estrangement

== English == === Etymology === Old French estrangement. By surface analysis, estrange +‎ -ment (“act, state”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ɪsˈtɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/ === Noun === estrangement (countable and uncountable, plural estrangements) The act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation. The state of being alien; foreign, non-native. ==== Synonyms ==== alienation ==== Derived terms ==== cognitive estrangement ==== Related terms ==== estrange estranged ==== Translations ==== == Middle French == === Etymology 1 === From estrange +‎ -ment. ==== Adverb ==== estrangement strangely; oddly ===== Descendants ===== French: étrangement === Etymology 2 === From Old French estrangement. Synchronically estranger +‎ -ment. ==== Noun ==== estrangement m (plural estrangemens) estrangement; alienation == Old French == === Noun === estrangement oblique singular, m (oblique plural estrangemenz or estrangementz, nominative singular estrangemenz or estrangementz, nominative plural estrangement) estrangement; alienation