ADJECTIVE | all | foreign | of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own) |
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all | foreign, strange | relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world | |
all | foreign, alien | not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something | |
all | foreign, extraneous | not belonging to that in which it is contained |
Sounds | faa'rahn; fao'rahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | Of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own). | |
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Narrower | abroad, overseas | In a foreign country |
external, international, outside | From or between other countries | |
See also | international | Concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations |
Opposite | domestic | Of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation |
Spanish | exterior, extranjero | |
Catalan | estranger, exterior |
Meaning | relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world. | |
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Synonym | strange | |
Attribute of | foreignness, strangeness, curiousness | The quality of being alien or not native |
unfamiliarity, strangeness | unusualness as a consequence of not being well known | |
Narrower | adventive | not native and not fully established |
alien, exotic | Being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world | |
established, naturalized | introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation | |
foreign-born, nonnative | Of persons born in another area or country than that lived in | |
imported | Used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source | |
nonnative | Of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing | |
tramontane | Being or coming from another country | |
unnaturalized, unnaturalised | not having acquired citizenship | |
See also | unfamiliar | not known or well known |
Opposite | native | Characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin |
Spanish | extranjero, extraño, foráneo, forastero | |
Catalan | estranger, estrangera, estrany, forà, foraster, forastera |
Meaning | not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something. | |
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Synonym | alien | |
Broader | extrinsic | not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside |
Spanish | ajeno, extrínseco | |
Catalan | aliè, extrínsec | |
Nouns | foreignness | the quality of being alien or not native |
Meaning | not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source. | |
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Example | "foreign particles in milk" | |
Synonym | extraneous | |
Broader | adulterating, adulterant | making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials |
Spanish | ajeno, extraño | |
Catalan | estrany |
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