fremd

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

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

Noun

1. A stranger; someone who is not a relative; a guest.
2. An enmity.
3. Humorous metathesis of "friend".

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fɹɛmd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English fremde, fremede (“strange, foreign”), from Old English fremde, fremede, fremeþe (“foreign, strange”), 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.