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# How to pronounce "stranger" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/`
- **Native Audio Recording**: [Listen to Audio Clip](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/En-us-stranger.ogg/En-us-stranger.ogg.mp3)
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **stran·ger**
- **Parts of Speech**: adjective, noun, verb
- **ADJECTIVE**: comparative form of strange: more strange
  - *Example*: "Truth is stranger than fiction."
- **NOUN**: A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
  - *Example*: "That gentleman is a stranger to me."
- **NOUN**: An outsider or foreigner.
  - *Example*: "I am a most poor woman and a stranger, / Born out of your dominions."

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (1 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "stranger" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "my own interiority leading me either to push away or to try and absorb the alien reality of another state of mind. In this way, the play weaves the command to love the stranger, for Cordelia has been strangered, into the core of its plot. Lear must learn to love the"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 72:09](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgrWIZVhnAM&t=4329s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [stager](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/stager), [stagger](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/stagger)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "stranger" correctly?
"stranger" is pronounced `/ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/`. Syllable breakdown: **stran·ger**.

### What does "stranger" mean in context?
comparative form of strange: more strange

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