Definition of FOREIGN

foreign

Meanings

Plural: foreigns

Adjective

  • of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)
    • "foreign trade"
    • "a foreign office"
  • relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
    • "foreign nations"
    • "a foreign accent"
    • "on business in a foreign city"

Adjective Satellite

  • not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
    • "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"
    • "jealousy is foreign to her nature"
  • not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source
    • "foreign particles in milk"

Adj

  • Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
  • Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.
  • Relating to a different nation.
  • Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
  • Alien; strange; uncharacteristic.
  • Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
  • 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.
  • Outside, outdoors, outdoor.

Noun

  • A foreign person
  • A foreigner: a person from another country.
  • A foreign person
  • An outsider: a person from another place or group.
  • A foreign person
  • A non-guildmember.
  • A foreign vehicle
  • A foreign ship.
  • A foreign vehicle
  • A foreign whip, a car produced abroad.
  • An outhouse; an outdoor toilet.
  • A foreign area
  • An area of a community that lies outside the legal town or parish limits.
  • A foreign area
  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English foreyn, forein, from Old French forain, from Vulgar Latin *forānus (“outsider, outlander”), from Latin forās (“outside, outdoors”) or forīs (“outside, outdoors”).
Displaced native Old English elþēodiġ (“foreign”) and now-dialectal English fremd, from Old English fremde (“strange, foreign”).
The silent -g- added perhaps by analogy with reign (compare also sovereign which was similarly altered).

Synonyms

acquired, additional, adventitious, alien, ascititious, backhouse, backside, bog, boggard, boghouse, carsey, chamber foreign, common house, commons, Cousin John, craphouse, danna, draught, draught-house, dunnekin, dunny, earth closet, extraneous, foreign, fremd, gang, gingerbread office, gong, gonghouse, House of Commons, house of ease, house of easement, house of office, international, intrusive, issue, jacques, jakes, jakeshouse, johnny house, karzy, khazi, kocay, little house, long drop, longhouse, necessary, necessary house, necessary place, necessary vault, neddy, netty, outhouse, outlandish, overseas, passage house, petty, petty-house, privy, privy house, purging place, retreat, shield, shithouse, shouse, siege, siegehouse, strange, supplemental, thunderbox, usual offices, vault, wardrobe, withdraught

Scrabble Score: 11

foreign is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
foreign is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
foreign is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

foreign is a valid Words With Friends word