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# étranger — French to English

How French *étranger* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: étrange (1 819), étranger (69 484), étranges (233). By style: everyday 871 · literary 80 · biblical 135 · parliamentary 2 927 · legal and administrative 2 973 · UN documents 64 550.

## strange

Used about 23 099 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 454 · literary ≈ 42 · biblical ≈ 20 · parliamentary ≈ 1 016 · legal and administrative ≈ 50 · UN documents ≈ 21 517). Meaning: [strange in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/strange/).

- C'est très **étrange**.
  It's very **strange**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Lebensfreude and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5374853](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5374853) [\#3574527](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3574527))

- Cela lui parut **étrange**.
  This struck him as **strange**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 6964)

- Nadab et Abihu moururent, lorsqu’ils apportèrent devant l’Éternel du feu **étranger**.
  Nadab and Abihu died when they offered **strange** fire before the LORD.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 26:61)

- Je ne crois pas que cela soit **étrange**.
  I do not believe there is anything **strange** here.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1413153)

- Dans le cas de logements dont le loyer est gratuit, cela conduit à l'**étrange** situation où la prestation est effectivement assurée mais sans paiement (visible).
  In the case of rental-free dwellings this leads to the **strange** situation that the dwelling service is actually provided but without a (visible) payment.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 737956)

## abroad

Used about 9 793 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 188 · parliamentary ≈ 630 · legal and administrative ≈ 907 · UN documents ≈ 8 069). Meaning: [abroad in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/abroad/).

- Je veux partir à l'**étranger**.
  I want to go **abroad**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Romira and CK · checked, community translation · [\#21938](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/21938) [\#181493](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/181493))

- Si quelqu’un est malade, il doit pouvoir recevoir des soins médicaux à l’**étranger**.
  If somebody is ill, they should be given the possibility of receiving medical care **abroad**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 688183)

- Nombre de jours effectivement passés à l’**étranger**
  Number of days of effective stay **abroad**.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 5036047)

- Déplacement et non-retour illicite à l &apos; **étranger**
  Illicit transfer of children **abroad**
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 10464379)

- Je n'ai jamais été à l'**étranger**.
  I've never been **abroad**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#22207](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/22207) [\#590020](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/590020))

## foreign

Used about 8 924 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 24 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 163 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 109 · UN documents ≈ 7 620). Meaning: [foreign in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/foreign/).

- Elle a voyagé à l'**étranger**.
  She has traveled in **foreign** countries.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by pierrephi and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#838872](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/838872) [\#339385](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/339385))

- --Ainsi, monsieur Fogg, reprit Mrs. Aouda, non content de m'arracher à une mort horrible, vous vous croyiez encore obligé d'assurer ma position à l'**étranger**?
  “So, Mr. Fogg,” resumed Aouda, “not content with rescuing me from a terrible death, you thought yourself bound to secure my comfort in a **foreign** land?”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 3159)

- L’Éternel seul a conduit son peuple, Et il n’y avait avec lui aucun dieu **étranger**.
  The LORD alone led him. There was no **foreign** god with him.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 32:12)

- Il faut aider lorsque le visage de la souffrance humaine est celui de l’**étranger**.
  Help is needed when the face of human suffering is a **foreign** one.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 641699)

- Couvertures d'investissements nets dans une activité à l'**étranger**
  Hedge of net investments in **foreign** operations
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 5192009)

## odd

Used about 7 125 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 30 · parliamentary ≈ 366 · legal and administrative ≈ 454 · UN documents ≈ 6 276). Meaning: [odd in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/odd/).

- C'est plutôt **étrange**.
  It's pretty **odd**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2249177](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2249177) [\#3654354](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3654354))

- La politique est à n'en pas douter une activité **étrange**.
  Politics is certainly an **odd** business.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 284488)

- Le recours à six décimales peut sembler **étrange**, mais certains règlements, tel le règlement (CE) no 660/1999 du Conseil, fixent des primes pouvant atteindre cinq décimales, même en euros.
  The use of six decimal places may seem **odd** but some regulations like Council Regulation (EC) No 660/1999 fix the premium with up to five decimals even when using €.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 717088)

- C &apos; est bien **étrange**.
  Well, that is **odd**.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 23751872)

- Tom est une personne très **étrange**.
  Tom is a very **odd** person.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5219337](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5219337) [\#5503509](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5503509))

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Nos produits se vendent bien à l'**étranger**.
  Our products sell well overseas.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4664817](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4664817) [\#11918786](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11918786))

- Elle s'est mise à parler à un **étranger**.
  She started talking with a stranger.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#313488](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/313488) [\#4775348](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4775348))

- Je suis un **étranger**.
  I am a foreigner.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by U2FS and ingenius000 · checked, community translation · [\#780858](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/780858) [\#809726](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/809726))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-fr/) · [translating into English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-en/).

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