tʁɑ̃ʒ\
- [et.ʁɑ̃ʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to étrange
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is étrange in French?
étrange appears 32 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).