"extraneous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɛkˈstɹeɪ.ni.əs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ekˈstɹæɪ.ni.əs/ [General-Australian], /ɪkˈstɹeɪ.ni.əs/ [US], /ɛkˈstɹeɪ.ni.əs/ [US] Audio: en-us-extraneous.ogg [US], en-au-extraneous.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -eɪniəs Etymology: From Latin extrāneus (“from without, strange”). Doublet of strange. Cognate with estrange (verb), Spanish extraño. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|extrāneus|t=from without, strange}} Latin extrāneus (“from without, strange”), {{doublet|en|strange}} Doublet of strange, {{m|en|estrange|pos=v}} estrange (verb), {{cog|es|extraño}} Spanish extraño Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} extraneous (not comparable)
  1. Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms (not belonging to): additional Translations (not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing): خَارِجِيّ (ḵārijiyy) (Arabic), въ́ншен (vǎ́nšen) (Bulgarian), чужд (čužd) (Bulgarian), bijkomende (Dutch), vreemde (Dutch), extra (Dutch), asiaankuulumaton (Finnish), étranger (French), fremd (German), nicht zugehörig (German), idegen (Hungarian), stranjera (Ido), extrāneus (Latin), estranho (Portuguese), посторо́нний (postorónnij) (Russian), вне́шний (vnéšnij) (Russian), чу́ждый (čúždyj) (Russian), stran (Serbo-Croatian), nepripadajući (Serbo-Croatian), externo (Spanish), ajeno (Spanish), irrelevante (Spanish), que no viene al caso (Spanish), que no viene a cuento (Spanish), främmande (Swedish), ovidkommande (Swedish), yttre (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-extraneous-en-adj-l0RxCe58 Disambiguation of 'not belonging to': 68 32 Disambiguation of 'not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing': 86 14
  2. Not essential or intrinsic. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms (not essential): superfluous Translations (not essential or intrinsic): überflüssig (German), unnötig (German), nicht wesentlich (German)
    Sense id: en-extraneous-en-adj-t5saNSyt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of 'not essential': 20 80 Disambiguation of 'not essential or intrinsic': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: alien, foreign, intrusive, extra Derived forms: extraneous variable, extraneously, extraneousness

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          "text": "to separate gold from extraneous matter",
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
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          "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
          "word": "externo"
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          "sense": "not essential or intrinsic",
          "word": "unnötig"
        },
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not essential or intrinsic",
          "word": "nicht wesentlich"
        }
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      "sense": "not belonging to",
      "word": "additional"
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    {
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      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "خَارِجِيّ"
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      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
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      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "чужд"
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      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "bijkomende"
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    },
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      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "extra"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
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      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "étranger"
    },
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      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "fremd"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "nicht zugehörig"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "idegen"
    },
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      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "stranjera"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "extrāneus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "estranho"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "postorónnij",
      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "посторо́нний"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vnéšnij",
      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "вне́шний"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čúždyj",
      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "чу́ждый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "stran"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "nepripadajući"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "externo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "ajeno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "irrelevante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "que no viene al caso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "que no viene a cuento"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "främmande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "ovidkommande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing",
      "word": "yttre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not essential or intrinsic",
      "word": "überflüssig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not essential or intrinsic",
      "word": "unnötig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not essential or intrinsic",
      "word": "nicht wesentlich"
    }
  ],
  "word": "extraneous"
}

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