foreign

Significado

Adj

1. Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
2. Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.
3. Relating to a different nation.
4. Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
5. Alien; strange; uncharacteristic.
6. (obsolete) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
7. From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation.
8. Belonging to a different organization, company etc.
9. (obsolete) Outside, outdoors, outdoor.

Noun

1. (informal) A foreign person
2. (obsolete) A foreign person
3. (obsolete) A foreign person
4. (obsolete) A foreign vehicle
5. (slang) A foreign vehicle
6. (obsolete) An outhouse; an outdoor toilet.
7. A foreign area
8. (obsolete) A foreign area
9. Short for various phrases, including foreign language, foreign parts, and foreign service.

Guionizado como

for‧eign

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈfɒɹɪn/

Etimoloxía

From Middle English foreyn, forein, from Old French forain, from Vulgar Latin *forānus (“outsider, outlander”), from Latin forās (“outside, outdoors”), also spelled 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).

Oracións

Sanjiang University also recruits foreign students .