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Definition: Extraneous |
ExtraneousAdjective1. Not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point". 2. Not essential; "the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play". 3. Not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source; "water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk". 4. Coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "extraneous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Etymology: Extraneous \Ex*tra"ne*ous\, adjective. [Latin expression extraneus, from extra. See Extra-, Strange.]. (references) |
Synonyms: ExtraneousSynonyms: external (adj), foreign (adj), immaterial (adj), impertinent (adj), outside (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Extraneousness | Adjective: extraneous, foreign, alien, ulterior; tramontane, ultramontane. |
Extrinsicality | Adjective: derived from without; objective; extrinsic, extrinsical; extraneous; (foreign); modal, ascititious, adscititious; incidental, accidental, nonessential; contingent, fortuitous. |
Irrelation | Adjective: irrelative, irrespective, unrelated; arbitrary; independent, unallied; unconnected, disconnected; adrift, isolated, insular; extraneous, strange, alien, foreign, outlandish, exotic. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Extraneous |
| English words defined with "extraneous": adulterant, adulterating, adulteration ♦ background, background noise, background signal, bare ♦ concentration ♦ debasement ♦ embellishment, Erodent, external ♦ foreign ♦ ground noise ♦ Illinition, immaterial, impertinent, impure, Irrelavant ♦ laminar flow clean room ♦ open marriage, ornamentation, outside ♦ plain, pure, pureness, purity ♦ refine, Regulize ♦ Self-kindled, sheer, stripped, Superaddition, Supervenient ♦ uncluttered, unlittered, unmingled, unmixed ♦ Wool burler. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "extraneous": allochromatic ♦ bureaucratic red tape ♦ Culture Media, Serum-Free ♦ equilibrium moisture of coal ♦ FOOD TESTER, foreign object damage ♦ lignified tissue, lignocellulose ♦ maletra furnace, Matched-Pair Analysis ♦ Official Reporters ♦ PALEONTOLOGICAL HELPER ♦ unit coal ♦ Ventilate a Subject ♦ wood substance. (references) |
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| "Extraneous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Extraneous" is used about 100 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 100 | 32,668 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "extraneous": extraneous conductive part ♦ extraneous copper ♦ extraneous gas ♦ extraneous ink ♦ extraneous peril ♦ extraneous substance. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
extraneous | 12 |
extraneous variable | 6 |
extraneous solution | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "extraneous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pa lidhje (desultory, discursive, disjointed, inapposite, inconsequent, rambling, unconnected), i huaj (alien, exotic, extern, external, foreign, foreigner, gringo, interlude, outlandish, outside, oversea, overseas, peregrine, strange, stranger, tramontane). (various references) | |
Arabic | غير جوهري (accidental, extrinsic, inessential, unessential), غريب (absurd, alien, anomalous, antic, bizarre, eerie, eery, exotic, fanciful, foreign, freakish, funny, grotesque, intruder, ludicrous, new, odd, outlandish, outsider, peculiar, potty, quaint, queer, rum, senseless, singular, strange, stranger, tall, unaccustomed, uncanny, uncouth, unearthly, unfamiliar, unnatural, whimsical), عوزه الترابط, عرضي (accidental, adventitious, casual, circumstantial, episodic, extrinsic, incident, incidental, occasional, odd, passing, symptomatic, transverse, venial), خارجي (ecto-, exterior, extern, external, extrinsic, foreign, incident, outer, outermost, outward, peripheral), إستثنائي (especial, exceptional, exceptive, extraordinary, freak, freaked, mighty, out of the ordinary, particular, phenomenal, premium, prodigious, rare, remarkable, singular, special, terrific, thundering, uncommon, unusual). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | чужд (adventitious, adventive, alien, exterior, extrinsic, foreign, outside, Peregrin, strange, unfamiliar, vicarious), външен (adventitious, adventive, exterior, external, extrinsic, foreign, formal, inorganic, ostentatious, outdoor, outer, out-of-door, outside, outward, over, overall, oversea, overseas, showy, surface), неприсъщ (extrinsic). (various references) | |
Chinese | 冗 , 局外. (various references) | |
Czech | vnìjší (exterior, extern, external, extrinsic, male, objective, outer, outside, outward, over), vedlejší (accessory, accidental, adjoining, ancillary, by, collateral, immaterial, incidental, minor, next, next door, off, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary, supporting, ulterior), cizí (alien, foreign, outlandish, someone else's, strange, unfamiliar). (various references) | |
Danish | ekstraktivt stof (extraneous substance), vægt optaget vand (absorbed extraneous water), samlet indhold af optaget vand (maximum extraneous water content), særlig risiko (extraneous peril), overskydende kobber (extraneous copper), optaget vand (extraneous water), nedpumpet gas (extraneous gas, foreign gas, injected gas, stored gas), nedpumpet basisgas (extraneous cushion gas, foreign cushion gas), ledende del,ikke tilhørende elinstallationen (extraneous conductive part), kontaktkorrosion mellem udefra kommende rust og overfladerne af de rustfrie staalroer (corrosion caused by contact between extraneous rust and the surfaces of the staiuless steel tubes), indsprøjtet gaspude (extraneous cushion gas, extraneous gas, foreign cushion gas, foreign gas, injected gas, stored gas), fremmedstøj (extraneous noise), fremmedaske (extraneous ash), blaek-klatter (extraneous ink). (various references) | |
Dutch | vreemd water (extraneous water), vreemd geleidend deel (extraneous conductive part), van buitenaf ingepompt gaskussen (extraneous cushion gas, foreign cushion gas), van buitenaf bijgepompt gas (extraneous gas, foreign gas, injected gas, stored gas), uitscheidingsproduct (extraneous substance), totaal gehalte aan vreemd water (maximum extraneous water content), residueel koper (extraneous copper), oorspronkelijk aanwezige as (extraneous ash), inktvlek (blot, extraneous ink), geabsorbeerd vreemd water (absorbed extraneous water), geïnjecteerd gas (extraneous gas, foreign gas, injected gas, stored gas), galvanische corrosie door contact tussen van elders aangevoerde roesten de oppervlakken van de roestvrij-stalen pijpen (corrosion caused by contact between extraneous rust and the surfaces of the staiuless steel tubes), bijkomend medegedekt gevaar (extraneous peril, special peril), ander geluid,andere geluidsbron (extraneous noise), afscheidingsproduct (extraneous substance). (various references) | |
Farsi | فرعی (Accessory, Adjunct, Ancillary, By, Bye, Derivative, Inferior, Petty, Secondary, Sideway, Subordinate, Subsidiary, Tributary), غیراصلی (Unessential), تصادفی (Accident, Chanceful, Chancy, Chromatic, Random), خارجی (Alien, Exoteric, Exterior, External, Guest, Outsider, Strange), خارج ازقلمروچیزی . (various references) | |
Finnish | erikoisvaara (extraneous peril), ylimääräinen kupari (extraneous copper), vierasruoste (corrosion caused by contact between extraneous rust and the surfaces of the staiuless steel tubes), uuteaine (extractive, extraneous substance), tietokonetulosteessa oleva mustejälki,joka ei kuulu tulostettuihin merkkeihin (extraneous ink), sivumaku (extraneous flavour, peculiar taste, smack), muu johtava osa (extraneous conductive part), metalliparikorroosio (corrosion caused by contact between extraneous rust and the surfaces of the staiuless steel tubes), kosketuskorroosio (corrosion caused by contact between extraneous rust and the surfaces of the staiuless steel tubes), jäännöskupari (extraneous copper). (various references) | |
French | exceptionnel (exceptional, exceptive), en dehors, sans grande portée, qui n'a aucun rapport avec, étranger. (various references) | |
German | fremd (foreign, alien, strange). (various references) | |
Greek | ξένοσ (extrinsic, foreign, foreigner, gringo, outlander, outsider, strange, stranger, tramontane), εξωτερικόσ (exoteric, exterior, external, extrinsic, outer, outside, outward), άσχετοσ (inapt, irrelative, irrelevant, irrespective, unconnected, unfamiliar, unrelated). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חיצוני (ecto, exterior, external, extrinsic, out, outer, outward, surface). (various references) | |
Hungarian | idegen (alien, stranger). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tiada hubungan (impertinent). (various references) | |
Italian | estraneo (alien, foreign, foreigner, outsider, strange, stranger, unrelated). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 外側 (exterior, outside). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | がいそく (exterior, general rules or principles, outside), そとがわ (exterior, outside). (various references) | |
Korean | 밖. (various references) | |
Manx | neughooie (barren, barren land), mooie (abroad, exterior, external, out, outboard, outdoors, outer, outstanding, outward, owing, without). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | extraneousay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | estranho (strange, odd, peculiar, weird), alheio (alien, foreign, of other, remote, someone else's, strange). (various references) | |
Romanian | strãin (alien, another's, foreign, foreigner, guest, heterogeneous, outlandish, outsider, oversea, peregrine, strange, stranger, unknown, visitor). (various references) | |
Russian | чуждый (foreign, strange), внешний (external, outdoor, outer), посторонний (external). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | tuđ (alien, foreign, peregrin, strange), strani, irelevantan. (various references) | |
Spanish | extraño (strange, odd). (various references) | |
Swedish | ovidkommande (irrelevant). (various references) | |
Turkish | konu ile ilgisi olmayan, konu dışı olan, ikincil (by-, bye-, derivative, extrinsic, meso-, secondary, side, subsidiary), dışarıdan gelen (external). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | чужий (alien, borrowed, foreign, outlying), побічний (accidental, adventitious, collateral, incident, indirect, lateral). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | xa lạ không thuộc về, không dính dáng (irrelative), bắt nguồn ở ngoài. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | accersitis, accersito, accersitus, arcessito, extranea, extraneas, extranei, extraneis, extraneo, extraneorum, extraneos, extraneum, extraneus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "extraneous": extraneously, extraneousness, extraneousnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Extraneous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eextraneous, estraneous, etraneous, exraneous, exrtaneous, extraenous, extraneos, extraneuos, extraneus, extranious, extranjeros, extranlous, extranneous, extranous, extreneous, extroneous. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "extraneous" (pronounced ekstrā"nēus) |
| 5 | -ā" n ē u s | contemporaneous, miscellaneous, percutaneous, simultaneous, spontaneous. |
| 4 | -n ē u s | acrimonious, erroneous, felonious, harmonious, homogeneous, igneous, ignominious, instantaneous, sanctimonious, unceremonious. |
| 3 | -ē u s | alias, amphibious, aqueous, bilious, coleus, commodious, copious, courteous, curious, deleterious, delirious, denarius, devious, dubious, envious, fastidious, furious, gaseous, glorious, gregarious, hideous, hilarious, illustrious, imperious, impervious, industrious, inglorious, injurious, insidious, invidious, laborious, lascivious, lugubrious, luxurious, melodious, meritorious, mysterious, nefarious, notorious, nucleus, oblivious, obsequious, obvious, odious, pancreas, penurious, precarious, previous, punctilious, radius, Sartorius, serious, spurious, studious, supercilious, tedious, various, vicarious, victorious, vitreous. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-n-o-r-s-t-u-x" | |
-2 letters: earstone, extensor, outearns, resonate, sauterne. | |
-3 letters: aeneous, arenose, arenous, atoners, austere, earnest, eastern, estrone, externs, natures, nearest, neuters, outearn, outseen, reseaux, retaxes, retunes, roseate, santour, saunter, senator, soutane, tenours, tenures, tonsure, treason, tureens. | |
-4 letters: aeneus, antres, aretes, arouse, arseno, astern, atoner, atones, axones, easter, eaters, enates, ensure, entera, enters, enures, exerts, exeunt, exsert. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-n-o-r-s-t-u-x" | |
+1 letter: extenuators. | |
+2 letters: extraneously, heteroauxins. | |
+4 letters: extemporaneous, extraneousness, pneumothoraxes. | |
+5 letters: counterexamples, methoxyfluranes. | |
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