foreign

for·eign  (fôrn, fr-)

adj.

1. Located away from one's native country: on business in a foreign city.

2. Of, characteristic of, or from a place or country other than the one being considered: a foreign custom.

3. Conducted or involved with other nations or governments; not domestic: foreign trade.

4. Situated in an abnormal or improper place in the body and typically introduced from outside: a foreign object in the eye.

5. Not natural; alien: Jealousy is foreign to her nature.

6. Not germane; irrelevant.

7. Subject to the jurisdiction of another political unit.

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[Middle English forein, from Old French forain, from Late Latin fornus, on the outside, from Latin fors, outside; see dhwer- in Indo-European roots.]

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foreign·ness n.

Synonyms: foreign, alien, exotic, strange
These adjectives mean of, from, or characteristic of another place or part of the world: a foreign accent; alien customs; exotic birds; moved to a strange city.

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foreign

Adjective

1. of, located in, or coming from another country, area, or people

2. dealing or concerned with another country, area, or people: the Foreign Minister

3. not familiar; strange

4. in an abnormal place or position: a foreign body in the food [Latin foris outside]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	foreign - of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own); "foreign trade"; "a foreign office" international - concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations; "international affairs"; "an international agreement"; "international waters" domestic - of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction"
	2.	foreign - relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city" strange native - characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad"
	3.	foreign - not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature" alien extrinsic - not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; "extrinsic evidence"; "an extrinsic feature of the new building"; "that style is something extrinsic to the subject"; "looking for extrinsic aid"
	4.	foreign - not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source; "water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk" extraneous adulterant, adulterating - making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials; "the adulterating effect of extraneous materials"

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foreign

adjective 1. alien, overseas, exotic, unknown, outside, strange, imported, borrowed, remote, distant, external, unfamiliar, far off, outlandish, beyond your ken << OPPOSITE native

adjective 2. unassimilable, external, extraneous, outside

adjective 3. uncharacteristic, inappropriate, unrelated, incongruous, inapposite, irrelevant

Translations

foreign [ˈfɔrɪn] adj → extranjero; [trade] → exterior

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foreign [ˈfɔrɪn] adj → étranger/ère; [trade] → extérieur(e); [travel] → à l'étranger

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foreign [ˈfɔrɪn] adj → ausländisch;

(holiday) → im Ausland;

(customs, appearance) → fremdartig;

(trade, policy) → Außen-;

(correspondent) → Auslands-;

(object, matter) → fremd;

goods from foreign countries/a foreign country → Waren aus dem Ausland

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foreign [ˈfɔrən] adj → straniero/a; [trade] → estero/a

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foreign

adj foreign [ˈforən]

1 belonging to a country other than one's own a foreign passport. buitelands أجْنَبي чуждестранен cizozemský udenlandsk ausländisch ξένος extranjero välismaine خارجی ulkomaan, ulkomaalainen étranger זָר विदेशी inozeman, stran külföldi asing erlendur straniero 外国の 외국의 užsieninis, užsienio ārzemju-; svešzemju-; ārlietu- asing buitenlands utenlandsk, fremmed(-), utenlands- zagraniczny, cudzoziemski estrangeiro străin иностранный;заграничный zahraničný tuj inostran utländsk เกี่ยวกับต่างประเทศ yabancı, ecnebi 外國的 іноземний; нетутешній غیر ملکی nước ngoài 外国的

2 (withto) not naturally part of Anger was foreign to her nature. vreemd غَريب неприсъщ cizí fremmed; ukendt fremd ξένος, αφύσικος ajeno a võõras بیگانه؛ خارجی vieras étranger (à) זָר ל- आदत से बाहर stran, neuobičajen vmitől távol álló asing framandi estraneo 異質の 낯선, 드문 svetimas svešs; svešāds; neatbilstošs asing vreemd fremmed for, som ligger fjernt fra obcy estranho străin (de) чуждый cudzí tuj stran främmande för ไม่ใช่ธรรมชาติของ yabancı, aykırı 非...所原有的 невідомий نا مانوس xa lạ với ai/cái gì 非...所原有的

n foreigner

1 a person from another country. buitelander شَخْص أجْنَبي чужденец cizinec udlænding der/die Ausländer(in) αλλοδαπός, ξένος extranjero välismaalane آدم خارجی ulkomaalainen étranger/-ère נָכרִי विदेशी inozemac, stranac külföldi orang asing útlendingur straniero 外国人 외국인 užsienietis ārzemnieks pendatang asing buitenlander utlending cudzoziemiec estrangeiro străin иностранец cudzinec, -ka tujec stranac utlänning คนต่างชาติ yabancı 外國人 іноземець; чужинець غیر ملکی người nước ngoài 外国人

2 an unfamiliar person. vreemde شَخْص غَريب непознат cizinec fremmed der/die Fremde άγνωστος extraño võõras, muulane آدم غریبه muukalainen étranger/-ère זָר अजनबी nepoznanik, stranac idegen (ember) orang yang tak dikenali ókunnugur maður estraneo よそ者 낯선 사람 nepažįstamas žmogus svešinieks orang yang tidak dikenali vreemdeling fremmed obcy estranho străin незнакомец cudzinec, -ka neznanec nepoznata osoba främling คนแปลกหน้า yabancı 陌生人 стороння людина غیر مانوس người ngoài; người lạ 陌生人