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foreign in Arabic

أَجْنَبِيّ ʔajnabiyy

/ˈfɒɹɪn//ˈfɔɹɪn/

foreign in Arabic: أَجْنَبِيّ (ʔajnabiyy), غَرِيب (ḡarīb). In English, foreign means located outside a country or place, especially one's own.

Arabic words for foreign

located outside one's own country or place
أَجْنَبِيّ ʔajnabiyy
originating from or characteristic of a different country
غَرِيب ḡarīb, أَجْنَبِيّ ʔajnabiyy

English meaning of foreign

  1. adjective Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
  2. adjective Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.
  3. adjective Relating to a different nation.
  4. adjective Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.

Full definition of foreign

foreign in a sentence

  • foreign markets; foreign soil
  • He liked visiting foreign cities.
  • foreign car; foreign word; foreign citizen; foreign trade

Synonyms of foreign

All synonyms of foreign

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Questions about foreign in Arabic

What is the meaning of foreign in Arabic?
Foreign in Arabic is أَجْنَبِيّ (ʔajnabiyy), غَرِيب (ḡarīb).
ما معنى كلمة foreign؟
Foreign: أَجْنَبِيّ (ʔajnabiyy), غَرِيب (ḡarīb).
What does foreign mean in English?
Foreign means located outside a country or place, especially one's own.

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