English-French translations for extraneous

• étranger
  Nous voyons ici, comme toujours, que le niveau européen constitue un lieu de moindre résistance face aux groupes de pression, aux minorités excentriques, et même aux intérêts étrangers. Here as ever we see that the European level is the point of least resistance in face of pressure groups, of extraneous minorities, even of foreign interests.

Definition of extraneous

• Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign
• Not essential or intrinsic

Examples

• to separate gold from extraneous matter
• Extraneous substances were found on my cup of water.

Related words

• extranet
• extraneousness
• extraneity