foreign
foreign Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Of, from, in, or characteristic of a country or language other than one's own.
"Learning a foreign language can open up many international career opportunities."
Dealing with or relating to other countries and international relations.
"The prime minister appointed an experienced diplomat to lead the nation's foreign policy."
Strange, unfamiliar, or alien to someone's experience or nature.
"The concept of giving up before finishing the project was completely foreign to her."
Belonging to or coming from outside an organism, substance, or system, rather than occurring naturally within it.
"The surgeon carefully removed the tiny foreign object from the patient's eye."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English forain, borrowed from Old French forain, from Vulgar Latin *foranus ('on the outside, exterior'), derived from Latin foris ('outside, out of doors'). The unpronounced 'g' was inserted in the 16th century by false analogy with words like reign and sovereign.