foreign
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
foreign /ˈfɒrɪn, ˈfɒrən/
▶adjective
- 1 from, in, or characteristic of a country or language other than one's own.
■ dealing with or relating to other countries.
- 2 coming or introduced from outside.
- 3 (usu. foreign to) unfamiliar or uncharacteristic.
– derivatives
foreignness /ˈfɒr(ə)nnɪs/ noun.
foreignness /ˈfɒr(ə)nnɪs/ noun.
– origin ME foren, forein, from OFr. forein, forain, based on L. foras, foris ‘outside’, from fores ‘door’.
'foreign' also found in these Oxford entries:
abroad
- Agent General
- air corridor
- alien
- Amazon
- ambassador
- au pair
- banana republic
- barbarian
- Blighty
- bulldog bond
- bureau de change
- colony
- complement
- comprador
- consul
- count
- cultured
- debridement
- delicatessen
- dump
- EFL
- embargo
- exequatur
- exotic
- extradite
- factory
- FCO
- FDI
- filibuster
- florin
- fluent
- FO
- folk etymology
- forastero
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- foreign body
- foreigner
- foreign exchange
- Foreign Legion
- Foreign Secretary
- foreign service
- forest
- forex
- free
- gaijin
- granuloma
- green card
- gringo
