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English

rank|serious|possession|move|955|foreign|native|members|fortune

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/�f�ɹ�n/, SAMPA|/"fQr@n/
(General American|US) IPA|/�f��ɹ�n/, SAMPA|/"fO:r@n/
audio|en-us-foreign.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�r�n|-�r�n, Rhymes:English:-�rɪn|-�rɪn
Hyphenation: for·eign

Etymology
for-#Old English| for+regnum

Adjective
en-adj-more

1. From a different country.

#:foreign students

1. Belonging to a different culture.

#:Eating with chopsticks was a foreign concept to him

1. Of an object, etc, in a place where it does not belong.

#:foreign body

Synonyms
(from a different country): overseas
(belonging to a different culture): alien
(in a place where it does not belong): extraneous

Antonyms
(from a different country): domestic
(belonging to a different culture): native

Derived terms
foreign body
foreigner
Foreign Office

Translations
trans-top|from a different country
Arabic: ARchar|غر�ب (�arí:b)
Asturian: estranxeru
Catalan: estranger m
Chinese: ���, ��� (wàiguó-de)
Czech: t+|cs|cizí
Danish: udlænding, udenlandsk
Dutch: buitenlands, allochtoon (modern usage)
Finnish: t+|fi|ulkomainen, t-|fi|vierasmaalainen
French: t+|fr|étranger|m, t+|fr|étrangère|f
German: t+|de|ausländisch
Hebrew: �ר (zar) m
Hindi: (videshee)
Hungarian: t+|hu|külföldi
Irish: eachtrach
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|straniero|m, t-|it|straniera|f
Japanese: ��� (�����, gaikoku no)
Korean: �국 (��, oeguk), �국�|~� (~ui); �른 �� (dareun nara), �른 ���|~� (~ui)
Kurdish: t+|ku|ب�گا���|sc=KUchar
Latvian: �rzemju
Norwegian: t+|no|utenlandsk
Old English: t-|ang|elþeodig|altelþ�odiġ|xsOld English
Polish: cudzoziemiec m, cudzoziemka f
Portuguese: t-|pt|estrangeiro
Romanian: t+|ro|str�in
Russian: t+|ru|ино���анн�й|m|trinostránnyj|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: coimheach, Gallda
Spanish: t+|es|extranjero
Swedish: främmande, utländsk
Telugu: విద�శ� (videshee)
Turkish: t-|tr|yabancı
Vietnamese: ngoại qu�c, nư�c ngoài
Welsh: tramor
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trans-top|belonging to a different culture
Asturian: foriatu, estranxeru
Czech: cizorodý
Danish: fremmed, fremmede p
Dutch: vreemd, allochtoon
Finnish: t+|fi|muukalainen
German: t+|de|fremd
Greek: t+|el|ξένο�|m|sc=Grek (xénos)
Hebrew: �ר (zar) m
trans-mid
Hungarian: t+|hu|idegen
Kurdish: KUchar|ب�گا���
Polish: obcy m, obca f, obcy n
Portuguese: t+|pt|estranho
Romanian: t+|ro|str�in
Russian: ��жд�й (�úždyj)
Scottish Gaelic: coimheach, Gallda
Swedish: främmande
Vietnamese: t+|vi|xa lạ|xs=Vietnamese
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trans-top|in a place where it does not belong
Asturian: estrañu, foriatu
Czech: cizí
Danish: fremmed, fremmede p
Dutch: t+|nl|vreemd
Finnish: t+|fi|vieras
German: t+|de|fremd
Hebrew: �ר (zar) m
Italian: t+|it|estraneo|m, t+|it|estranea|f
trans-mid
Japanese: ��� (gairai-no)
Polish: obcy m, obca f, obcy n
Portuguese: estranho
Russian: ино�одн�й (inoródnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: coimheach, Gallda
Spanish: t-|es|extraño
Swedish: främmande
Telugu: విద�శ� (videshee)
Vietnamese: t+|vi|lạ|xs=Vietnamese
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el:foreign
fr:foreign
ko:foreign
io:foreign
it:foreign
kk:foreign
hu:foreign
ja:foreign
pl:foreign
pt:foreign
ru:foreign
simple:foreign
fi:foreign
ta:foreign
te:foreign
vi:foreign
tr:foreign
zh:foreign

• 2007-12-24 09:31 - Tbot - added t for cs, de, hu, ku, no, pt, vi

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