foreign

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Middle English forein from Old French forain, from Vulgar Latin *forānus, from Latin forās, forīs (“‘outside (the doors)’”). Displaced native Middle English elendish, ellendish "foreign" (from Old English elelendisc, cf Old English ellende "foreign", elland "foreign land"), Middle English eltheodi, eltheodish "foreign" (from Old English elþēodiġ, elþēodisc "foreign"), and non-native Middle English peregrin "foreign" (from Old French peregrin).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈfɒɹən/, SAMPA: /"fQr@n/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈfɔːɹən/, SAMPA: /"fO:r@n/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɒrən, -ɒrɪn

• Hyphenation: for‧eign

[edit] Adjective

foreign (comparative more foreign, superlative most foreign)

1. From a different country.

   foreign students

2. Belonging to a different culture.

   Eating with chopsticks was a foreign concept to him

3. Of an object, etc, in a place where it does not belong.

   foreign body

4. (US, state law) From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation.

[edit] Synonyms

• (from a different country): overseas, international
• (belonging to a different culture): alien
• (in a place where it does not belong): extraneous

[edit] Antonyms

• (from a different country): domestic
• (belonging to a different culture): native

[edit] Derived terms

• foreigner
• foreignness
• foreign body
• foreign country
• foreign debt
• foreign exchange
• foreign key
• foreign tongue
• foreign policy
• Foreign Office

[edit] Translations