alien

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• /ˈeɪ.li.ən/
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From Middle English alien, a borrowing from Old French alien, aliene, from Latin aliēnus (“belonging to someone else”, later “exotic, foreign”), from Latin alius (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h2élyos. Related to English else.

Borrowed from Mandarin 阿蓮 (Ālián) Wade–Giles romanization: A1-lien2.

393 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: чужд (čužd) — not belonging to the same country
• Bulgarian: чуждестранен (čuždestranen) — not belonging to the same country
• Chinese Mandarin: 外來的 /外来的 (wàilái de) — not belonging to the same country
• Danish: udenlandsk — not belonging to the same country
• Dutch: buitenlands — not belonging to the same country
• Dutch: allochtoon — not belonging to the same country
• Estonian: välismaine — not belonging to the same country
• Estonian: võõramaine — not belonging to the same country
• Finnish: vierasmaalainen — not belonging to the same country
• French: étranger — not belonging to the same country
• Galician: estranxeiro — not belonging to the same country
• Galician: estranxeira — not belonging to the same country
• German: ausländisch — not belonging to the same country
• German: fremd — not belonging to the same country
• German: fremdländisch — not belonging to the same country
• German: auswärtig — not belonging to the same country
• Greek: ξένος (xénos) — not belonging to the same country
• Ancient Greek: ξένος (xénos) — not belonging to the same country
• Ancient Greek: ἀλλότριος (allótrios) — not belonging to the same country
• Hindi: विदेशी (videśī) — not belonging to the same country
• Indonesian: asing — not belonging to the same country
• Irish: coimhthíoch — not belonging to the same country
• Japanese: 外来の (gairai no) — not belonging to the same country
• Japanese: 外国の (gaikoku no) — not belonging to the same country
• Latin: aliēnus — not belonging to the same country
• Latin: peregrīnus — not belonging to the same country
• Macedonian: стра́нски (stránski) — not belonging to the same country
• Macedonian: туѓ (tuǵ) — not belonging to the same country
• Māori: tautangata — not belonging to the same country
• Middle English: alien — not belonging to the same country
• Polish: cudzoziemski — not belonging to the same country
• Portuguese: alienígena — not belonging to the same country
• Romanian: străin — not belonging to the same country
• Spanish: alienígena — not belonging to the same country
• Swedish: främmande — not belonging to the same country
• Thai: ต่างประเทศ (dtàang-bprà-têet) — not belonging to the same country
• Thai: ต่างด้าว (dtàang-dâao) — not belonging to the same country
• Ukrainian: інозе́мний (inozémnyj) — not belonging to the same country
• Ukrainian: чужозе́мний (čužozémnyj) — not belonging to the same country
• Armenian: օտար (ōtar) — very unfamiliar, strange
• Catalan: aliè — very unfamiliar, strange
• Catalan: alié — very unfamiliar, strange
• Danish: fremmedartet — very unfamiliar, strange
• Dutch: vreemd — very unfamiliar, strange
• Esperanto: fremda — very unfamiliar, strange
• Estonian: võõras — very unfamiliar, strange
• Finnish: vieras — very unfamiliar, strange
• Galician: estraño — very unfamiliar, strange
• Galician: estraña — very unfamiliar, strange
• German: fremd — very unfamiliar, strange
• German: fremdartig — very unfamiliar, strange
• Greek: ξένος (xénos) — very unfamiliar, strange
• Hindi: अपरिचित (apricit) — very unfamiliar, strange
• Hindi: अनजान (anjān) — very unfamiliar, strange
• Indonesian: pendatang baru — very unfamiliar, strange
• Irish: coimhthíoch — very unfamiliar, strange
• Japanese: 相容れない (aiirenai) — very unfamiliar, strange
• Japanese: 異質な (ishitsu na) — very unfamiliar, strange
• Kazakh: бөгде (bögde) — very unfamiliar, strange
• Latin: aliēnus — very unfamiliar, strange
• Macedonian: туѓ (tuǵ) — very unfamiliar, strange
• Norwegian: fremmed — very unfamiliar, strange
• Portuguese: alheio — very unfamiliar, strange
• Romanian: nefamiliar — very unfamiliar, strange
• Scottish Gaelic: coimheach — very unfamiliar, strange
• Spanish: ajeno — very unfamiliar, strange
• Spanish: alienígeno — very unfamiliar, strange
• Swedish: främmande — very unfamiliar, strange
• Ukrainian: чужи́й (čužýj) — very unfamiliar, strange
• Armenian: այլմոլորակային (aylmolorakayin) — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• Catalan: alienígena — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• Catalan: extraterrestre — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• Dutch: buitenaards — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• Esperanto: eksterterula — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• Estonian: maaväline — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• Finnish: avaruusolio- — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• Finnish: avaruusolento- — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• Finnish: muukalainen — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• French: extraterrestre — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• Galician: extraterrestre — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• German: außerirdisch — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• Hindi: परग्रही (paragrahī) — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• Italian: extraterrestre — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• Macedonian: вонзе́мјански (vonzémjanski) — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• Macedonian: во́нземен (vónzemen) — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• Norwegian: utenomjordisk — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• Portuguese: alienígena — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• Portuguese: extraterrestre — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• Romanian: extraterestru — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• Spanish: alienígena — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• Spanish: extraterrestre — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• Swedish: utomjordisk — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• Ukrainian: інопланетний (inoplanetnyj) — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• Ukrainian: позаземний (pozazemnyj) — pertaining to extraterrestrial life
• Albanian: huaj (i/e) — person, etc. from outside
• Arabic: غَرِيب (ḡarīb) — person, etc. from outside
• Arabic: غَرِيبَة (ḡarība) — person, etc. from outside
• Armenian: օտար (ōtar) — person, etc. from outside
• Azerbaijani: gəlmə — person, etc. from outside
• Bulgarian: чуждене́ц (čuždenéc) — person, etc. from outside
• Bulgarian: чужденка́ (čuždenká) — person, etc. from outside
• Catalan: estrany — person, etc. from outside
• Catalan: estranya — person, etc. from outside
• Catalan: foraster — person, etc. from outside
• Catalan: forastera — person, etc. from outside
• Chinese Mandarin: 異客 /异客 (yìkè) — person, etc. from outside
• Chinese Mandarin: 陌生人 (mòshēngrén) — person, etc. from outside
• Czech: cizinec — person, etc. from outside
• Dutch: vreemdeling — person, etc. from outside
• Dutch: vreemdelinge — person, etc. from outside
• Esperanto: alilandano — person, etc. from outside
• Esperanto: fremdulo — person, etc. from outside
• Estonian: muulane — person, etc. from outside
• Estonian: tulnukas — person, etc. from outside
• Estonian: võõras — person, etc. from outside
• Finnish: muukalainen — person, etc. from outside
• French: étranger — person, etc. from outside
• French: étrangère — person, etc. from outside
• Galician: estraño — person, etc. from outside
• Georgian: უცხო (ucxo) — person, etc. from outside
• German: Fremdling — person, etc. from outside
• German: Fremder — person, etc. from outside
• German: Fremde — person, etc. from outside
• German: Ausländer — person, etc. from outside
• German: Ausländerin — person, etc. from outside
• Greek: ξένος (xénos) — person, etc. from outside
• Hebrew: זָר (zár) — person, etc. from outside
• Hindi: अनजाना (anjānā) — person, etc. from outside
• Hindi: अनजानी (anjānī) — person, etc. from outside
• Hindi: बाहरी (bāhrī) — person, etc. from outside
• Hindi: विदेशी (videśī) — person, etc. from outside
• Hindi: परदेसी (pardesī) — person, etc. from outside
• Hungarian: idegen — person, etc. from outside
• Icelandic: aðkomumaður — person, etc. from outside
• Ido: stranjero — person, etc. from outside
• Indonesian: orang asing — person, etc. from outside
• Irish: coimhthíoch — person, etc. from outside
• Italian: straniero — person, etc. from outside
• Japanese: 余所者 (yosomono) — person, etc. from outside
• Kazakh: келімсек (kelımsek) — person, etc. from outside
• Korean: 외국인 (oegugin) — person, etc. from outside
• Korean: 이국인 (igugin) — person, etc. from outside
• Latin: peregrīnus — person, etc. from outside
• Latin: aliēnus — person, etc. from outside
• Macedonian: туѓо́земец (tuǵózemec) — person, etc. from outside
• Macedonian: ту́ѓинец (túǵinec) — person, etc. from outside
• Māori: tarutawhiti — person, etc. from outside
• Māori: tautangata — person, etc. from outside
• Middle English: alien — person, etc. from outside
• Norwegian Bokmål: fremmed — person, etc. from outside
• Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭭𐭥𐭲𐭪 — person, etc. from outside
• Polish: obcy — person, etc. from outside
• Portuguese: estranho — person, etc. from outside
• Romanian: străin — person, etc. from outside
• Romanian: străină — person, etc. from outside
• Russian: чужа́к (čužák) — person, etc. from outside
• Russian: прише́лец (prišélec) — person, etc. from outside
• Russian: незнако́мец (neznakómec) — person, etc. from outside
• Russian: незнако́мка (neznakómka) — person, etc. from outside
• Russian: посторо́нний (postorónnij) — person, etc. from outside
• Russian: посторо́нняя (postorónnjaja) — person, etc. from outside
• Scottish Gaelic: coigreach — person, etc. from outside
• Scottish Gaelic: coimheach — person, etc. from outside
• Serbo-Croatian: изванзема́љац — person, etc. from outside
• Serbo-Croatian: свеми́рац — person, etc. from outside
• Serbo-Croatian: izvanzemáljac — person, etc. from outside
• Serbo-Croatian: svemírac — person, etc. from outside
• Sicilian: stranu — person, etc. from outside
• Sicilian: strana — person, etc. from outside
• Sicilian: furisteri — person, etc. from outside
• Sicilian: furistera — person, etc. from outside
• Spanish: desconocido — person, etc. from outside
• Spanish: desconocida — person, etc. from outside
• Spanish: advena — person, etc. from outside
• Spanish: forastero — person, etc. from outside
• Swedish: främling — person, etc. from outside
• Tatar: ят (yat) — person, etc. from outside
• Tatar: чит (çit) — person, etc. from outside
• Turkish: yabancı — person, etc. from outside
• Ukrainian: чужи́нець (čužýnecʹ) — person, etc. from outside
• Ukrainian: чужи́й (čužýj) — person, etc. from outside
• Ukrainian: прибу́лець (prybúlecʹ) — person, etc. from outside
• Urdu: اجنبی (ajnabī) — person, etc. from outside
• Albanian: huaj (i/e) — foreigner
• Arabic: أَجْنَبِيّ (ʔajnabiyy) — foreigner
• Arabic: أَجْنَبِيَّة (ʔajnabiyya) — foreigner
• Azerbaijani: xarici — foreigner
• Azerbaijani: əcnəbi — foreigner
• Bulgarian: чуждене́ц (čuždenéc) — foreigner
• Bulgarian: чужденка́ (čuždenká) — foreigner
• Catalan: foraster — foreigner
• Catalan: forastera — foreigner
• Catalan: estrany — foreigner
• Catalan: estranya — foreigner
• Chinese Mandarin: 外國人 /外国人 (wàiguórén) — foreigner
• Chinese Mandarin: 外人 (wàirén) — foreigner
• Chinese Mandarin: 老外 (lǎowài) — foreigner
• Czech: cizinec — foreigner
• Danish: udlænding — foreigner
• Dutch: buitenlander — foreigner
• Dutch: allochtoon — foreigner
• Dutch: vluchteling — foreigner
• Dutch: vluchtelinge — foreigner
• Esperanto: alilandano — foreigner
• Esperanto: fremdulo — foreigner
• Estonian: välismaalane — foreigner
• Estonian: võõramaalane — foreigner
• Estonian: muulane — foreigner
• Finnish: muukalainen — foreigner
• Finnish: ulkomaalainen — foreigner
• Finnish: vierasmaalainen — foreigner
• French: étranger — foreigner
• French: étrangère — foreigner
• Galician: estranxeiro — foreigner
• Georgian: უცხოელი (ucxoeli) — foreigner
• Georgian: უცხოტომელი (ucxoṭomeli) — foreigner
• German: Fremder — foreigner
• German: Fremde — foreigner
• German: Ausländer — foreigner
• German: Ausländerin — foreigner
• Greek: ξένος (xénos) — foreigner
• Hebrew: גֵּר (ger) — foreigner
• Hindi: विदेशी (videśī) — foreigner
• Hindi: अन्यदेशीय (anyadeśīya) — foreigner
• Hindi: परदेसी (pardesī) — foreigner
• Hungarian: idegen — foreigner
• Icelandic: útlendingur — foreigner
• Ido: stranjero — foreigner
• Irish: coimhthíoch — foreigner
• Italian: straniero — foreigner
• Italian: forestiero — foreigner
• Japanese: 外国人 (gaikokujin) — foreigner
• Japanese: 外人 (gaijin) — foreigner
• Japanese: 異邦人 (ihōjin) — foreigner
• Korean: 외국인 (oegugin) — foreigner
• Korean: 이국인 (igugin) — foreigner
• Latin: peregrīnus — foreigner
• Latin: aliēnus — foreigner
• Macedonian: стра́нец (stránec) — foreigner
• Macedonian: ту́ѓинец (túǵinec) — foreigner
• Māori: tarutawhiti — foreigner
• Māori: tautangata — foreigner
• Middle English: alien — foreigner
• Iranian Persian: اَجْنَبی (ajnabi) — foreigner
• Iranian Persian: خارِجی (xâreji) — foreigner
• Iranian Persian: بیگانِه (bigâne) — foreigner
• Polish: cudzoziemiec — foreigner
• Polish: obcokrajowiec — foreigner
• Portuguese: estrangeiro — foreigner
• Portuguese: forasteiro — foreigner
• Romanian: străin — foreigner
• Romanian: străină — foreigner
• Russian: иностра́нец (inostránec) — foreigner
• Russian: чужезе́мец (čužezémec) — foreigner
• Russian: иноро́дец (inoródec) — foreigner
• Scottish Gaelic: coigreach — foreigner
• Scottish Gaelic: coimheach — foreigner
• Scottish Gaelic: Gall — foreigner
• Serbo-Croatian: стра́нац — foreigner
• Serbo-Croatian: туђи́нац — foreigner
• Serbo-Croatian: stránac — foreigner
• Serbo-Croatian: tuđínac — foreigner
• Sicilian: stranu — foreigner
• Sicilian: strana — foreigner
• Sicilian: furisteri — foreigner
• Sicilian: furistera — foreigner
• Spanish: extranjero — foreigner
• Spanish: extranjera — foreigner
• Swedish: utlänning — foreigner
• Thai: ฝรั่ง (fà-ràng) — foreigner
• Turkish: yabancı — foreigner
• Turkish: ecnebi — foreigner
• Turkish: gavur — foreigner
• Turkish: el — foreigner
• Ottoman Turkish: یابانجی (yabancı) — foreigner
• Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎋𐎗 (nkr) — foreigner
• Ukrainian: інозе́мець (inozémecʹ) — foreigner
• Ukrainian: чужозе́мець (čužozémecʹ) — foreigner
• Urdu: اَجْنَبی (ajnabī) — foreigner
• Urdu: پَرْدیسی (pardesī) — foreigner
• Urdu: بیگانَہ (begāna) — foreigner
• Vietnamese: người nước ngoài — foreigner
• Vietnamese: người ngoại quốc — foreigner
• Albanian: jashtëtokësor — life form of non-Earth origin
• Arabic: فَضَائِيّ (faḍāʔiyy) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Arabic: فَضَائِيَّة (faḍāʔiyya) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Armenian: այլմոլորակային (aylmolorakayin) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Azerbaijani: yadplanetli — life form of non-Earth origin
• Azerbaijani: uzaylı — life form of non-Earth origin
• Belarusian: іншапланеця́нін (inšaplanjecjánin) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Belarusian: іншапланеця́нка (inšaplanjecjánka) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Belarusian: чужапланеця́нін (čužaplanjecjánin) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Belarusian: чужапланеця́нка (čužaplanjecjánka) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Bulgarian: извънзе́мен (izvǎnzémen) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Bulgarian: извънзе́мна (izvǎnzémna) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Catalan: extraterrestre — life form of non-Earth origin
• Chinese Mandarin: 外星人 (wàixīngrén) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Chinese Mandarin: 宇宙人 (yǔzhòurén) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Czech: mimozemšťan — life form of non-Earth origin
• Czech: mimozemšťanka — life form of non-Earth origin
• Czech: ufoun — life form of non-Earth origin
• Danish: rumvæsen — life form of non-Earth origin
• Danish: alien — life form of non-Earth origin
• Dutch: ruimtewezen — life form of non-Earth origin
• Dutch: alien — life form of non-Earth origin
• Esperanto: aliplanedano — life form of non-Earth origin
• Esperanto: eksterterulo — life form of non-Earth origin
• Esperanto: eksterterano — life form of non-Earth origin
• Estonian: maaväline olend — life form of non-Earth origin
• Estonian: tulnukas — life form of non-Earth origin
• Faroese: rúmdarvera — life form of non-Earth origin
• Finnish: avaruusolento — life form of non-Earth origin
• Finnish: alien — life form of non-Earth origin
• French: extraterrestre — life form of non-Earth origin
• French: alien — life form of non-Earth origin
• Galician: extraterrestre — life form of non-Earth origin
• Georgian: უცხოპლანეტელი (ucxoṗlaneṭeli) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Georgian: უცხოპლანეტური (ucxoṗlaneṭuri) — life form of non-Earth origin
• German: Außerirdischer — life form of non-Earth origin
• German: Außerirdische — life form of non-Earth origin
• German: Alien — life form of non-Earth origin
• German: Weltraumwesen — life form of non-Earth origin
• Greek: εξωγήινος (exogíinos) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Hebrew: חַיְזָר (khayzár) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Hebrew: חוּצָן (khutsán) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Hindi: परग्रही (paragrahī) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Hungarian: földönkívüli — life form of non-Earth origin
• Hungarian: űrlakó — life form of non-Earth origin
• Hungarian: űrlény — life form of non-Earth origin
• Icelandic: geimvera — life form of non-Earth origin
• Ido: extraterano — life form of non-Earth origin
• Indonesian: makhluk luar — life form of non-Earth origin
• Indonesian: makhluk angkasa — life form of non-Earth origin
• Indonesian: makhluk asing — life form of non-Earth origin
• Irish: eachtrán — life form of non-Earth origin
• Italian: extraterrestre — life form of non-Earth origin
• Italian: alieno — life form of non-Earth origin
• Japanese: 宇宙人 (uchūjin) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Japanese: 異星人 (iseijin) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Japanese: エイリアン (eirian) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Kazakh: келімсек (kelımsek) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Korean: 우주인 (uju'in) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Korean: 외계인 (oegyein) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Korean: 에일리언 (eillieon) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Macedonian: вонзе́мјанин (vonzémjanin) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Macedonian: вонзе́мјанка (vonzémjanka) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Malay: makhluk asing — life form of non-Earth origin
• Navajo: yótʼááh dineʼé dootłʼizhígíí — life form of non-Earth origin
• Norwegian Bokmål: romvesen — life form of non-Earth origin
• Norwegian Nynorsk: romvesen — life form of non-Earth origin
• Persian: بیگانه (bigane) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭭𐭥𐭲𐭪 — life form of non-Earth origin
• Polish: obcy — life form of non-Earth origin
• Polish: kosmita — life form of non-Earth origin
• Polish: istota pozaziemska — life form of non-Earth origin
• Polish: ufoludek — life form of non-Earth origin
• Polish: zielony ludzik — life form of non-Earth origin
• Portuguese: alienígena — life form of non-Earth origin
• Portuguese: extraterrestre — life form of non-Earth origin
• Portuguese: alien — life form of non-Earth origin
• Romanian: extraterestru — life form of non-Earth origin
• Romanian: extraterestră — life form of non-Earth origin
• Russian: инопланетя́нин (inoplanetjánin) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Russian: инопланетя́нка (inoplanetjánka) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Russian: инопланетя́не (inoplanetjáne) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Russian: прише́лец (prišélec) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Serbo-Croatian: ванзема́љац — life form of non-Earth origin
• Serbo-Croatian: изванзема́љац — life form of non-Earth origin
• Serbo-Croatian: свеми́рац — life form of non-Earth origin
• Serbo-Croatian: vanzemáljac — life form of non-Earth origin
• Serbo-Croatian: izvanzemáljac — life form of non-Earth origin
• Serbo-Croatian: svemírac — life form of non-Earth origin
• Sicilian: stratirrestri — life form of non-Earth origin
• Sicilian: alienu — life form of non-Earth origin
• Sicilian: aliena — life form of non-Earth origin
• Slovak: mimozemšťan — life form of non-Earth origin
• Slovak: mimozemšťanka — life form of non-Earth origin
• Slovene: nezemljan — life form of non-Earth origin
• Slovene: nezemljanka — life form of non-Earth origin
• Spanish: extraterrestre — life form of non-Earth origin
• Spanish: alienígena — life form of non-Earth origin
• Swedish: utomjording — life form of non-Earth origin
• Swedish: utomjordling — life form of non-Earth origin
• Swedish: rymdvarelse — life form of non-Earth origin
• Thai: มนุษย์ต่างดาว (má-nút-dtàang-daao) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Turkish: uzaylı — life form of non-Earth origin
• Ukrainian: іншопланетя́нин (inšoplanetjányn) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Ukrainian: іншопланетя́нка (inšoplanetjánka) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Ukrainian: чужопланетя́нин (čužoplanetjányn) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Ukrainian: чужопланетя́нка (čužoplanetjánka) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Ukrainian: інопланетя́нин (inoplanetjányn) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Ukrainian: інопланетя́нка (inoplanetjánka) — life form of non-Earth origin
• Vietnamese: người ngoài hành tinh — life form of non-Earth origin