foreigner
Syllables: for·eign·erUK/ˈfɒɹ.ɪ.nə(ɹ)//ˈfɔɹ.ɪ.nɚ/
foreigner noun: a person from a foreign country.
Noun
foreigner (plural foreigners)
- A person from a foreign country.
- By the existing law of Great Britain all foreigners have the unrestricted right of entrance and residence in this country; and while they remain in it are, equally with British subjects, under the protection of the law; nor can they be punished except for an offence against the law, and under the...1852 May 4, Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, quotee, “FOREIGN REFUGEES.”, in Hansard's Parliamentary Debates
- For a student of American history and a foreigner like myself, it is easier to understand all these extremisms of conscience.1971 October 6, Alberto R. Oliva, “The American Sense of Guilt”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Sep 2024
- Antonyms:
- native
- A private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.
foreigner meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
foreigner in Hindi
- person in a foreign land
- विदेशी videśī, अन्यदेशीय anyadeśīya, परदेशी pardeśī, अजनबी ajnabī
foreigner in Tamil
- அயல் நாட்டவர், அயல் நாட்டார், வெளி நாட்டார், வெளிநாட்டவர், பரதேசி
foreigner in Marathi
- परदेशी
foreigner in Urdu
- person in a foreign land
- اَجْنَبی ajnabī, پَرْدیسی pardesī, بیگانَہ begāna
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- foreigner in Bengali
- বিদেশি bideśi, বিদেশিনী bideśini, আজনবি ajnobi
- foreigner in Telugu
- పరదేశి paradēśi
- foreigner in Malayalam
- വിദേശി vidēśi
- foreigner in Kannada
- ವಿದೇಶೀಯ, ಹೊರದೇಶಿ, ಪರದೇಶಿ, ಹೊರನಾಡಿಗ
- foreigner in Punjabi
- ਵਿਦੇਸ਼ੀ
- foreigner in Gujarati
- વિદેશી videśī
- foreigner in Odia
- ବିଦେଶୀ
- foreigner in Sanskrit
- यवन yavana
- foreigner in Assamese
- বিদেশী bidexi
- foreigner in Pashto
- اجنبي ajnabí, خارج xāréj
- foreigner in Arabic
- أَجْنَبِيّ ʔajnabiyy, أَجْنَبِيَّة ʔajnabiyya
- foreigner in Malay
- orang asing
- foreigner in Indonesian
- orang asing
- foreigner in Thai
- ฝรั่ง fà-ràng, ฮวน huuan, ต่างชาติ dtàang-châat, ต่างด้าว dtàang-dâao
- foreigner in Vietnamese
- người nước ngoài, người ngoại quốc
- foreigner in Myanmar
- တတိုင်းတပြည်သား ta.tuing:ta.pranysa:, နိုင်ငံခြားသား nuingngamhkra:sa:
Examples of foreigner in a sentence
- Heterography in English makes it difficult for foreigners to learn pronunciation.
- Fear of foreigners runs through that country at all levels of its society.
- The pavement markings on the street were confusing to foreigners.
Synonyms of foreigner
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Antonyms
Forms of foreigner
| plural | foreigners |
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Origin of foreigner
From Middle English forner, foreyner, foroner, forenere, augmentation of earlier forein (“foreigner”), from the adjective. Equivalent to foreign + -er. Use of the -er suffix may be due to analogy with Middle English straunger (“stranger”). Displaced native Old English elþēodiġ.
Words formed from foreigner
Phrases with foreigner
Questions about foreigner
- What does foreigner mean?
- Foreigner means a person from a foreign country.
- What is foreigner in Hindi?
- Foreigner in Hindi is विदेशी (videśī), अन्यदेशीय (anyadeśīya), परदेशी (pardeśī). See Foreigner meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is foreigner?
- Foreigner is a noun.
- How do you pronounce foreigner?
- Foreigner is pronounced /ˈfɒɹ.ɪ.nə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of foreigner?
- The plural of foreigner is foreigners.
Words near foreigner in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: foreigner (page history and authors); foreigner (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); foreigner (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foreigner (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); foreigner (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foreigner (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); यवन (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); বিদেশী (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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