fremd

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. (dialectal, rare) Strange, unusual, out of the ordinary; unfamiliar.
2. (dialectal, rare) Not kin, unrelated; foreign.
3. (obsolete) Wild; untamed.

Noun

1. (dialectal, rare) A stranger; someone who is not a relative; a guest.
2. (archaic, obsolete) An enmity.
3. (Internet, childish) Humorous alteration of "friend".

Sinònims

unknown

adverse

foreign

hostile

remarkable

strange

surprising

unfamiliar

unfriendly

unpropitious

wild

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/fɹɛmd/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: fremde

Heretat de anglès antic: fremde

Cognat amb escocès: fremmit

Cognat amb frisó occidental: frjemd

Cognat amb neerlandès: vreemd

Cognat amb alemany: fremd

Cognat amb suec: främmande

In summary

From Middle English fremde, fremede (“strange, foreign”), from Old English fremde, fremede, fremeþe (“foreign, strange”), from Proto-West Germanic *framiþī, from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz (“foreign, not one's own”).
Cognate with Scots fremmit, frempt (“fremd”), West Frisian frjemd (“strange, fremd”), Dutch vreemd (“strange, foreign”), German fremd (“fremd, strange, foreign”), Swedish främmande (“foreign, outlandish, strange”). More at from.