strano Italian · revision 37648

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈstra.no/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''strano''' (feminine strana, masculine plural strani, feminine plural strane, superlative stranissimo)^(Wiktionary)

+ The older form ''stranio'' is now disused, and Umbrian still has ''straino''.^(Nocentini 2010)^(DEI|3649)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|roa-oit|stranio]], [[inh|la|extraneus|alt=extrāneus|t=external, foreign; strange]], the popular outcome of the Latin word, whose learned doublet is [[estraneo]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) Nocentini, DEI and the GDLI explain the form through an intermediate ⟨straino⟩, with the ⟨i⟩ moved by metathesis, later simplified to ⟨strano⟩.^(Nocentini 2010)^(DEI|3649)^(GDLI|20, 287)^(Devoto 1968|428) The same Latin word gave [[fr|étrange]], [[oc|estranh]], [[ca|estrany]], [[es|extraño]] and [[pt|estranho]], while [[ro|străin]] is probably of Slavic origin.^(Nocentini 2010)^(REW 1935)

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+ Latin [[m|la|extrāneus]] is formed from [[m|la|extrā|t=outside]] with the suffix [[m|la|-āneus]], as [[m|la|intrāneus]] is from [[m|la|intrā]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Devoto 1968|428)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ GRADIT and Nocentini date the word to the second half of the 13th century;^(GRADIT 2003)^(Nocentini 2010) DEI's first author is Jacopone da Todi, with the senses “not related by kin, foreign”.^(DEI|3649) DELI's first record is in the ''Novellino'', at the end of the 13th century, for something unlike the usual that causes amazement or suspicion.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Nocentini explains the modern meaning from “foreign”, as something foreign to one's habits.^(Nocentini 2010) Both senses lived side by side for a long time: Dante has ''la lingua strana'' “a foreign language” and also ''strano'' “unheard of”, Boccaccio has ''gli strani'' “strangers” beside ''nuova e strana cosa'' “a new and strange thing”, and Leopardi still writes ''strano al mio loco natio'' “a stranger to my native place”.^(GRADIT 2003)^(DEI|3649)^(GDLI|20, 287) Today the senses “foreign” and “unrelated” are literary, and the word means unusual or odd.^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ''Stranezza'' meant “ill-treatment” in Matteo Villani (before 1363) and “oddity” from 1821.^(DELI 1999) In physics ''quark strano'' is the strange quark.^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Second half of the 13th century – First records of the word.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Nocentini 2010)

+ * End of the 13th century – The ''Novellino'' uses ''strano'' for something unusual.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1363 – Matteo Villani uses ''stranezza'' for ill-treatment.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1821 – ''Stranezza'' “oddity” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|strange]], [[m|en|odd]], unusual: ''Ho sentito un rumore strano.'', ''è strano che…'' “it's odd that…”.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of a person, behaving or thinking in an unusual way; [[m|en|whimsical]]: ''una persona strana''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(literary)'' Unrelated, extraneous; foreign.^(GRADIT 2003)

+ # ''(as a noun)'' What is odd: ''Lo strano è che nessuno se ne sia accorto.''^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[stranezza]]

+ * [[stranamente]]

+ * [[straniare]]

+ * [[straniamento]]

+ * [[stranire]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[straniero]]

+ * [[estraneo]]

+ * [[la|extraneus]]

+ * [[fr|étrange]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}