| Principal Translations/Principales traductions |
| foreign | adj | (from another country) | étranger adj |
| Is this wine foreign or is it from here? |
| Est-ce un vin étranger ou local ? |
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| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires |
| foreign | adj | (of international trade) commerce, dette, politique | extérieur adj |
| Foreign trade increases year after year. |
| Le commerce extérieur augmente tous les ans. |
| foreign | adj | (of international diplomacy) politique internationale | étranger adj |
| The President spends much of his time on foreign relations. |
| Le Président consacre beaucoup de temps aux affaires étrangères. |
| foreign | adj | (located outside a place) | étranger nm |
| She lives in a foreign country. |
| Elle vit à l'étranger. |
| foreign | adj | (from other persons, things) | étranger adj |
| A foreign body got into the liquid. |
| Un corps étranger s'est introduit dans le liquide. |
| foreign | adj | (not belonging) | étranger adj |
| This plant species is foreign to this area. |
| Cette plante est étrangère à la région. |
| foreign | adj | (unfamiliar, strange) | étranger adj |
| | | incongru adj |
| Eating insects is just so foreign to us. |
| Manger des insectes nous est complètement étranger. |
| Manger des insectes nous semble vraiment incongru. |
| foreign | adj | (idea) | inconnu adj |
| Macroeconomics is a foreign concept to most people. |
| La macroéconomie est un concept inconnu de la moitié des élèves de cette classe. |
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| Compound Forms/Formes composées |
| foreign accent | n | (pronunciation of non-native language) | accent étranger nm |
| When learning a new language, you will likely have a foreign accent. |
| Il a un accent étranger que je ne saurais pas définir. |
| foreign affairs | npl | (politics: international relations) | affaires étrangères nfpl |
| The professor was a prominent foreign affairs expert and had advised several presidents on international matters. |
| foreign aid | n | (assistance given to another nation) | aide internationale nf |
| Many poor countries rely on foreign aid to provide their people with even the most basic services. |
| Beaucoup de pays pauvres dépendent de l'aide internationale pour fournir à la population les services essentiels. |
| foreign body | n | (object lodged where it does not belong) | corps étranger nm |
| When they x-rayed him they saw a foreign body in his lung. |
| La radio a révélé la présence d'un corps étranger dans son poumon droit. |
| foreign correspondent | n | (journalist reporting from abroad) | correspondant à l'étranger nm |
| The government has forbidden foreign correspondents from reporting on the demonstrations. |
| foreign currency | n | (money used in another country) | devise, devise étrangère nf |
| The euro is a foreign currency in the United States, and the dollar is a foreign currency in France. |
| In Denmark, Sweden and the UK the Euro is still foreign currency. |
| foreign exchange | | | devises étrangères |
| foreign exchange | | changer une monnaie | change nm |
| foreign exchange broker | | cambiste | agent de change nm |
| foreign exchange dealer | | cambiste | agent de change nm |
| foreign exchange market | | | commerce extérieur nm |
| foreign exchange program, UK: foreign exchange programme | n | US (students' foreign study scheme) | programme d'échange nm |
| Ils sont inscrits dans un programme d'échange pour leurs études. |
| foreign film | n | (movie made in another country) | film étranger nm |
| I enjoy watching foreign films more than domestic films. |
| Il a eu l'Oscar du meilleur film étranger. |
| foreign language | n | (language not one's mother tongue) | langue étrangère nf |
| The sooner you start learning a foreign language, the easier it will be. |
| foreign legion | | | la légion étrangère |
| foreign loan | | | emprunt extérieur |
| foreign made, foreign-made | adj | (manufactured abroad) | importé adj |
| Note: hyphen used when term is adj before a noun |
| Why buy a foreign-made product when you can get a domestic one cheaper? |
| Pourquoi acheter un produit importé alors qu'on peut acheter le même fabriqué en France et moins cher ? |
| | | fabriqué à l'étranger adj |
| Sa conception est locale mais le produit est fabriqué à l'étranger. |
| foreign minister | n | (government official responsible for international affairs) | ministre des Affaires étrangères nm |
| The equivalent of the Secretary of State in the United States is known as the Foreign Minister in many other countries. |
| Foreign ministers from over fifty countries attended the summit on global warming. |
| Les ministres des Affaires étrangères de cinquante pays se sont retrouvés au sommet de Copenhague. |
| foreign ministry | n | (government agency for international affairs) | ministère des Affaires étrangères nm |
| She studied several languages in college, hoping to some day work for the foreign ministry. |
| | France | Quai d'Orsay nm |
| foreign mission | | | mission étrangère |
| foreign money | n | (currency of another country) | devises, devises étrangères nfpl |
| Foreign money is money they use in other countries. |
| foreign national | n | (citizen of another country) | ressortissant étranger nm |
| foreign office | n | (government agency for international affairs) | ministère des Affaires étrangères nm |
| The foreign office looks out for our country's interest in foreign countries. |
| foreign phrase | n | (expression in another language) | emprunt nm |
| Certain foreign phrases like "deja vu" and "bon appétit" are useful because we lack good English equivalents. |
| Drive-in est un anglicisme, hamburger est un emprunt à l'anglais. |
| | | expression empruntée (à une autre langue) nf |
| Le français des affaires est truffé d'expressions empruntées à l'anglais. |
| foreign policy | n | (government's approach to international affairs) | politique étrangère nf |
| Some argue that the relative poverty of Latin America is a direct consequence of US foreign policy in that region. |
| | | politique extérieure nf |
| foreign secretary | n | (politician in charge of international affairs) | ministre des Affaires étrangères nm |
| The foreign secretary usually accompanies the prime minister to international summit meetings. |
| M. Alain Juppé vient d'être nommé ministre des Affaires étrangères. |
| foreign securities | | | les valeurs étrangères |
| foreign service | | | service des affaires étrangères nm |
| foreign service officer | | | officier du service diplomatique nm |
| foreign trade | n | (international commerce) | commerce extérieur nm |
| On l'a nommée ministre du commerce extérieur. |
| foreign-aid | | | aide aux pays étrangers |
| foreign-born | | (étranger) | allochtone adj |
| foreign-language study | n | (learning of other languages) | langues étrangères nfpl |
| That university is well known for the diversity of programmes they offer in foreign-language study. |
| Cette université est réputée pour le large éventail de programmes qu'elle propose en langues étrangères. |
| | | apprentissage des langues étrangères nm |
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