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foreign
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)
- Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
- foreign markets; foreign soil
- 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
- Relating to a different nation.
- foreign policy; foreign navies
- Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
- foreign body; foreign substance; foreign gene; foreign species
- (with to, formerly with from) Alien; strange.
- (obsolete) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
- (US, state law) From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation.
- Belonging to a different organization, company etc.
- (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)
- A foreign person, particularly:
- (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.
- 2011 August 30, "White House Extremely Worried About People Saying Dumb Stuff on 9/11" in Gawker:
- (obsolete) An outsider: a person from another place or group.
- (obsolete) A non-guildmember.
- (now informal) A foreigner: a person from another country.
- (obsolete) A foreign ship.
- (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.
- Ful foule ys þat forreyne
- 1303, Richard Mannyng, Handlyng Synne, l. 7436 f.:
- A foreign area, particularly:
- (now dialect) An area of a community that lies outside the legal town or parish limits.
- (obsolete, usually in the plural) An area of a monastery outside its legal limits or serving as an outer court.
- 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
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xenophilia
English
Etymology
xeno- +? -philia
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?li?
Noun
xenophilia (uncountable)
- an attraction to or love of foreign people, manners or culture
- (science fiction) love (especially sexual love) between humans and extraterrestrials
- 1983, Frank Northen Magill, Survey of modern fantasy literature, Volume 4, Salem Press, ?ISBN, page 1707
- While it may appear that Sturgeon has thus become an advocate of homoeroticism, incest, xenophilia, and other exotic or decadent sexual practices, he remains committed rather to the ideals of understanding and tolerance.
- 2007, Julie Phillips, James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon, ?ISBN, page 300
- An alien—seemingly just a tourist—lands in the middle of Washington, assumes human, male form, and is adopted by four college kids for fun and sex. The story is told in snatches of dialogue and scraps of poetry (the title is from e.e. cummings), and is all goofy juxtapositions, happy xenophilia, and affection for the enthusiastic and accepting youth.
- 2012, Mark Guinane, Horizon's Edge, ?ISBN, page 303
- Xenophilia (header) From a young age, even before I knew what sex was, I always had a thing for girls. Alien girls I mean — Alorians in particular. I broke out in a sweat every time I saw them. They were so beautiful.
- 1983, Frank Northen Magill, Survey of modern fantasy literature, Volume 4, Salem Press, ?ISBN, page 1707
Antonyms
- xenophobia
Translations
Anagrams
- philoxenia
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