Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈeɪ.li.ən/
alien (plural aliens)
- A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
- A foreigner residing in a country.
- Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.
- One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.
- Bible, Ephes. ii. 12
- Aliens from the common wealth of Israel.
- Bible, Ephes. ii. 12
- (person, etc. from outside) fremd (rare), guest, stranger
- (foreigner) outlander; see also Thesaurus:foreigner
- (life form of extraterrestrial origin) See also Thesaurus:extraterrestrial
- French: étranger, étrangère
- German: Fremdling, Fremder, Fremde, Ausländer, Ausländerin
- Italian: straniero
- Portuguese: estranho
- Russian: чужа́к
- Spanish: desconocido, desconocida, advena
- French: étranger, étrangère
- German: Fremder, Fremde, Ausländer, Ausländerin
- Italian: straniero, forestiero
- Portuguese: estrangeiro, forasteiro
- Russian: иностра́нец
- Spanish: extranjero, extranjera
- French: extraterrestre, alien
- German: Außerirdischer, Außerirdische, Alien
- Italian: extraterrestre, alieno
- Portuguese: alienígena, extraterrestre, alien
- Russian: инопланетя́нин
- Spanish: extraterrestre, alienígena
alien
- Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.
- alien subjects, enemies, property, or shores
- Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.
- principles alien to our religion
- Pertaining to extraterrestrial life.
- French: étranger
- Portuguese: alienígena
- Spanish: alienígena
- German: fremd, fremdartig
- Portuguese: alheio
- Spanish: ajeno, alienígeno
- German: außerirdisch
- Portuguese: alienígena
- Spanish: alienígena, extraterrestre
alien (aliens, present participle aliening; past and past participle aliened)
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