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bizarre

strange

adjective bee-ZAR Common

Also means

weird

Usage Note

Bizarre is identical in masculine and feminine and is a direct cognate of English 'bizarre'. It entered French from Italian bizzarro (angry, capricious). As an interjection, 'Bizarre!' on its own is a common reaction to something unexpected, much like 'Odd!' or 'Weird!' in English.

Examples

"Cette situation est vraiment bizarre."

Natural Translation

This situation is really strange.

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