different between foreign vs outland

English

Alternative forms

• forraine (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English foreyn, forein, from Old French forain, from Vulgar Latin *for?nus (“outsider, outlander”), from Latin for?s (“outside, outdoors”), also spelled for?s (“outside, outdoors”).

Displaced native Middle English elendish, ellendish (“foreign”) (from Old English elelendisc, compare Old English ellende (“foreign”), elland (“foreign land”)), Middle English eltheodi, eltheodish (“foreign”) (from Old English elþ?odi?, elþ?odisc (“foreign”)), and non-native Middle English peregrin (“foreign”) (from Old French peregrin).

The silent -g- added perhaps by analogy with reign (compare also sovereign which was similarly altered). No relation with German fremd, Dutch vreemd.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f???n/, /?f???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f???n/, /?f???n/
• Rhymes: -?r?n, -?r?n
• Hyphenation: for?eign

Adjective

foreign (comparative more foreign, superlative most foreign)

1. Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.

   foreign markets; foreign soil

2. 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

3. Relating to a different nation.

   foreign policy; foreign navies

4. Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.

   foreign body; foreign substance; foreign gene; foreign species

5. (with to, formerly with from) Alien; strange.
6. (obsolete) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
7. (US, state law) From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation.
8. Belonging to a different organization, company etc.

9. (obsolete) Outside, outdoors, outdoor.

Synonyms

• (from a different country): overseas, international
• (strange): alien, fremd
• (in a place where it does not belong): extraneous

Antonyms

• (from a different country): domestic
• (not characteristic): native
• (native to an area): indigenous

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

foreign (plural foreigns)

1. A foreign person, particularly:
   1. (now informal) A foreigner: a person from another country.
      • 2011 August 30, "White House Extremely Worried About People Saying Dumb Stuff on 9/11" in Gawker:

        The messaging instructions come in two sets: one for domestics, another for the foreigns.

   2. (obsolete) An outsider: a person from another place or group.
   3. (obsolete) A non-guildmember.
2. (obsolete) A foreign ship.
3. (obsolete) Clipping of chamber foreign: an outhouse.
   • 1303, Richard Mannyng, Handlyng Synne, l. 7436 f.:

     Ful foule ys þat forreyne
     Þat ys comoun for al certeyne.

4. A foreign area, particularly:
   1. (now dialect) An area of a community that lies outside the legal town or parish limits.
   2. (obsolete, usually in the plural) An area of a monastery outside its legal limits or serving as an outer court.
5. Short for various phrases, including foreign language, foreign parts, and foreign service.

Synonyms

• (outhouse): chamber foreign; see also Thesaurus:bathroom

Translations

References

• "foreign, adj. and n." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1897), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Anagrams

• Rengifo

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English outland, outlond, from Old English ?tland (“foreign land, land abroad”), from Proto-Germanic *?tland? (“outland”), equivalent to out- +? land Cognate to Dutch uitland, Afrikaans uitland, German Ausland. The use in the phrase "outland German" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the German cognate of the same meaning, Auslandsdeutsche (see Ausland). The use in the phrase "outland Chinese" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the Chinese term of the same meaning, ?? / ?? (huáqiáo).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: out?land

Adjective

outland (not comparable)

1. Provincial: from a province (of the same land).
2. Foreign: from abroad, from a foreign land.
   • 1921, Gordon Bottomley, Gruach and Britain's daughter: two plays, page 74:

     These outland Romans will not kill us all If you permit them to do their governing, Which is so dear to them, over you and us.

   • 1966, Donald Davidson, Poems, 1922-1961, page 107:

     I heard strange pipes when I was young, / Piping songs of an outland tongue.

3. (used with ethnic nationalities) Living abroad, living in a foreign land, expatriate.
   • 1919, William Milligan Sloane, The powers and aims of western democracy, page 402:

     Whatever dependence the Pan-German chauvinist had placed on outland Germans proved to be a broken reed.

   • 1949, The Reader's Digest, volume 54, page 101:

     When the "outland Danes," who live in other countries, return by the thousand for the summer festivals, they gather first in the grim 13th-century fortress of Kronborg, [...]

   • 1980, New Society, volume 51, page 546:

     To China, it is "Chinese territory under British administration" : its citizens are regarded as "home Chinese," not "outland Chinese," and can travel freely to the mother country.

   • 2001 June 12, "Mike Echo Mike" (username), "Why do I fly !!!", in rec.aviation.student, Usenet:

     And Bruno's name is "Bienenfeld" meaning that I would place him as what are in Cleveland anyway called "Donau Schwaben" i.e., outland Germans living in SE Europe [...]

Synonyms

• (living abroad): expatriate

Noun

outland (plural outlands)

1. (especially in the plural) Any outlying area of a country; the provinces.

Hypernyms

• (structural) land

Derived terms

• outlander
• outlandish
• outlands

Etymology 2

out- +? land

Verb

outland (third-person singular simple present outlands, present participle outlanding, simple past and past participle outlanded)

1. (martial arts) To land more (punches, kicks etc.) than.

Anagrams

• Daulton