alien

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈeɪ.li.ən/

Noun

alien (plural aliens)

1. A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
2. A foreigner residing in a country.
3. Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.
4. One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.
   • Bible, Ephes. ii. 12

     Aliens from the common wealth of Israel.

Synonyms

• (person, etc. from outside) fremd (rare), guest, stranger
• (foreigner) outlander; see also Thesaurus:foreigner
• (life form of extraterrestrial origin) See also Thesaurus:extraterrestrial

Related terms

Translations

• French: étranger, étrangère
• German: Fremdling, Fremder, Fremde, Ausländer, Ausländerin
• Italian: straniero
• Portuguese: estranho
• Russian: чужа́к
• Spanish: desconocido, desconocida, advena

Translations

• French: étranger, étrangère
• German: Fremder, Fremde, Ausländer, Ausländerin
• Italian: straniero, forestiero
• Portuguese: estrangeiro, forasteiro
• Russian: иностра́нец
• Spanish: extranjero, extranjera

Translations

• French: extraterrestre, alien
• German: Außerirdischer, Außerirdische, Alien
• Italian: extraterrestre, alieno
• Portuguese: alienígena, extraterrestre, alien
• Russian: инопланетя́нин
• Spanish: extraterrestre, alienígena

Adjective

alien

1. Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.

   alien subjects, enemies, property, or shores

2. Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.

   principles alien to our religion

3. Pertaining to extraterrestrial life.

Translations

• French: étranger
• Portuguese: alienígena
• Spanish: alienígena

Translations

• German: fremd, fremdartig
• Portuguese: alheio
• Spanish: ajeno, alienígeno

Translations

• German: außerirdisch
• Portuguese: alienígena
• Spanish: alienígena, extraterrestre

Verb

alien (aliens, present participle aliening; past and past participle aliened)

1. (transitive) To estrange; to alienate.
2. (law) To transfer the ownership of something.

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