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peculiar
English
Etymology
From Latin pec?li?ris (“one's own”), from pec?lium (“private property”), from pecus (“cattle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??kju?l.j???/
- (UK) IPA(key): [p???k?ju?l.j??]
- (US) IPA(key): [p???k?jul.j???], [p???k?jul.j?]
- (UK) IPA(key): [p???k?ju?l.j??]
Adjective
peculiar (comparative more peculiar, superlative most peculiar)
- Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.
- Synonyms: odd, strange, uncommon, unusual
- Antonyms: common, mediocre, ordinary, usual
- Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular.
- Synonym: specific
- Antonyms: common, general, universal
- (dated) One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not shared or possessed by others.
- (dated) Particular; individual; special; appropriate.
Synonyms
- (out of the ordinary): see also Thesaurus:strange
- (common or usual in a particular place or circumstance): see also Thesaurus:specific
Antonyms
- (out of the ordinary): see also Thesaurus:normal
- (common or usual in a particular place or circumstance): see also Thesaurus:generic
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
peculiar (plural peculiars)
- That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic.
- before 1716, Robert South, Twelve Sermons
- If anything can legalize revenge, it should be injury from an extremely obliged person; but revenge is so absolutely the peculiar of heaven.
- before 1716, Robert South, Twelve Sermons
- (Britain, canon law) an ecclesiastical district, parish, chapel or church outside the jurisdiction of the bishop of the diocese in which it is situated.
See also
- peculiar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Peculiar in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
References
Anagrams
- pericula
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin pec?li?ris.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /p?.ku.li?a/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /pe.ku.li?a?/
Adjective
peculiar (masculine and feminine plural peculiars)
- peculiar
Derived terms
- peculiarment
Related terms
- peculiaritat
Further reading
- “peculiar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “peculiar” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “peculiar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “peculiar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pec?li?ris.
Adjective
peculiar m or f (plural peculiares, comparable)
- peculiar; unusual; strange
- Synonyms: esquisito, estranho
- peculiar (common or usual for a particular place or circumstance)
- Synonym: particular
Related terms
- peculiaridade
Further reading
- “peculiar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin pec?li?ris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peku?lja?/, [pe.ku?lja?]
Adjective
peculiar (plural peculiares)
- peculiar
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alien
English
Alternative forms
- alyaunte (15th-16th centuries)
Etymology
From Middle English alien, a borrowing from Old French alien, aliene, from Latin ali?nus (“belonging to someone else, later exotic, foreign”), from Latin alius (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?élyos. Related to English else.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?.li.?n/
Noun
alien (plural aliens)
- Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.
- A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
- A foreigner residing in a country.
- One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.
Synonyms
- (person, etc. from outside): fremd (rare, chiefly dialectal), guest, stranger
- (foreigner): outlander; see also Thesaurus:foreigner
- (life form of extraterrestrial origin): See also Thesaurus:extraterrestrial
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
alien (comparative more alien, superlative most alien)
- Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.
- Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.
- 1850, William Wordsworth, The Prelude
- An alien sound of melancholy.
- 1850, William Wordsworth, The Prelude
- Pertaining to extraterrestrial life.
Synonyms
- allotrious
Translations
Verb
alien (third-person singular simple present aliens, present participle aliening, simple past and past participle aliened)
- (transitive) To estrange; to alienate.
- (law) To transfer the ownership of something.
Alternative forms
- aliene
Anagrams
- A-line, Aline, Elain, Elian, Elina, Nelia, aline, anile, elain, laine, liane, linea
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /??li.?n/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a?li.en/
Verb
alien
- third-person plural present indicative form of aliar
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English alien (“stranger, foreigner”), from Middle English alien, from Old French alien, from Latin ali?nus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?.li.?n/
- Hyphenation: ali?en
Noun
alien m (plural aliens)
- An alien, an extraterrestrial.
- Synonym: ruimtewezen
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.lj?n/
Noun
alien m (plural aliens)
- alien (extraterrestrial)
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French alien, aliene, from Latin ali?nus. Some forms (chiefly nominal) show assimilation to the suffix -ant.
Alternative forms
- alyon, alean, alyen, aliand, aliaund, aliant, alyant
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?li???n/, /?a?li?n/, /?a?li?n/
- (with assimilation) IPA(key): /?a?liant/, /?a?liau?nt/
Noun
alien (plural aliens)
- An outsider or foreign person, especially if resident in one's nation.
- One who is alien in some other way (e.g. religion, family)
- (rare) An unlawful occupier or possessor of land.
Related terms
Descendants
- English: alien
- Scots: alien, awlien
References
- “?li??n, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-25.
Adjective
alien (plural and weak singular aliene)
- Outside, alien, foreign; from or relating to another nation.
- Religiously outside; heretical, erring; of false religion or morals.
- Distant, isolated, secure, away (from something)
- (rare) Under the authority of other nation's religious institutions.
- (rare) Not relating to or of oneself; not natural (to one's body).
- (rare) Bizarre, weird, exotic.
Descendants
- English: alien
- Scots: alien, awlien
References
- “?li?n, ?lien, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-25.
Etymology 2
From Old French alier.
Verb
alien
- Alternative form of allien
Old French
Etymology
From Latin ali?nus.
Adjective
alien m (oblique and nominative feminine singular aliene)
- alien; foreign; non-native
- 11th century, La Vie de Saint Alexis, BNF manuscript 19525
- alienes terres
- foreign lands
- alienes terres
- 11th century, La Vie de Saint Alexis, BNF manuscript 19525
Declension
Noun
alien m (oblique plural aliens, nominative singular aliens, nominative plural alien)
- alien (a non-native)
Declension
Descendants
- ? Middle English: alien, alyon, alean, alyen, aliand, aliaund, aliant, alyant
- English: alien
- Scots: alien, awlien
Portuguese
Etymology
From English alien (“extraterrestrial life form”), from Old French alien, aliene, from Latin ali?nus (“foreign”), from alius (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?élyos. Doublet of alheio.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?a.li.?j?/
Noun
alien m (plural aliens)
- alien; extraterrestrial life form
- Synonyms: alienígena, ET, extraterrestre
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