foreign
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English foreyn, forein, from Old French forain, from Vulgar Latin *forānus, from Latin forās, also spelled forīs ("outside, outdoors").
Displaced native Old English elþēodiġ (“foreign”) and now-dialectal English fremd, from Old English fremde (“strange, foreign”).
The silent -g- added perhaps by analogy with reign (compare also sovereign which was similarly altered).
Pronunciation- (British) IPA: /ˈfɒɹɪn/, /ˈfɒɹən/
- (America) IPA: /ˈfɔɹɪn/, /ˈfɔɹən/, /ˈfɑɹɪn/
- (New York City, Philadelphia) IPA: /ˈfɑɹɪn/
- (Australia) IPA: /ˈfɔɹən/
foreign
Located outside a country or place, especially one's own. - foreign markets; foreign soil
- He liked visiting foreign cities.
Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion. - foreign car; foreign word; foreign citizen; foreign trade
- 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Ayrsham Mystery ↗”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC ↗; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831 ↗, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
- The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.
- There are many more foreign students in Europe since the Erasmus scheme started.
Relating to a different nation. - foreign policy; foreign navies
Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system. - foreign body; foreign substance; foreign gene; foreign species
(with to, formerly with from) Alien; strange; uncharacteristic. - It was completely foreign to their way of thinking.
- 1708 December 15 (Gregorian calendar; date written), [Jonathan Swift], A Letter from a Member of the House of Commons in Ireland to a Member of the House of Commons in England, Concerning the Sacramental Test, London: […] John Morphew […], published 1709, →OCLC ↗, page 14 ↗:
- [T]his deſign is not ſo foreign from ſome Peoples Thoughts, […]
(obsolete) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled. - 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act II, scene ii]:
- Kept him a foreign man still; which so grieved him, / That he ran mad and died.
(US, state legal) From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation. Belonging to a different organization, company etc. - My bank charges me $2.50 every time I use a foreign ATM.
(obsolete) Outside, outdoors, outdoor.
- (from a different country) overseas, international
- (strange) alien, fremd
- (in a place where it does not belong) extraneous
- (antonym(s) of “from a different country”): domestic
- (antonym(s) of “not characteristic”): native
- (antonym(s) of “native to an area”): indigenous
- French: étranger
- German: fremd, ausländisch
- Italian: estraneo, estranea straniero
- Portuguese: estrangeiro
- Russian: иностра́нный
- Spanish: extraño, extranjero, foraño, forano
- French: étranger, étrangère
- German: ausländisch, fremd
- Italian: straniero, straniera
- Portuguese: estrangeiro
- Russian: иностра́нный
- Spanish: extranjero, forastero, foráneo
- Portuguese: estrangeiro, exterior
- Russian: вне́шний
- Spanish: extranjero, exterior
- Portuguese: estranho
- Russian: иноро́дный
- Spanish: extraño
foreign (plural foreigns)
- A foreign person, particularly:
- A foreign vehicle, particularly:
- (obsolete) An outhouse; an outdoor toilet.
- Synonyms: Thesaurus:bathroom
- A foreign area, particularly:
- Short for various phrases, including foreign language, foreign parts, and foreign service.
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