Definition of foreign Foreign

/fɔˈɹʌn/ - [forun] - for•eign

We found 19 definitions of foreign from 7 different sources.

What does foreign mean?

WordNet

Adjective foreign, foreigner, foreignest
foreign - 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"
		strange
		native belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native language"
		adventive not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized; "an adventive weed"
		alien, exotic being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine"
		nonnative of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing
		naturalized, established planted so as to give an effect of wild growth; "drifts of naturalized daffodils"
		foreign-born, nonnative of persons born in another area or country than that lived in; "our large nonnative population"
		imported used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source; "imported wines"
		tramontane on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker); "the transmontane section of the state"; "tramontane winds"
foreign - of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own); "foreign trade"; "a foreign office"
		domestic produced in a particular country; "domestic wine"; "domestic oil"
		international concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations; "international affairs"; "an international agreement"; "international waters"
		abroad, overseas in a foreign country; "markets abroad"; "overseas markets"
foreign - not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature"
		alien
		extrinsic not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; "extrinsic evidence"; "an extrinsic feature of the new building"; "that style is something extrinsic to the subject"; "looking for extrinsic aid"
foreign - not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source; "water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk"
		extraneous
		adulterant, adulterating making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials; "the adulterating effect of extraneous materials"

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Wiktionary

foreign (Noun)
foreigner.
foreign (Adjective)
From a different country.
foreign (Adjective)
Belonging to a different culture.
foreign (Adjective)
Of an object, etc, in a place where it does not belong.
foreign (Adjective)
From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation.
foreign (Adjective)
Belonging to a different organization, company etc.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

foreign (a.)
Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government.
foreign (a.)
Not native or belonging to a certain country; born in or belonging to another country, nation, sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign language; foreign fruits.
foreign (a.)
Remote; distant; strange; not belonging; not connected; not pertaining or pertient; not appropriate; not harmonious; not agreeable; not congenial; -- with to or from; as, foreign to the purpose; foreign to one's nature.
foreign (a.)
Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

foreign
From a different country.
foreign
Not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

foreign
for′in, adj. belonging to another country: from abroad: alien: not belonging to, unconnected: not appropriate.—adj. For′eign-built, built in a foreign country.—ns. For′eigner, a native of another country; For′eignness, the quality of being foreign: want of relation to something: remoteness. [O. Fr. forain—Low L. foraneus—L. foras, out of doors.]