foreign

Etymology
From, , from , from , from , also spelled.

Displaced native and now-dialectal, from.

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

Adjective

 * 1)  Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
 * foreign markets; foreign soil
 * 1)  Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.
 * foreign car; foreign word; foreign citizen; foreign trade
 * 1)  Relating to a different nation.
 * 2)  Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
 * 3)   Alien; strange.
 * 4)   Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
 * 5)   From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation.
 * 6)  Belonging to a different organization, company etc.
 * 7)   Outside, outdoors, outdoor.
 * 1)   Alien; strange.
 * 2)   Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
 * 3)   From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation.
 * 4)  Belonging to a different organization, company etc.
 * 5)   Outside, outdoors, outdoor.
 * 1)   Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
 * 2)   From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation.
 * 3)  Belonging to a different organization, company etc.
 * 4)   Outside, outdoors, outdoor.
 * 1)   Outside, outdoors, outdoor.
 * 1)   Outside, outdoors, outdoor.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: أَجْنَبِيّ
 * Hijazi Arabic: أجْنَبي
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: xen, xeanã, cãsen, striin, striinã
 * Asturian: estrañu, foriatu
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Bashkir: сит ил
 * Basque: atzerriko, atzerritar
 * Belarusian: заме́жны, чужазе́мны, іншазе́мны, зарубе́жны, заграні́чны
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:, country; ,  place
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 外國的, ,
 * Chukchi: ӄуԓинутэԓьын
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: alilanda,
 * Estonian: võõra
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ξένος, ἀλλότριος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: परदेसी
 * Irish: allúrach, coimhthíoch
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Javanese: anèh
 * Kazakh: шетелдік
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 외래(外來)-의
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: чет элдик, чет өлкөлүк
 * Lao: ຕ່າງປະເທດ, ຕ່າງດ້າວ
 * Latin: extraneus,, peregrinus,
 * Latvian: svešs
 * Lithuanian: svetimas
 * Macedonian: туѓ, странски
 * Malay:
 * Middle English: foreyn, fremde
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Old English: elþēodiġ
 * Old Javanese: aneh
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Scots: fremmit
 * Scottish Gaelic: coimheach, Gallda
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: стра̑н, ту̏ђ
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: cudzí, zahraničný
 * Slovene: tuj
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Tajik:, ,
 * Telugu: విదేశీ
 * Tetum: malae
 * Thai: ,
 * Tibetan: ཕྱི་རྒྱལ
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: інозе́мний, закордо́нний, зарубі́жний
 * Urdu: پَرْدیسی
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish: פֿרעמד


 * Arabic:, أَجْنَبِيّ
 * Armenian: ,
 * Aromanian: xen, striin
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Bashkir: сит ил
 * Basque: atzerritar, atzerriko
 * Belarusian: заме́жны
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Chukchi: ӄуԓинутэԓьын
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:, alilanda, eksterlanda
 * Faroese: útlendskur
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: უცხო, საზღვარგარეთული, უცხოური
 * German: ,
 * Old High German: framadi, fremidi
 * Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: ἐξωτικός, ξενικός
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, , परदेसी,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: eachtrach, iasachta, allúrach, coimhthíoch
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 외국(外國)-의, 다른 나라-의
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: بێگانە
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Latin: externus, advena,
 * Latvian: ārzemju, svešs
 * Low German: frömd
 * Luxembourgish: auslännesch, friem
 * Macedonian: странски
 * Malay:
 * Middle English: foreyn, fremde
 * Middle Low German: vrȫmede
 * Navajo: doo tʼáá diné nilíinii
 * Norman: êtrangi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: щоуждь
 * Old English: elþēodiġ
 * Old Saxon: fremiði
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scots: fremmit
 * Scottish Gaelic: coimheach, Gallda
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: иноземни
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: cudzí
 * Slovene: inozemski, tuj
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: cuzy
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik:, ,
 * Telugu: విదేశీ
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: інозе́мний, закордо́нний
 * Urdu: بِدیسی, پَرْدیسی,
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Venetian:, forèst
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:
 * Yan-nhangu: mulkuruŋu
 * Yiddish: פֿרעמד, אויסלענדיש


 * Bashkir: сит ил
 * Basque: atzerri-, kanpo-
 * Catalan: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: alilanda
 * Finnish: ,
 * Ido:
 * Irish: coimhthíoch
 * Latvian: svešs, ārzemju
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Old English: elþēodiġ
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: (policy),, , ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Ukrainian: зо́внішній, інозе́мний


 * Bashkir: ят
 * Catalan:, , ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Bashkir: ят
 * Cimbrian: brömade
 * Danish: fremmedartet
 * Dutch: vreemd (aan)
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: coimhthíoch
 * Latvian: svešs
 * Middle English: fremde
 * Old English: fremde
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Tocharian B: alletstse
 * Ukrainian: чужи́й
 * Vietnamese:


 * Finnish:, syrjitty


 * Catalan:, , ,
 * Finnish:


 * Catalan: * Catalan:, , ,


 * Asturian: ,
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Old High German: ,
 * Middle High German:, , ,
 * Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Latin:
 * Low German: ,
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:
 * Middle Dutch: vremt
 * Middle Low German:
 * Navajo:
 * Norman:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: щоуждь
 * Old Saxon:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük:

Noun

 * 1) A foreign person, particularly:
 * 2)  A foreigner: a person from another country.
 * 3)  An outsider: a person from another place or group.
 * 4)  A non-guildmember.
 * 5) A foreign vehicle, particularly:
 * 6)  A foreign ship.
 * 7)  A foreign whip, a car produced abroad.
 * 8)  An outhouse; an outdoor toilet.
 * 9) A foreign area, particularly:
 * 10)  An area of a community that lies outside the legal town or parish limits.
 * 11)  An area of a monastery outside its legal limits or serving as an outer court.
 * 12) Short for various phrases, including foreign language, foreign parts, and foreign service.
 * 1) A foreign area, particularly:
 * 2)  An area of a community that lies outside the legal town or parish limits.
 * 3)  An area of a monastery outside its legal limits or serving as an outer court.
 * 4) Short for various phrases, including foreign language, foreign parts, and foreign service.