Foreign

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1 English 1.1 Adjective 1.1.1 Synonyms 1.1.2 Translations 1.1.2.1 Translations to be checked 1.2 Related terms

English

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. In a place where it does not belong.

   foreign body

Synonyms

• (from a different country): overseas
• (belonging to a different culture): alien

Translations

from a different country

French: étranger m, étrangère f

Italian: straniero m, straniera f

belonging to different culture

in a place where it does not belong

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate tables above.

• Finnish: ulkomainen , vieras

Related terms

• foreign body
• foreigner