different between foreign vs ultramarine

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

Borrowed from Latin ultr?mar?nus, from ultr? + mar?nus. May be decomposed as ultra- +? marine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l.t??.m???i?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n

Noun

ultramarine (countable and uncountable, plural ultramarines)

1. A brilliant blue pigment that is either extracted from mineral deposits or made synthetically; traditionally made from ground-up lapis lazuli.
2. A brilliant pure dark blue or slightly purplish colour.

Translations

Adjective

ultramarine (comparative more ultramarine, superlative most ultramarine)

1. Of a brilliant blue colour.
2. Beyond the sea.
   • 1769, Edmund Burke, Observations on a Late State of the Nation, fourth edition, London: J. Dodsley, pages 10–11:

     If the war is carried on in the colonies, he [George Grenville] tells them that the lo?s of her [France’s] ultramarine dominions le??ens her expences, and en?ures her remittances […]

Translations

See also

• (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre ^{(Category: en:Blues)}

French

Adjective

ultramarine

1. feminine singular of ultramarin

German

Adjective

ultramarine

1. inflection of ultramarin:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

ultramarine

1. feminine plural of ultramarino