extraneous

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (not-comparable) Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign.
  2. (not-comparable) Not essential or intrinsic.

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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ɛkˈstɹeɪ.ni.əs/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From Latin extrāneus (“from without, strange”). Doublet of strange. Cognate with estrange (verb), Spanish extraño.

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