foreigner
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foreigner
- /ˈfɒɹ.ɪ.nə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈfɔɹ.ɪ.nɚ/ US
- /ˈfɔɹ.ə.nɚ/ US
- /ˈfɑɹ.ɪ.nɚ/ New York City
Where it comes from
From Middle English forner, foreyner, foroner, forenere, augmentation of earlier forein (“foreigner”), from the adjective. Equivalent to foreign + -er. Use of the -er suffix may be due to analogy with Middle English straunger (“stranger”). Displaced native Old English elþēodiġ.
noun foreigners
- A person from a foreign country. By the existing law of Great Britain all foreigners have the unrestricted right of entrance and residence in this country; and while they remain in it are, equally with British subjects, under the protection of the law; nor can they be punished except for an offence against the law, and under the se
- A private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.
Similar: alien, metœcus, outlander, outsider, stranger, barbarian, firangi, foreign, foreigner, fremd, fremdling, furriner, gaijin, nonlocal, noninhabitant, nonnational, nonresident, non-resident, outcomeling, outener, Paradesi, peregrine, strangeling, uitlander · Opposite: native, aborigine, autochthon, citizen, compatriot, countryman, countrywoman, nonforeigner
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: outlander, noncitizen, outsider, alien, foreign-born, foreign, abroad, expatriate, stranger, offshore, outward, outside, overseas, inward, world, worker
noun
Similar: alien, metœcus, outlander, outsider, stranger, barbarian, firangi, foreign, foreigner, fremd, fremdling, furriner, gaijin, nonlocal, noninhabitant, nonnational, nonresident, non-resident, outcomeling, outener, Paradesi, peregrine, strangeling, uitlander · Opposite: native, aborigine, autochthon, citizen, compatriot, countryman, countrywoman, nonforeigner
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noun person in a foreign land
| Español | extranjero, extranjera, forastero, fuereño, foráneo, afuereño |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 외국인 oegugin, 이국인 igugin, 외인 oein |
| 日本語 | 外国人 gaikokujin, 外人 gaijin, 異国人 ikokujin |
| 中文 | 外國人 /外国人 wàiguórén, 外人 wàirén, 老外 lǎowài |
| हिन्दी | विदेशी videśī, अन्यदेशीय anyadeśīya, परदेशी pardeśī, अजनबी ajnabī |
| Kiswahili | ajinabi |
| Português | estrangeiro, estrangeira |
| Français | étranger, étrangère |
| Deutsch | Ausländer, Ausländerin |
| Italiano | straniero, straniera |
| Ελληνικά | ξένος xénos, ξένη xéni, αλλοδαπός allodapós, αλλοδαπή allodapí |
| Română | străin, străină |
| Русский | иностра́нец inostránec, иностра́нка inostránka, чужезе́мец čužezémec, чужезе́мка čužezémka, инозе́мец inozémec, инозе́мка inozémka |
| Tiếng Việt | người nước ngoài, người ngoại quốc |
| العربية | أَجْنَبِيّ ʔajnabiyy, أَجْنَبِيَّة ʔajnabiyya |
| עברית | זָר zar, זָרָה |
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title = {foreigner},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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