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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɒɹɪn/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɒɹən/
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• General-American: /ˈfɔɹɪn/
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• General-American: /ˈfɔɹən/
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• General-American: /ˈfɑɹɪn/
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• New-York-City, Philadelphia: /ˈfɑɹɪn/
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• Australian: /ˈfɔɹən/
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• South-Asia: /ˈfɔrɪn/
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• South-Asia: /ˈfɑrɪn/ father-bother merger
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• South-Asia: /-ɛ(j)n/
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• rhymes with -ɒɹən
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• CMU ARPABET: F AO1 R AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English foreyn, forein, from Old French forain, from Vulgar Latin *forānus (“outsider, outlander”), from Latin forās (“outside, outdoors”) or forīs (“outside, outdoors”). Displaced native Old English elþēodiġ (“foreign”) and now-dialectal English fremd, from Old English fremde (“strange, foreign”). The silent -g- added perhaps by analogy with reign (compare also sovereign which was similarly altered).

335 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: vreemd — located outside one's own country or place
• Albanian: i huaj — located outside one's own country or place
• Arabic: أَجْنَبِيّ (ʔajnabiyy) — located outside one's own country or place
• Arabic: أجْنَبي (ʔajnabi) — located outside one's own country or place
• Armenian: օտար (ōtar) — located outside one's own country or place
• Aromanian: xen — located outside one's own country or place
• Aromanian: xeanã — located outside one's own country or place
• Aromanian: cãsen — located outside one's own country or place
• Aromanian: striin — located outside one's own country or place
• Aromanian: striinã — located outside one's own country or place
• Asturian: estrañu — located outside one's own country or place
• Asturian: foriatu — located outside one's own country or place
• Azerbaijani: xarici — located outside one's own country or place
• Azerbaijani: əcnəbi — located outside one's own country or place
• Bashkir: сит ил (sit il) — located outside one's own country or place
• Basque: atzerriko — located outside one's own country or place
• Basque: atzerritar — located outside one's own country or place
• Belarusian: заме́жны (zamjéžny) — located outside one's own country or place
• Belarusian: чужазе́мны (čužazjémny) — located outside one's own country or place
• Belarusian: іншазе́мны (inšazjémny) — located outside one's own country or place
• Belarusian: зарубе́жны (zarubjéžny) — located outside one's own country or place
• Belarusian: заграні́чны (zahraníčny) — located outside one's own country or place
• Bulgarian: чужд (čužd) — located outside one's own country or place
• Bulgarian: чуждестра́нен (čuždestránen) — located outside one's own country or place
• Catalan: estranger — located outside one's own country or place
• Catalan: estrangera — located outside one's own country or place
• Catalan: estrany — located outside one's own country or place
• Catalan: estranya — located outside one's own country or place
• Chinese Mandarin: 外國的 /外国的 (wàiguóde) — located outside one's own country or place
• Chinese Mandarin: 外來的 /外来的 (wàilái de) — located outside one's own country or place
• Chukchi: ӄуԓинутэԓьын (quḷinutėḷʹyn) — located outside one's own country or place
• Czech: cizí — located outside one's own country or place
• Czech: zahraniční — located outside one's own country or place
• Danish: fremmed — located outside one's own country or place
• Dutch: vreemd — located outside one's own country or place
• Dutch: buitenlands — located outside one's own country or place
• East Circassian: хамэ (xamɛ) — located outside one's own country or place
• Esperanto: alilanda — located outside one's own country or place
• Esperanto: fremda — located outside one's own country or place
• Estonian: võõra — located outside one's own country or place
• Finnish: vieras — located outside one's own country or place
• French: étranger — located outside one's own country or place
• Galician: estranxeiro — located outside one's own country or place
• German: fremd — located outside one's own country or place
• German: ausländisch — located outside one's own country or place
• Greek: ξένος (xénos) — located outside one's own country or place
• Ancient Greek: ξένος (xénos) — located outside one's own country or place
• Ancient Greek: ἀλλότριος (allótrios) — located outside one's own country or place
• Hebrew: זר (zar) — located outside one's own country or place
• Hindi: परदेसी (pardesī) — located outside one's own country or place
• Irish: allúrach — located outside one's own country or place
• Irish: coimhthíoch — located outside one's own country or place
• Italian: straniero — located outside one's own country or place
• Japanese: 外来の (gairai no) — located outside one's own country or place
• Javanese: anèh — located outside one's own country or place
• Old Javanese: aneh — located outside one's own country or place
• Kazakh: шетелдік (şeteldık) — located outside one's own country or place
• Khmer: បរទេស (bɑɑrĕəʼteih) — located outside one's own country or place
• Korean: 외래(外來)의 (oerae-ui) — located outside one's own country or place
• Northern Kurdish: biyanî — located outside one's own country or place
• Kyrgyz: чет элдик (cet eldik) — located outside one's own country or place
• Kyrgyz: чет өлкөлүк (cet ölkölük) — located outside one's own country or place
• Lao: ຕ່າງປະເທດ (tāng pa thēt) — located outside one's own country or place
• Lao: ຕ່າງດ້າວ (tāng dāo) — located outside one's own country or place
• Latin: extraneus — located outside one's own country or place
• Latin: barbarus — located outside one's own country or place
• Latin: peregrinus — located outside one's own country or place
• Latin: alienus — located outside one's own country or place
• Latvian: svešs — located outside one's own country or place
• Lithuanian: svetimas — located outside one's own country or place
• Macedonian: туѓ (tuǵ) — located outside one's own country or place
• Macedonian: странски (stranski) — located outside one's own country or place
• Malay: asing — located outside one's own country or place
• Mauritian Creole: etranze — located outside one's own country or place
• Middle English: foreyn — located outside one's own country or place
• Middle English: fremde — located outside one's own country or place
• Norwegian Bokmål: utenlandsk — located outside one's own country or place
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utanlandsk — located outside one's own country or place
• Old English: elþēodiġ — located outside one's own country or place
• Persian: غریب (ġarib) — located outside one's own country or place
• Persian: بیگانه (bigâne) — located outside one's own country or place
• Polish: obcy — located outside one's own country or place
• Polish: zagraniczny — located outside one's own country or place
• Polish: cudzoziemski — located outside one's own country or place
• Portuguese: estrangeiro — located outside one's own country or place
• Russian: иностра́нный (inostránnyj) — located outside one's own country or place
• Russian: зарубе́жный (zarubéžnyj) — located outside one's own country or place
• Russian: инозе́мный (inozémnyj) — located outside one's own country or place
• Russian: заграни́чный (zagraníčnyj) — located outside one's own country or place
• Russian: чужезе́мный (čužezémnyj) — located outside one's own country or place
• Scots: fremmit — located outside one's own country or place
• Scottish Gaelic: coimheach — located outside one's own country or place
• Scottish Gaelic: Gallda — located outside one's own country or place
• Serbo-Croatian: стра̑н — located outside one's own country or place
• Serbo-Croatian: ту̏ђ — located outside one's own country or place
• Serbo-Croatian: strȃn — located outside one's own country or place
• Serbo-Croatian: tȕđ — located outside one's own country or place
• Slovak: cudzí — located outside one's own country or place
• Slovak: zahraničný — located outside one's own country or place
• Slovene: tuj — located outside one's own country or place
• Spanish: extraño — located outside one's own country or place
• Spanish: extranjero — located outside one's own country or place
• Spanish: foraño — located outside one's own country or place
• Spanish: foráneo — located outside one's own country or place
• Swedish: främmande — located outside one's own country or place
• Tagalog: banyaga — located outside one's own country or place
• Tajik: хориҷӣ (xoriji) — located outside one's own country or place
• Tajik: бегона (begona) — located outside one's own country or place
• Tajik: ғариб (ġarib) — located outside one's own country or place
• Telugu: విదేశీ (vidēśī) — located outside one's own country or place
• Tetum: malae — located outside one's own country or place
• Thai: ต่างประเทศ (dtàang-bprà-têet) — located outside one's own country or place
• Thai: ต่างด้าว (dtàang-dâao) — located outside one's own country or place
• Tibetan: ཕྱི་རྒྱལ (phyi rgyal) — located outside one's own country or place
• Turkish: yabancı — located outside one's own country or place
• Ukrainian: інозе́мний (inozémnyj) — located outside one's own country or place
• Ukrainian: закордо́нний (zakordónnyj) — located outside one's own country or place
• Ukrainian: зарубі́жний (zarubížnyj) — located outside one's own country or place
• Urdu: پَرْدیسی (pardesī) — located outside one's own country or place
• Uzbek: xorijiy — located outside one's own country or place
• Uzbek: begona — located outside one's own country or place
• Uzbek: chet — located outside one's own country or place
• Vietnamese: nước ngoài — located outside one's own country or place
• West Circassian: хамэ (xamɛ) — located outside one's own country or place
• Yiddish: פֿרעמד (fremd) — located outside one's own country or place
• Arabic: غَرِيب (ḡarīb) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Arabic: أَجْنَبِيّ (ʔajnabiyy) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Armenian: արտասահմանյան (artasahmanyan) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Armenian: օտար (ōtar) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Aromanian: xen — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Aromanian: striin — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Asturian: estranxeru — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Azerbaijani: əcnəbi — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Azerbaijani: xarici — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Bashkir: сит ил (sit il) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Basque: atzerritar — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Basque: atzerriko — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Belarusian: заме́жны (zamjéžny) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Bengali: বৈদেশিক (bōideśik) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Bulgarian: чуждестра́нен (čuždestránen) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Catalan: estranger — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Catalan: estrangera — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Chinese Mandarin: 外國的 /外国的 (wàiguó de) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Chukchi: ӄуԓинутэԓьын (quḷinutėḷʹyn) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Czech: cizí — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Czech: zahraniční — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Danish: udlænding — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Danish: udenlandsk — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Dutch: buitenlands — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Dutch: allochtoon — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Esperanto: fremda — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Esperanto: alilanda — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Esperanto: eksterlanda — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Faroese: útlendskur — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Finnish: ulkomainen — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Finnish: ulkomaalainen — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• French: étranger — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• French: étrangère — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Galician: estranxeiro — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Georgian: უცხო (ucxo) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Georgian: საზღვარგარეთული (sazɣvargaretuli) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Georgian: უცხოური (ucxouri) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• German: ausländisch — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• German: fremd — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Old High German: framadi — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Old High German: fremidi — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 (framaþeis) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Greek: αλλοεθνής (alloethnís) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Greek: αλλοδαπός (allodapós) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Greek: ξένος (xénos) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Ancient Greek: ἐξωτικός (exōtikós) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Ancient Greek: ξενικός (xenikós) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Hebrew: זָר (zar) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Hindi: विदेशी (videśī) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Hindi: बिदेसी (bidesī) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Hindi: परदेसी (pardesī) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Hindi: विलायती (vilāytī) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Hungarian: külföldi — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Icelandic: erlendur — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Ido: stranjera — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Indonesian: luar negeri — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Irish: eachtrach — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Irish: iasachta — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Irish: allúrach — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Irish: coimhthíoch — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Old Irish: echtrann — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Italian: straniero — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Italian: straniera — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Japanese: 外国の (gaikoku no) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Korean: 외국(外國)의 (oegug-ui) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Korean: 다른 나라의 (dareun nara-ui) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Central Kurdish: بێگانە (bêgane) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Northern Kurdish: biyanî — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Northern Kurdish: ejnebî — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Latin: externus — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Latin: advena — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Latin: barbarus — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Latvian: ārzemju — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Latvian: svešs — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Low German: frömd — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Middle Low German: vrȫmede — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Luxembourgish: auslännesch — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Luxembourgish: friem — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Macedonian: странски (stranski) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Malay: asing — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Mauritian Creole: etranze — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Middle English: foreyn — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Middle English: fremde — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Navajo: doo tʼáá diné nilíinii — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Norman: êtrangi — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Norwegian Bokmål: utenlandsk — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utanlandsk — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Church Slavic: щоуждь (štuždĭ) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Old English: elþēodiġ — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Old Saxon: fremiði — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Persian: بیگانه (bigâne) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Persian: خارجی (xâreji) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Persian: اجنبی (ajnabi) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Polish: zagraniczny — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Polish: cudzoziemski — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Polish: obcy — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Portuguese: estrangeiro — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Romanian: străin — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Russian: иностра́нный (inostránnyj) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Russian: зарубе́жный (zarubéžnyj) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Russian: инозе́мный (inozémnyj) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Russian: заграни́чный (zagraníčnyj) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Scots: fremmit — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Scottish Gaelic: coimheach — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Scottish Gaelic: Gallda — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Serbo-Croatian: иноземни — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Serbo-Croatian: inozemni — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Slovak: cudzí — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Slovene: inozemski — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Slovene: tuj — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Lower Sorbian: cuzy — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Spanish: extranjero — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Spanish: forastero — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Spanish: foráneo — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Spanish: extranjis — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Spanish: meteco (despective) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Swedish: främmande — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Swedish: utländsk — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Tajik: хориҷӣ (xoriji) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Tajik: аҷнабӣ (ajnabi) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Tajik: ғариб (ġarib) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Telugu: విదేశీ (vidēśī) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Turkish: yabancı — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Ukrainian: інозе́мний (inozémnyj) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Ukrainian: закордо́нний (zakordónnyj) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Urdu: بِدیسی (bidesī) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Urdu: پَرْدیسی (pardesī) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Urdu: وِلائِتی (vilāytī) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Uzbek: xorijiy — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Uzbek: begona — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Uzbek: chet — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Venetan: forèsto — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Venetan: forèst — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Vietnamese: ngoại quốc — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Vietnamese: nước ngoài — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Volapük: foginänik — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Welsh: tramor — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Yan-nhangu: mulkuruŋu — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Yiddish: פֿרעמד (fremd) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Yiddish: אויסלענדיש (oyslendish) — originating from or characteristic of a different country
• Bashkir: сит ил (sit il) — relating to a different nation
• Basque: atzerri- — relating to a different nation
• Basque: kanpo- — relating to a different nation
• Catalan: estranger — relating to a different nation
• Catalan: estrangera — relating to a different nation
• Danish: udenlandsk — relating to a different nation
• Dutch: buitenlands — relating to a different nation
• Esperanto: alilanda — relating to a different nation
• Finnish: vieras — relating to a different nation
• Finnish: ulko- — relating to a different nation
• Ido: stranjera — relating to a different nation
• Irish: coimhthíoch — relating to a different nation
• Latvian: svešs — relating to a different nation
• Latvian: ārzemju — relating to a different nation
• Norwegian Bokmål: utenlandsk — relating to a different nation
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utanlandsk — relating to a different nation
• Old English: elþēodiġ — relating to a different nation
• Polish: obcy — relating to a different nation
• Portuguese: estrangeiro — relating to a different nation
• Portuguese: exterior — relating to a different nation
• Russian: вне́шний (vnéšnij) — relating to a different nation
• Russian: иностра́нный (inostránnyj) — relating to a different nation
• Russian: зарубе́жный (zarubéžnyj) — relating to a different nation
• Russian: инозе́мный (inozémnyj) — relating to a different nation
• Russian: заграни́чный (zagraníčnyj) — relating to a different nation
• Spanish: extranjero — relating to a different nation
• Spanish: exterior — relating to a different nation
• Ukrainian: зо́внішній (zóvnišnij) — relating to a different nation
• Ukrainian: інозе́мний (inozémnyj) — relating to a different nation
• Bashkir: ят (yat) — not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system
• Catalan: estrany — not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system
• Catalan: estranya — not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system
• Catalan: aliè — not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system
• Catalan: aliena — not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system
• Danish: fremmed — not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system
• Dutch: vreemd — not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system
• Finnish: vieras — not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system
• Polish: obcy — not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system
• Portuguese: estranho — not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system
• Russian: иноро́дный (inoródnyj) — not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system
• Spanish: extraño — not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system
• Bashkir: ят (yat) — alien, strange
• Cimbrian: brömade — alien, strange
• Danish: fremmedartet — alien, strange
• Dutch: vreemd (aan) — alien, strange
• Esperanto: fremda — alien, strange
• Finnish: vieras — alien, strange
• Indonesian: asing — alien, strange
• Irish: coimhthíoch — alien, strange
• Latvian: svešs — alien, strange
• Middle English: fremde — alien, strange
• Old English: fremde — alien, strange
• Polish: obcy — alien, strange
• Portuguese: estranho — alien, strange
• Russian: чу́ждый (čúždyj) — alien, strange
• Russian: чужо́й (čužój) — alien, strange
• Tocharian B: alletstse — alien, strange
• Ukrainian: чужи́й (čužýj) — alien, strange
• Vietnamese: xa lạ — alien, strange
• Finnish: vieras — held at a distance; excluded; exiled
• Finnish: syrjitty — held at a distance; excluded; exiled
• Catalan: extern — belonging to a different organization
• Catalan: externa — belonging to a different organization
• Catalan: aliè — belonging to a different organization
• Catalan: aliena — belonging to a different organization
• Finnish: vieras — belonging to a different organization
• Catalan: Catalan: estranger — belonging to a different culture
• Catalan: estrangera — belonging to a different culture
• Catalan: exòtic — belonging to a different culture
• Catalan: exòtica — belonging to a different culture