noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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General-American:/fɔːɹɪn kʌntɹi/
General-American:[fɔːɹɪn khʌnt͡ʃhɹi]
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1
noun
Meaning 1
Any country of which one is not a citizen. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
any state of which one is not a citizen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
working in a foreign country takes a bit of getting used to
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
101 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Southern Altai:
тыш ороон
(tïš oroon)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Arabic:
بَلَد أَجْنَبِيّ
(balad ʔajnabiyy)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Armenian:
արտերկիր
(arterkir)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Armenian:
արտասահման
(artasahman)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Azerbaijani:
xaric
— country of which one is not a citizen
Azerbaijani:
xarici ölkə
— country of which one is not a citizen
Azerbaijani:
yad ölkə
— country of which one is not a citizen
Azerbaijani:
qürbət
— country of which one is not a citizen
Basque:
atzerri
— country of which one is not a citizen
Belarusian:
заме́жжа
(zamjéžža)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Belarusian:
заграні́ца
(zahraníca)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Belarusian:
чужы́на
(čužýna)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Belarusian:
зарубе́жжа
(zarubjéžža)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Bengali:
বিদেশ
(bideś)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Bengali:
প্রবাস
(probaś)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Bulgarian:
чужби́на
(čužbína)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Burmese:
နိုင်ငံခြား
(nuingngamhkra:)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Catalan:
estranger
— country of which one is not a citizen
Chinese Cantonese:
外國 /外国
(ngoi6 gwok3)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Chinese Cantonese:
他鄉 /他乡
(taa1 hoeng1)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Chinese:
外國 /外国
(zh-min-nan)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Chinese:
他鄉 /他乡
(zh-min-nan)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Chinese Mandarin:
外國 /外国
(wàiguó)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Chinese Mandarin:
海外
(hǎiwài)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Chinese Mandarin:
他鄉 /他乡
(tāxiāng)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Chinese Mandarin:
異國 /异国
(yìguó)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Czech:
cizí země
— country of which one is not a citizen
Danish:
udland
— country of which one is not a citizen
Dutch:
buitenland
— country of which one is not a citizen
Esperanto:
fremdlando
— country of which one is not a citizen
Esperanto:
eksterlando
— country of which one is not a citizen
Esperanto:
alilando
— country of which one is not a citizen
Finnish:
ulkomaa
— country of which one is not a citizen
Finnish:
ulkovalta
— country of which one is not a citizen
French:
étranger
— country of which one is not a citizen
French:
pays étranger
— country of which one is not a citizen
Galician:
país estranxeiro
— country of which one is not a citizen
Georgian:
უცხოეთი
(ucxoeti)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Georgian:
საზღვარგარეთი
(sazɣvargareti)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Georgian:
უცხო ქვეყანა
(ucxo kveq̇ana)
— country of which one is not a citizen
German:
Ausland
— country of which one is not a citizen
German:
fremdes Land
— country of which one is not a citizen
Gujarati:
પરદેશ
(pardeś)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Gujarati:
વિદેશ
(videś)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Gujarati:
દેશાવર
(deśāvar)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Gujarati:
દેશાંતર
(deśāntar)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Hebrew:
נֵכָר
(nekar)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Hindi:
विदेश
(videś)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Hungarian:
külföld
— country of which one is not a citizen
Hungarian:
külhon
— country of which one is not a citizen
Icelandic:
útland
— country of which one is not a citizen
Italian:
estero
— country of which one is not a citizen
Japanese:
海外
(kaigai)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Japanese:
外国
(gaikoku)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Kazakh:
шетел
(şetel)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Khmer:
បរទេស
(bɑɑrĕəʼteih)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Khmer:
ប្រទេសក្រៅ
(prɑteih kraw)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Khmer:
ស្រុកក្រៅ
(srok kraw)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Korean:
외국
(oeguk)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Korean:
이국
(iguk)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Lao:
ບໍຣະເທດ
(bǭ ra thēt)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Latin:
barbaria
— country of which one is not a citizen
Lithuanian:
užsienis
— country of which one is not a citizen
Macedonian:
ту́ѓина
(túǵina)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Macedonian:
ја́бана
(jábana)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Macedonian:
чу́ждина
(čúždina)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Norwegian Bokmål:
utland
— country of which one is not a citizen
Norwegian Bokmål:
fremmed land
— country of which one is not a citizen
Norwegian Nynorsk:
utland
— country of which one is not a citizen
Old English:
ūtland
— country of which one is not a citizen
Old English:
eleland
— country of which one is not a citizen
Old English:
elland
— country of which one is not a citizen
Pohnpeian:
waii
— country of which one is not a citizen
Polish:
zagranica
— country of which one is not a citizen
Portuguese:
país estrangeiro
— country of which one is not a citizen
Romanian:
străinătate
— country of which one is not a citizen
Russian:
зарубе́жная страна́
(zarubéžnaja straná)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Russian:
заграни́ца
(zagraníca)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Russian:
чужби́на
(čužbína)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Russian:
зарубе́жье
(zarubéžʹje)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Sanskrit:
परदेश
(paradeśa)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Serbo-Croatian:
туђина
— country of which one is not a citizen
Serbo-Croatian:
tuđina
— country of which one is not a citizen
Slovak:
cudzia krajina
— country of which one is not a citizen
Slovak:
cudzina
— country of which one is not a citizen
Spanish:
el extranjero
— country of which one is not a citizen
Swahili:
nchi ya nje
— country of which one is not a citizen
Swedish:
främmande land
— country of which one is not a citizen
Tamil:
வெளிநாடு
(veḷināṭu)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Tamil:
அயல்நாடு
(ayalnāṭu)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Thai:
ต่างประเทศ
(dtàang-bprà-têet)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Thai:
เมืองนอก
(mʉʉang-nɔ̂ɔk)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Thai:
พิเทศ
(pí-têet)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Thai:
บรเทศ
(bɔɔ-rá-têet)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Ottoman Turkish:
طیشاری
(dışarı)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Ukrainian:
закордо́н
(zakordón)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Ukrainian:
чужина́
(čužyná)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Ukrainian:
зарубі́жжя
(zarubížžja)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Ukrainian:
закордо́ння
(zakordónnja)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Urdu:
بِدیس
(bides)
— country of which one is not a citizen
Vietnamese:
nước ngoài
— country of which one is not a citizen
