alien

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Alternative forms

• alyaunte (15th-16th centuries)

Etymology

Old French alien, aliene, from Latin aliēnus (“belonging to someone else, later exotic, foreign”), from alius (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.li.ən/

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Noun

alien (plural aliens)

1. A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
2. A foreigner residing in a country.
   • 1773, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books, Volume 1 (Fifth Edition), page 372

     An alien born may purchase lands, or other estates: but not for his own use; for the king is thereupon entitled to them.

   • 1831, John Marshall, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, U.S. Government

     The counsel have shown conclusively that they are not a state of the union, and have insisted that individually they are aliens, not owing allegiance to the United States.

   • 2004, Wesley Campbell, Stephen Court, Be a hero: the battle for mercy and social justice, Destiny Image Publishers, page 74

     Aliens are aliens because of persecution or war or hardship or famine.

3. Any life form of extraterrestrial origin.
4. One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.
   • Bible, Ephes. ii. 12

     Aliens from the common wealth of Israel.

Synonyms

• fremd
• See also Wikisaurus:extraterrestrial

Related terms

• alienage
• space alien

Translations

person, etc. from outside

• Albanian: huaj (i/e)
• Arabic: غريب m (ġarīb)
• Armenian: օտար (hy) (ōtar)
• Bulgarian: чужденец (bg) m (čuždenéc), чужденка f (čuždenká)
• Catalan: estrany (ca) m, estranya (ca) f, foraster m, forastera f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 異客, 异客 (zh) (yìkè), 陌生人 (zh) (mòshēngrén)

• Czech: cizinec (cs) m
• Dutch: vreemdeling (nl)
• Esperanto: alilandano
• French: étranger (fr) m, étrangère (fr) f
• German: Fremdling (de) m, Fremder (de) m, Fremde (de) f, Ausländer (de) m, Ausländerin (de) f
• Greek: ξένος (el) m (xénos)
• Hindi: अजनबी m (ajnabī)
• Hungarian: idegen (hu)

• Italian: straniero (it) m
• Japanese: 外国人 (ja) (がいこくじん, gaikokujin), 外人 (ja) (がいじん, gaijin) (colloquial), 異国人 (いこくじん, ikokujin), 異邦人 (いほうじん, ihōjin)
• Korean: 외국인 (ko) (waegug-in) (外国人 (ko)), 이국인 (igug-in) (異国人)
• Polish: obcy (pl) m
• Portuguese: estranho (pt) m
• Romanian: străin (ro) m, alien m, străină (ro) f, alienă f
• Russian: чужак (ru) m (čužák), пришелец (ru) m (prišélec), незнакомец (ru) m (neznakómec), незнакомка (ru) f (neznakómka), посторонний (ru) m (postorónnij), посторонняя (ru) f (postorónnjaja)
• Scottish Gaelic: coigreach m, coimheach m
• Spanish: desconocido (es) m, desconocida (es) f
• Swedish: främling (sv)
• Turkish: yabancı (tr)
• Urdu: اجنبی (ur) m (ajnabī)

foreigner

• Albanian: huaj (i/e)
• Arabic: أجنبي m (ʾajnabiyy)
• Bulgarian: чужденец (bg) m (čuždenéc), чужденка f (čuždenká)
• Catalan: foraster m, forastera f, estrany (ca) m, estranya (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外國人 (zh), 外国人 (zh) (wàiguórén), 外人 (zh) (wàirén), 老外 (zh) (lǎowài) (colloquial)

• Czech: cizinec (cs) m
• Dutch: buitenlander (nl), allochtoon (nl), vluchteling (nl)
• Esperanto: alilandano
• Finnish: muukalainen (fi), ulkomaalainen (fi), vierasmaalainen
• French: étranger (fr) m, étrangère (fr) f
• German: Fremder (de) m, Fremde (de) f, Ausländer (de) m, Ausländerin (de) f
• Greek: ξένος (el) m (xénos)
• Hebrew: זָר (he)
• Hindi: विदेशी (videshii), अन्यदेशीय (anyadeshiiya)

• Hungarian: idegen (hu)
• Italian: straniero (it) m, forestiero (it) m
• Japanese: 外国人 (ja) (がいこくじん, gaikokujin), 外人 (ja) (がいじん, gaijin) (colloquial)
• Korean: 외국인 (ko) (waegug-in) (外国人 (ko)), 이국인 (igug-in) (異国人)
• Persian: خارجی (fa) (khâreji)
• Polish: cudzoziemiec (pl) m, obcokrajowiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: estrangeiro (pt) m
• Romanian: străin (ro) m, alien m, străină (ro), alienă f
• Russian: иностранец (ru) m (inostránec), чужеземец (ru) m (čužezémec), инородец (ru) m (inoródec) (non-native)
• Scottish Gaelic: coigreach m, coimheach m, Gall m
• Spanish: extranjero (es) m, extranjera f
• Thai: ฝรั่ง (th) (farang)
• Turkish: yabancı (tr), ecnebi (tr)
• Vietnamese: người nước ngoài, người ngoại quốc

life form of non-Earth origin

• Albanian: jashtëtokësor
• Arabic: غريب m (ġarīb)
• Armenian: այլմոլորակային (aylmolorakayin)
• Bulgarian: извънземен (bg) (izvǎnzemen), извънземен (bg) (izvǎnzemen)
• Catalan: extraterrestre m, f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外星人 (zh) (wàixīngrén), 宇宙人 (yǔzhòurén)

• Czech: mimozemšťan (cs) m
• Danish: rumvæsen
• Dutch: buitenaards (nl)
• French: extraterrestre (fr), gamien m
• German: Außerirdischer m, Außerirdische f
• Greek: εξωγήινος (el) m (exogíinos)
• Hebrew: חייזר m, חוצן m
• Hungarian: földönkívüli (hu)

• Irish: eachtrán m
• Italian: extraterrestre, alieno (it)
• Japanese: 宇宙人 (うちゅうじん, uchūjin), 異星人 (いせいじん, iseijin)
• Korean: 우주인 (ko) (uju'in) (宇宙人 (ko))
• Navajo: yótʼááh dineʼé dootłʼizhígíí
• Norwegian: romvesen
• Polish: istota pozaziemska f, kosmita (pl) m
• Portuguese: alienígena (pt) m, extraterrestre (pt) m, f
• Romanian: extraterestru (ro)
• Russian: инопланетянин (ru) m (inoplanetjánin), инопланетянка (ru) f (inoplanetjánka), инопланетяне pl (inoplanetjáne), пришелец (ru) m (prišélec)
• Serbo-Croatian: vanzemaljac m, izvanzemaljac m
• Spanish: extraterrestre (es), alienígena (es)
• Swedish: utomjording (sv) (utomjordling)
• Turkish: uzaylı (tr)

Adjective

alien (comparative more alien, superlative most alien)

1. Pertaining to an alien.
2. Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.

   alien subjects, enemies, property, or shores

3. Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.

   principles alien to our religion

   • Wordsworth

     An alien sound of melancholy.

Translations

Pertaining to an alien

• Armenian: օտար (hy) (ōtar)
• Bulgarian: чужд (bg) (čužd), чуждестранен (bg) (čuždestranen)
• Catalan: aliè (ca), (Valencian) alié
• German: außerirdisch (de)

• Greek: ξένος (el) (xénos)
• Hungarian: idegen (hu)
• Norwegian: utenomjordisk m
• Scottish Gaelic: coimheach

Being unfamiliar with

• Armenian: օտար (hy) (ōtar)
• Catalan: estrany (ca) m, estranya (ca) f
• Esperanto: fremda (eo)
• Finnish: vieras (fi)

• German: fremd (de), fremdartig (de)
• Greek: ξένος (el) (xénos)
• Scottish Gaelic: coimheach

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Translations to be checked

• French: étranger m, étrangère f (1), contraire à (2)
• Romanian: străin, alien m străină, alienă f (1,2), extraterestru m extraterestră (3)
• Spanish: extraterrestre (1), alienígena (1), extraño m (2)
• Swedish: främmande (2)

Verb

alien (third-person singular simple present aliens, present participle aliening, simple past and past participle aliened)

1. (transitive) To estrange; to alienate.
2. (law) To transfer the ownership of something.

Alternative forms

• aliene

Anagrams

• aline, Aline, A-line, anile, laine, linea

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Old French

Etymology

Latin aliēnus.

Adjective

alien m

1. alien; foreign; non-native

Declension

  Declension of alien  

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	aliens	aliene	alien
	Oblique	alien	aliene	alien
Plural	Subject	alien	alienes	alien
	Oblique	aliens	alienes	alien

Noun

alien m (oblique plural aliens, nominative singular aliens, nominative plural alien)

1. alien (a non-native)

Declension

  Declension of alien  

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	Subject	aliens	aliene
	Oblique	alien	aliene
Plural	Subject	alien	alienes
	Oblique	aliens	alienes

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Portuguese

Etymology

From English alien (“extraterrestrial life form”), from Old French alien, aliene, from Latin aliēnus (“foreign”), from alius (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li.ẽj̃/

Noun

alien m (plural aliens)

1. alien; extraterrestrial life form

Synonyms

• ET, extraterrestre, alienígena