fremd

Signification (Anglais)

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".

Synonymes

unknown

adverse

foreign

hostile

remarkable

strange

surprising

unfamiliar

unfriendly

unpropitious

wild

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fɹɛmd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: fremde

Hérité de ancien anglais: fremde

Appartenant à écossais: fremmit

Appartenant à frison occidental: frjemd

Appartenant à néerlandais: vreemd

Appartenant à allemand: fremd

Appartenant à suédois: 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.