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).
Origin
Latin
forās
Gloss
outside, outdoors
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
外
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiforeign English
- antiforeigner English
- antiforeignism English
- born English
- country English
- foreign country English
- foreign-born English
- foreigner English
- foreignise English
- foreignism English
- foreignization English
- foreignize English
- foreignly English
- foreignness English
- hyperforeign English
- hyperforeignism English
- nonforeign English
- nonforeigner English
- unforeign English
- *forānus Latin
- forāneus Latin
- forās Latin
- forīs Latin
- forain French
- afuera Spanish, Castilian
- fuera Spanish, Castilian
- fueraborda Spanish, Castilian
- fuereño Spanish, Castilian
- *dʰwer- Proto-Indo-European
- chambre forene Middle English
- foreyn Middle English
- foreyner Middle English
- forner Middle English
- forain Old French
- fora Catalan, Valencian
- fără Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- foreigner Cebuano
- porener Cebuano
- puyra Cebuano
- pwera Cebuano
- fora Old Portuguese
- fora Venetian
- fora Piedmontese