foreign

(fôr'ĭn, fŏr'-)
adj.

1. Located away from one's native country: on business in a foreign city.
2. Of, characteristic of, or from a place or country other than the one being considered: a foreign custom.
3. Conducted or involved with other nations or governments; not domestic: foreign trade.
4. Situated in an abnormal or improper place in the body and typically introduced from outside: a foreign object in the eye.
5. Not natural; alien: Jealousy is foreign to her nature.
6. Not germane; irrelevant.
7. Subject to the jurisdiction of another political unit.

[Middle English forein, from Old French forain, from Late Latin forānus, on the outside, from Latin forās, outside.]

foreignness for'eign·ness n.

SYNONYMS   foreign, alien, exotic, strange. These adjectives mean of, from, or characteristic of another place or part of the world: a foreign accent; alien customs; exotic birds; moved to a strange city.

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In general: outside the country, such as an advertisement placed in a medium outside the advertiser's country.

Advertising: newspaper advertisement placed by an advertiser located outside the area in which the newspaper is distributed.

Direct mail: in the U.S., an order, customer, or customer record that is not from a U.S., U.S. Possession, APO/FPO, or Canadian address. Some direct marketers include Canadian addresses as foreign orders or customers.

adjective

1. Of, from, or characteristic of another place or part of the world: alien, exotic, strange. Archaic outlandish. See native/foreign.
2. Not part of the essential nature of a thing: alien, extraneous, extrinsic. See native/foreign.

adj

Definition: from another country, experience; alien
Antonyms: domestic, local, national, native, natural

adj

Definition: irrelevant
Antonyms: characteristic, familiar, known, regular, relevant

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That which belongs to, or operates in accordance with, another nation, territory, state, or jurisdiction, as in the case of nonresident trustees, corporations, or persons.

1. A non-U.S. company with securities trading on the North American market.

2. In general, any corporation organized under the laws of another country.

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1. From an American's perspective, foreign means pretty much everything outside the United States.

2. Sometimes foreign corporations are called alien corporations.

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IN BRIEF: Belonging to, situated in, or derived from another country.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).

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A characteristic required for antigens, to be recognized as not a normal self constituent.

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Common misspelling(s) of foreign

• foriegn

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fremmed, udenlandsk, udenrigs-, udenlands-

idioms:

• foreign aid    økonomisk støtte fra andet land
• foreign body    fremmedlegeme
• foreign exchange    udenlandsk valuta
• foreign minister    udenrigsminister
• Foreign Office    udenrigsministerium
• foreign secretary    udenrigsminister

Nederlands (Dutch)
buitenlands, uitheems, vreemd, buiten jurisdictie van politieke eenheid

Français (French)
adj. - étranger (pays), étranger (une idée), à l'étranger

idioms:

• foreign aid    aide étrangère, aide aux pays étrangers
• foreign body    corps étranger
• foreign exchange    devises
• foreign minister    ministre des Affaires étrangères
• Foreign Office    ministère des Affaires étrangères
• Foreign Secretary    (GB) ministre des Affaires étrangères

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ausländisch, fremdartig, Fremd-, Außen-

idioms:

• foreign aid    Entwicklungshilfe
• foreign body    Fremdkörper
• foreign exchange    Devisen(handel)
• foreign minister    Außenminister
• Foreign Office    Außenministerium, Auswärtiges Amt
• Foreign Secretary    Außenminister

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αλλότριος, ξένος, αλλοεθνής, αλλοδαπός, άσχετος, εξωτερικός, των εξωτερικών υποθέσεων

idioms:

• foreign aid    ξένη βοήθεια
• foreign body    ξένο σώμα
• foreign exchange    (οικον.) ξένο συνάλλαγμα
• foreign minister    υπουργός εξωτερικών
• Foreign Office    (Βρετ.) Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών
• foreign secretary    υπουργός εξωτερικών

Italiano (Italian)
straniero

idioms:

• foreign aid    aiuti ai paesi bisognosi
• foreign body    corpo estraneo
• foreign exchange    cambio valute
• foreign minister/secretary    ministro degli esteri
• foreign office    ministero degli esteri

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - estrangeiro

idioms:

• foreign aid    auxílio (m) estrangeiro
• foreign body    órgão (m) estrangeiro
• foreign exchange    câmbio (m) (Econ.)
• foreign minister/secretary    Ministro (m) das Relações Exteriores
• Foreign Office    Ministério (m) das Relações Exteriores

Русский (Russian)
иностранный, зарубежный, незнакомый, несоответствующий, несвойственный, посторонний

idioms:

• foreign aid    экономическая помощь другим странам
• foreign body    нечто чуждое, примесь
• foreign exchange    курс иностранной валюты, иностранная валюта
• foreign minister/secretary    министр иностранных дел
• Foreign Office    Министерство иностранных дел Великобритании

Español (Spanish)
adj. - extranjero

idioms:

• foreign aid    ayuda extranjera
• foreign body    cuerpo extraño
• foreign exchange    divisas, moneda extranjera
• foreign minister    ministro de relaciones exteriores, secretario de estado
• Foreign Office    Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Secretaría de Estado, Cancillería
• Foreign Secretary    ministro de relaciones exteriores, secretario de estado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - utländsk, på annan ort, främmande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
外国的, 外来的, 外交的

idioms:

• foreign aid    外援
• foreign body    异物, 异物性
• foreign exchange    外币兑换, 外国汇票
• foreign minister    外交部长, 外务大臣, 外交大臣
• Foreign Office    外交部
• foreign secretary    外交大臣

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 外國的, 外來的, 外交的

idioms:

• foreign aid    外援
• foreign body    異物, 異物性
• foreign exchange    外幣兌換, 外國匯票
• foreign minister    外交部長, 外務大臣, 外交大臣
• Foreign Office    外交部
• foreign secretary    外交大臣

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 외국의, 외국인의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 外国の, 対外の, ある地域の外にある, 他州の, 外来の, 他者の, 無関係の

idioms:

• foreign aid    対外援助
• foreign body    異物
• foreign exchange    外国為替
• foreign minister/secretary    外務大臣
• Foreign Office    外務省

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) أجنبي , غريب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮זר, נוכרי‬

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