foreign
adjective/ˈfɔːrən/
Слово англійською: foreign
Переклад foreign українською: чужи́й, закордо́нний, зарубі́жний, інозе́мний, чужи́й, закордо́н, зарубі́жні краї́ни
Детальний опис
- in or from a country that is not your own
- What foreign languages do you speak?
- It can be a challenge at first living in a foreign country.
- I went to the bank to get some foreign currency.
- a foreign-owned company
- foreign holidays
- He spoke with a foreign accent.
- [only before noun] dealing with or involving other countries
- This is a huge departure for the country's foreign policy.
- The country relies heavily on foreign aid.
- The area is trying to attract foreign investment.
- Iran's foreign ministry
- the Japanese foreign minister
- a foreign correspondent (= one who reports on foreign countries in newspapers or on television)
- foreign to somebody/something (formal) not typical of somebody/something; not known to somebody/something and therefore seeming strange
- Dishonesty is foreign to his nature.
- This kind of attitude is completely foreign to her.
- foreign object/body (formal) an object that has entered something by accident and should not be there
- Tears help to protect the eye from potentially harmful foreign bodies.
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Word OriginMiddle English foren, forein, from Old French forein, forain, based on Latin foras, foris ‘outside’, from fores ‘door’. The current spelling arose in the 16th cent., by association with sovereign.