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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishforeyn,forein, fromOld Frenchforain, fromVulgar Latin*forānus(“outsider,outlander”), fromLatinforās(“outside, outdoors”) orforīs(“outside, outdoors”).

Displaced nativeOld Englishelþēodiġ(“foreign”) and now-dialectalEnglishfremd, fromOld Englishfremde(“strange, foreign”).

The silent-g- added perhaps by analogy withreign (compare alsosovereign which was similarly altered).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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foreign (comparativemoreforeign,superlativemostforeign)

  2. Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
    foreign markets;foreign soil
    He liked visitingforeign cities.
  4. Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of acountry 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”, inThe Case of Miss Elliott, London:T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published1905,→OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909,OCLC11192831, quoted inThe Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia:Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
      The cane was undoubtedly offoreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.
    • 2013 August 24, “Guardian warriors and golden eggs”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8850:
      Foreign companies love to complain about doing business in China.[…]Amid such moans it is worth remembering that, for all the barriers thatforeign multinationals face in China, it has welcomed them with open arms compared with the protectionism imposed by Japan and South Korea at comparable stages in their economic development.
    There are many moreforeign students in Europe since the Erasmus scheme started.
  6. Relating to a different nation.
    foreign policy;foreign navies
  8. Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
    foreign body;foreign substance;foreign gene;foreign species
  10. (withto, formerly withfrom)Alien;strange;uncharacteristic.
    It was completelyforeign 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 […], published1709,→OCLC,page14:
      [T]his deſign is not ſoforeign fromſome Peoples Thoughts,[…]
    • 1962 August, G. Freeman Allen, “Traffic control on the Great Northern Line”, inModern Railways, page133:
      Only when one has seen a Control Office at first-hand does one realise the vast amount of unsparing but largely unsung work that is behind the eventual publication, perhaps, of a paragraph in this journal's "Motive Power Miscellany" recording the appearance, within hours of the complete blockage of a main line, of many of its trains, passenger and freight, on routes quiteforeign to them; and of effective emergency services either side of the disaster area.
  12. (obsolete) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
  14. (US, state law) From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation.
  16. Belonging to a differentorganization,company etc.
    My bank charges me $2.50 every time I use aforeign ATM.
  18. (obsolete)Outside,outdoors,outdoor.

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of“from a different country”):domestic
  • (antonym(s) of“not characteristic”):native
  • (antonym(s) of“native to an area”):indigenous

Derived terms

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Translations

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located outside one's own country or place
originating from or characteristic of a different country
relating to a different nation
not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system
alien, strange
held at a distance; excluded; exiled
US: from a different state
belonging to a different organization
belonging to a different culture
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions atWiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked‌: "belonging to a different culture"

Noun

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foreign (pluralforeigns)

  1. A foreignperson,particularly:
    1. (now informal) Aforeigner: aperson fromanothercountry.
    2. (obsolete) Anoutsider: aperson fromanotherplace orgroup.
    3. (obsolete) Anon-guildmember.
  2. A foreignvehicle,particularly:
    1. (obsolete) A foreignship.
    2. (slang) A foreignwhip, acar producedabroad.
      • 2019 August 28, Yb Tak30ver, “Island”‎[1],1:16:
        In theforeign switching lanes and we riding
        […]
        A island I wanna live somewhere silent
        I'm shining I'm bout to flood my neck with diamonds
        Yeah I've been spitting facts these niggas lying
        I'm driving stolens,foreigns, yeah I'm riding
  3. (obsolete) Anouthouse; anoutdoortoilet.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:outhouse
  4. A foreignarea,particularly:
    1. (now dialect) Anarea of acommunity thatlies outside thelegaltown orparishlimits.
    2. (obsolete, usually in theplural) Anarea of amonastery outside itslegallimits orserving as anoutercourt.
  5. Short for various phrases, includingforeignlanguage,foreignparts,andforeignservice.

Translations

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foreigner—seeforeigner

References

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  • "foreign,adj. andn." in theOxford English Dictionary (1897), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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