estray

/ə.stɹeɪ/ noun

An animal that has escaped from its owner; a wandering animal whose owner is unknown. An animal cannot be an estray when on the range where it was raised, and permitted by its owner to run. A lost animal whose owner is known to the party at hand is not an estray.

Word Origin Estray is a legal term for a stray domestic animal. It comes from Old French estraier, from Latin extra 'outside' and vagari 'to wander' — so literally 'wandering outside'. The root vagari gives us vagrant, vagabond, vague (wandering in meaning), and extravagant (wandering beyond bounds). Stray is a doublet. So an estray is an animal that has wandered off.

noun An animal that has escaped from its owner; a wandering animal whose owner is unknown. An animal cannot be an estray when on the range where it was raised, and permitted by its owner to run. A lost animal whose owner is known to the party at hand is not an estray. countable

The rancher found an estray grazing near the highway and reported it to the authorities.

(名词) 走失牲畜;迷失家畜

牧场主发现一头无主流浪牛在高速公路附近吃草,于是向当局报告。

(sustantivo) mostrenco; animal mostrenco; animal extraviado [Animal que se ha escapado de su dueño; animal errante cuyo dueño se desconoce. Un animal no puede considerarse estray cuando se encuentra en el campo donde fue criado y su dueño le permite andar libremente. Un animal perdido cuyo dueño es conocido por la parte interesada no es un estray.]

El ganadero encontró un animal extraviado pastando cerca de la carretera y lo reportó a las autoridades.

(nom) animal errant; bête errante [Animal domestique errant dont le propriétaire est inconnu et qui s'est éloigné de son lieu d'élevage autorisé. Un animal perdu dont le propriétaire est connu n'est pas considéré comme tel.]

L'éleveur a trouvé un animal errant qui paissait près de la route et l'a signalé aux autorités.

(Substantiv) Fundtier; herrenloses Tier [Ein Tier, das seinem Besitzer entlaufen ist oder sich ohne erkennbaren Besitzer herumtreibt; gilt nicht als **estray**, wenn es sich auf der Weide befindet, auf der es aufgezogen wurde und vom Besitzer frei laufen darf. Auch kein **estray**, wenn der Besitzer der anwesenden Person bekannt ist.]

Der Rancher fand ein **estray**, das in der Nähe der Autobahn graste, und meldete es den Behörden.

(名詞) 飼い主から逃げ出した動物。飼い主が不明の徘徊動物。

牧場主は高速道路の近くで放浪している家畜を見つけ、当局に報告した。

(substantivo) animal extraviado; animal desgarrado; animal errante; animal fugido [Um animal que fugiu de seu dono; um animal errante cujo dono é desconhecido. Um animal não pode ser considerado um animal errante quando está na área de pastagem onde foi criado e permitido por seu dono a correr solto. Um animal perdido cujo dono é conhecido pela parte interessada não é um animal errante.]

O fazendeiro encontrou um animal errante pastando perto da rodovia e o denunciou às autoridades.

Word parts: es + tray

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