stranger

inconnu

Personne qu’on n’a jamais rencontrée ou qu’on ne connaît pas.

En anglais simple : A person you have never met or do not know.

• A stranger helped me find the station.
• Do not give strangers your home address.
• Why was that stranger waiting outside our door?

Expressions courantes : complete stranger, talk to a stranger

étranger, nouveau venu

Personne qui vient d’ailleurs et n’appartient pas à un lieu ou à un groupe.

En anglais simple : Someone who comes from elsewhere and does not belong to a place or group.

• He was a stranger in our village.
• The small community welcomed strangers warmly.
• After years abroad, she felt like a stranger in her own country.

Comment l'utiliser : a stranger to somewhere (She was a stranger to the village and its customs.)

Synonymes : outsider, newcomer, foreigner

Contraires : local

Expressions courantes : stranger in town, stranger to something

revenant

Nom amical donné à une personne qu’on connaît mais qu’on n’a pas vue depuis un moment.

En anglais simple : A friendly name for someone you know but have not seen for a while.

• Hello, stranger! Come and sit with us.
• Hey, stranger, where have you been?
• Welcome back, stranger! We have missed you.

Expressions courantes : hello stranger, hey stranger

tiers

Personne sans droit légal ni participation dans un accord, une opération ou un bien.

En anglais simple : Someone who has no legal right or involvement in an agreement, action, or property.

• A stranger to the contract cannot enforce it.
• The court rejected the claim of a stranger with no title.
• These strangers had no legal interest in the property.

Comment l'utiliser : a stranger to something (The buyer was a stranger to the original agreement.)

Synonymes : third party, outsider

Expressions courantes : stranger to proceedings, stranger to something

plus étrange, plus bizarre

Plus inhabituel ou plus difficile à comprendre qu’autre chose.

En anglais simple : More unusual or harder to understand than something else.

• That noise is stranger than the last one.
• Her dreams became stranger after the move.
• Have you ever heard a stranger story?

Comment l'utiliser : stranger than someone/something (His explanation was stranger than the original story.)

Synonymes : more unusual, odder

Contraires : more ordinary

Expressions courantes : even stranger, stranger than something