foreign

English

/ˈfɒɹɪn/, /ˈfɔɹɪn/

adj
Definitions
  • Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
  • Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.
  • Relating to a different nation.
  • Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
  • (with to) Alien; strange.
  • (obsolete) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
  • (US) 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.
  • (obsolete) Outside, outdoors, outdoor.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English foreyn derived from Old French forain derived from Latin *forānus, forās (outside, outdoors).

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Latin

forās

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outside, outdoors

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