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