alien (redirected from aliening)

a·li·en  (l-n, lyn)

adj.

1. Owing political allegiance to another country or government; foreign: alien residents.

2. Belonging to, characteristic of, or constituting another and very different place, society, or person; strange. See Synonyms at foreign.

3. Dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed, as in nature: emotions alien to her temperament.

n.

1. An unnaturalized foreign resident of a country. Also called noncitizen.

2. A person from another and very different family, people, or place.

3. A person who is not included in a group; an outsider.

4. A creature from outer space: a story about an invasion of aliens.

5. Ecology An organism, especially a plant or animal, that occurs in or is naturalized in a region to which it is not native.

tr.v. a·li·ened, a·li·en·ing, a·li·ens Law

To transfer (property) to another; alienate.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin alinus, from alius, other; see al-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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alien

Adjective

1. foreign

2. from another world

3. alien to repugnant or opposed to: these methods are alien to the world of politics

Noun

1. a person who is a citizen of a country other than the one in which he or she lives

2. a being from another world

3. a person who does not seem to fit in with his or her environment [Latin alienus]

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alien  (l-n)

Introduced to a region deliberately or accidentally by humans. Starlings, German cockroaches, and dandelions are species that are alien to North America but have become widely naturalized in the continent. Compare endemicindigenous

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	alien - a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country foreigner, noncitizen, outlander traveler, traveller - a person who changes location au pair - a young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing light housework deportee, exile - a person who is expelled from home or country by authority gringo - a Latin American (disparaging) term for foreigners (especially Americans and Englishmen) importee, import - an imported person brought from a foreign country; "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden"; "they are descendants of indentured importees" metic - an alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city
	2.	alien - anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found stranger, unknown outsider, foreigner - someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group interloper, intruder, trespasser - someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
	3.	alien - a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere extraterrestrial, extraterrestrial being hypothetical creature - a creature that has not been observed but is hypothesized to exist
Verb	1.	alien - transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs" alienate transfer - cause to change ownership; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children"
	2.	alien - arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious" alienate, disaffect, estrange alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" drift apart, drift away - lose personal contact over time; "The two women, who had been roommates in college, drifted apart after they got married" wean - detach the affections of
Adj.	1.	alien - 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" foreign 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"
	2.	alien - being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine" exotic foreign, strange - 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"

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alien

noun 1. foreigner, incomer, immigrant, stranger, outsider, newcomer, asylum seeker, outlander << OPPOSITE citizen

adjective 2. foreign, outside, strange, imported, overseas, unknown, exotic, unfamiliar, not native, not naturalized

adjective 3. strange, new, foreign, novel, remote, unknown, exotic, unfamiliar, estranged, outlandish, untried, unexplored << OPPOSITE similar >> alien to 4. unfamiliar to, opposed to, contrary to, separated from, conflicting with, incompatible with, inappropriate to, repugnant to, adverse to

Translations

alien [ˈeɪlɪən] n (= foreigner) → extranjero/a

adj alien to → ajeno a

alien [ˈeɪlɪən] n (from abroad) → étranger/ère;

(from outer space) → extraterrestre

adj alien (to) → étranger/ère (à)

alien [ˈeɪlɪən] n → Ausländer(in) m(f);

(extraterrestrial) → außerirdisches Wesen nt

adj alien (to) → fremd (+dat)

alien [ˈeɪlɪən] n → straniero/a

adj alien (to) → estraneo/a (a)

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alien

adj alien [ˈeiliən]

foreign alien customs.vreemdغَرِيب، أجْنَبِيчуждcizífremmed; udenlandskfremdξένοςextraño, extranjero, foráneovõõrasخارجیvierasétrangerזָר, נָכְרִיपरायाstranidegenasingerlendurstraniero外国の외국의svetimassvešs; ārzemju-asingbuitenlandsutenlandskobcyestrangeirostrăinиностранныйcudzítujtuđutländsk, främmandeต่างด้าวyabancı, ecnebi外國的чужий; іноземнийغیر ملکیthuộc nước ngoài外国的

n

1 a foreigner Aliens are not welcome there.vreemdeling, buitelanderغَرِيب، أجْنَبِيчужденецcizinecfremmedder/die Ausländer(in); aber auch Ausserirrdischeαλλοδαπόςextranjerovälismaalaneغریبهvierasmaalainenétranger/-èreזָרविदेशीstranacidegenorang asingútlendingurstraniero外国人외국인svetimšalisārzemniekswarga asingbuitenlanderutlending, fremmedobcy, cudzoziemiecestrangeirostrăinиностранецcudzinec, -nkatujecstranacutlänningคนต่างด้าวyabancı uyruklu kimse外僑іноземець, чужоземецьغیر ملکیngoại kiều外侨

2 a creature from another planet aliens from outer space; He claims that he was abducted by aliens.ruimteweseمَخْلُوق غَرِيب(مِن عَالَم آخَر)същество от друг святmimozemšťan, vetřelecrumvæsenAusserirrdisches Wesenεξωγήινοςextraterrestretulnukasموجود فضاییextraterrestreחֲיזָרदूसरे ग्रेह के जीवvanzemaljacföldön kívüli lénymakhluk ruang angkasaalieno, extraterrestre異星人우주인, 외계인ateivis (iš kitų planetų)citplanētietismakhluk asingbuitenaards wezenromvesenobcyинопланетянинmimozemšťan, návštevník z inej planétynezemeljsko bitjevanzemaljacutomjordingมนุษย์ต่างดาวuzaylı yaratık外星人інопланетнийخلائی یا کسی سیارے کی مخلوقngười ngoài hành tinh外星人

v ˈalienate [-neit]

to make someone feel unfriendly to one He alienated his wife by his cruelty to her.vervreemيُنَفِّر، يُغَرِّب، يَوجِد القَطِيعَهотчуждавамodcizit sefremmedgøre; støde fra sigentfremdenαποξενώνωganarse la antipatía (de)võõrutamaاز خود راندن؛ بیزار کردنvieraannuttaas'aliénerלְהַרְחִיק, לְנַכֵּרविमुख करनाotuđitielidegenítmembuat benci, menjauhkan dirigera fráhverfanalienare, estraniare遠ざける소원하게 하다atstumtiatsvešinātdipinggirkanvervreemdenfremmedgjøre, støte fra segzrażać do siebiehostilizara îndepărtaотчуждатьodcudziť saodtujiti siotuđitistöta bortทำให้หมางเมินkendinden soğutmak使疏遠відштовхуватиمحبت اٹھا لینا ، کشیدہlàm cho xa lánh使疏远

n ˌalieˈnation

vervreemdingتَباعُد، جَفَاء، تَغْرِيبотчуждениеodcizenífremmedgørelse; frastødelsedie Entfremdungαποξένωση, αλλοτρίωσηalejamiento; enajenaciónvõõrandumineبیگانگی؛ بیزاریvieraantuminenaliénation, désaffectionנִיכּוּרअलगावotuđenostelidegenítésrasa bencifráhverfing, firringalienazione疎外소외, 불화atstūmimasatsvešināšanāspeminggiranvervreemdingfremmedgjøringzrażeniealienaçãoalienare, îndepărtareотчуждениеodcudzenieodtujitevotuđenostfjärmande, alienationความห่างเหินyabancılaşma疏遠віддалення, відчуженістьکشیدگیsự ghét bỏ疏远