English

Etymology
A replacement for the earlier term|anormal, from F. term|anormal|langfr, LL. term|anormalus|langla for Gr. term|anomalus. Confused with L. term|abnormis. See anomalous, abnormous, anormal.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-abnormal.ogg|Audio (US)
IPA|/æb�n�ɹm�l/
rhymes|��(r)m�l

Adjective
en-adj

1. Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular.

#: The doctor said the chest X-ray showed nothing abnormal and that I�d be okay.

1. Of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.

#: abnormal psychology

1. informal Odd, strange.

Translations
trans-top|not conforming to rule or system
Danish: unormal, abnorm
Dutch: t|nl|abnormaal
Finnish: t-|fi|epänormaali, t+|fi|poikkeava
trans-mid
German: unnormal, ungewöhnlich
Japanese: ���� (fushizen na); �常� (ij� na)
Norwegian: abnorm, anormal, unormal
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trans-top|of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms
Danish: unormal, anormal, abnorm
Dutch: t|nl|abnormaal
Finnish: t-|fi|epänormaali, t+|fi|poikkeava
trans-mid
German: t-|de|anormal, t+|de|abnormal
Japanese: �常� (ij� na)
Norwegian: abnorm, anormal, unormal
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trans-top|odd, strange
Danish: unormal
Dutch: t|nl|abnormaal
Finnish: t-|fi|epänormaali, t+|fi|poikkeava
trans-mid
German: ungewöhnlich, abnormal, unnormal
Norwegian: abnorm
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ttbc|Esperanto: nenormala
ttbc|French: anormal
ttbc|Interlingua: anormal
ttbc|Italian: anormale, anomalo
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ttbc|Malayalam: �സാധാരണ� (asaadhaaraNam)
ttbc|Mandarin Chinese: �正常
ttbc|Portuguese: anormal
ttbc|Spanish: anormal
ttbc|Swedish: abnorm
ttbc|Volapük: nenomik
ttbc|Turkish: anormal
ttbc|Vietnamese: không bình thư�ng, khác thư�ng, d� thư�ng
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ar:abnormal
be:abnormal
de:abnormal
es:abnormal
fa:abnormal
fr:abnormal
gl:abnormal
io:abnormal
id:abnormal
it:abnormal
ml:abnormal
ms:abnormal
pl:abnormal
pt:abnormal
fi:abnormal
ta:abnormal
vi:abnormal
tr:abnormal
uk:abnormal
zh:abnormal

Noun
en-noun

1. A person or object that is not normal.

• 2007-12-13 14:50 - Tbot - added t for fi, de

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