foreigner

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɒɹ.ɪ.nə(ɹ)/
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• General-American: /ˈfɔɹ.ɪ.nɚ/
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• General-American: /ˈfɔɹ.ə.nɚ/
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• New-York-City: /ˈfɑɹ.ɪ.nɚ/
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• CMU ARPABET: F AO1 R AH0 N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: F AA1 R AH0 N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 3: F AO1 R N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 4: F AA1 R N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English forner, foreyner, foroner, forenere, augmentation of earlier forein (“foreigner”), from the adjective. Equivalent to foreign + -er. Use of the -er suffix may be due to analogy with Middle English straunger (“stranger”). Displaced native Old English elþēodiġ.

235 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: buitelander — person in a foreign land
• Albanian: huaj — person in a foreign land
• Arabic: أَجْنَبِيّ (ʔajnabiyy) — person in a foreign land
• Arabic: أَجْنَبِيَّة (ʔajnabiyya) — person in a foreign land
• Arabic: أجنبي (ʔagnabi) — person in a foreign land
• Arabic: أجنبية (ʔagnabeya) — person in a foreign land
• Arabic: أجنبي (ʔajnabi) — person in a foreign land
• Arabic: أجْنَبِيَّة (ʔajnabiyya) — person in a foreign land
• Armenian: օտարերկրացի (ōtarerkracʻi) — person in a foreign land
• Armenian: արտասահմանցի (artasahmancʻi) — person in a foreign land
• Armenian: օտարազգի (ōtarazgi) — person in a foreign land
• Aromanian: xen — person in a foreign land
• Aromanian: striin — person in a foreign land
• Azerbaijani: xarici — person in a foreign land
• Azerbaijani: əcnəbi — person in a foreign land
• Azerbaijani: yadelli — person in a foreign land
• Basque: atzerritar, kanpotar — person in a foreign land
• Belarusian: іншазе́мец (inšazjémjec) — person in a foreign land
• Belarusian: іншазе́мка (inšazjémka) — person in a foreign land
• Belarusian: чужазе́мец (čužazjémjec) — person in a foreign land
• Belarusian: чужазе́мка (čužazjémka) — person in a foreign land
• Belarusian: заме́жнік (zamjéžnik) — person in a foreign land
• Belarusian: заме́жніца (zamjéžnica) — person in a foreign land
• Bengali: বিদেশি (bideśi) — person in a foreign land
• Bengali: বিদেশিনী (bideśini) — person in a foreign land
• Bengali: আজনবি (ajnobi) — person in a foreign land
• Bulgarian: чуждене́ц (čuždenéc) — person in a foreign land
• Bulgarian: чужденка́ (čuždenká) — person in a foreign land
• Bulgarian: чужденче́ (čuždenčé) — person in a foreign land
• Burmese: တတိုင်းတပြည်သား (ta.tuing:ta.pranysa:) — person in a foreign land
• Burmese: နိုင်ငံခြားသား (nuingngamhkra:sa:) — person in a foreign land
• Catalan: foraster — person in a foreign land
• Catalan: forastera — person in a foreign land
• Catalan: estranger — person in a foreign land
• Catalan: estrangera — person in a foreign land
• Catalan: forà — person in a foreign land
• Chinese Cantonese: 外國人 /外国人 (ngoi6 gwok3 jan4) — person in a foreign land
• Chinese Cantonese: 老外 — person in a foreign land
• Chinese: вэгуйжын (veguyřɨn) — person in a foreign land
• Chinese: 外國人 /外国人 (gōa-kok-lâng) — person in a foreign land
• Chinese: 外國儂 /外国侬 (gōa-kok-lâng) — person in a foreign land
• Chinese Mandarin: 外國人 /外国人 (wàiguórén) — person in a foreign land
• Chinese Mandarin: 外人 (wàirén) — person in a foreign land
• Chinese Mandarin: 老外 (lǎowài) — person in a foreign land
• Czech: cizinec — person in a foreign land
• Czech: cizinka — person in a foreign land
• Old Czech: jinokrajín — person in a foreign land
• Danish: udlænding — person in a foreign land
• Dutch: buitenlander — person in a foreign land
• Dutch: buitenlandse — person in a foreign land
• Esperanto: fremdulo — person in a foreign land
• Esperanto: fremdlandulo — person in a foreign land
• Esperanto: eksterlandano — person in a foreign land
• Esperanto: alilandano — person in a foreign land
• Estonian: välismaalane — person in a foreign land
• Faroese: útlendingur — person in a foreign land
• Finnish: ulkomaalainen — person in a foreign land
• French: étranger — person in a foreign land
• French: étrangère — person in a foreign land
• Galician: estranxeiro — person in a foreign land
• Galician: estranxeira — person in a foreign land
• Galician: forasteiro — person in a foreign land
• Galician: forasteira — person in a foreign land
• Georgian: უცხოელი (ucxoeli) — person in a foreign land
• German: Ausländer — person in a foreign land
• German: Ausländerin — person in a foreign land
• Greek: ξένος (xénos) — person in a foreign land
• Greek: ξένη (xéni) — person in a foreign land
• Greek: αλλοδαπός (allodapós) — person in a foreign land
• Greek: αλλοδαπή (allodapí) — person in a foreign land
• Ancient Greek: ξένος (xénos) — person in a foreign land
• Ancient Greek: ξένη (xénē) — person in a foreign land
• Gujarati: વિદેશી (videśī) — person in a foreign land
• Hebrew: זָר (zar) — person in a foreign land
• Hebrew: זָרָה — person in a foreign land
• Hindi: विदेशी (videśī) — person in a foreign land
• Hindi: अन्यदेशीय (anyadeśīya) — person in a foreign land
• Hindi: परदेशी (pardeśī) — person in a foreign land
• Hindi: अजनबी (ajnabī) — person in a foreign land
• Hungarian: külföldi — person in a foreign land
• Hungarian: idegen — person in a foreign land
• Icelandic: útlendingur — person in a foreign land
• Indonesian: orang asing — person in a foreign land
• Irish: coimhthíoch — person in a foreign land
• Irish: eachtrannach — person in a foreign land
• Old Irish: echtrann — person in a foreign land
• Italian: straniero — person in a foreign land
• Italian: straniera — person in a foreign land
• Japanese: 外国人 (gaikokujin) — person in a foreign land
• Japanese: 外人 (gaijin) — person in a foreign land
• Japanese: 異国人 (ikokujin) — person in a foreign land
• Jarawa: innen — person in a foreign land
• Kazakh: шетелдік (şeteldık) — person in a foreign land
• Kazakh: шетел адамы (şetel adamy) — person in a foreign land
• Khmer: ជនបរទេស (cŭən bɑɑrĕəʼteih) — person in a foreign land
• Khmer: បរទេស (bɑɑrĕəʼteih) — person in a foreign land
• Korean: 외국인 (oegugin) — person in a foreign land
• Korean: 이국인 (igugin) — person in a foreign land
• Korean: 외인 (oein) — person in a foreign land
• Northern Kurdish: biyanî — person in a foreign land
• Northern Kurdish: ecnebî — person in a foreign land
• Kyrgyz: чет өлкөлүк (cet ölkölük) — person in a foreign land
• Ladino: estranyero — person in a foreign land
• Lao: ຝຣັ່ງ — person in a foreign land
• Lao: ແຂກ (khǣk) — person in a foreign land
• Lao: ແຂກກູລາ (khǣk kū lā) — person in a foreign land
• Lao: ຄົນນອກ (khon nǭk) — person in a foreign land
• Latin: barbarus — person in a foreign land
• Latin: peregrīnus — person in a foreign land
• Latin: extraneus — person in a foreign land
• Latin: alienus — person in a foreign land
• Latvian: ārzemnieks — person in a foreign land
• Latvian: ārzemniece — person in a foreign land
• Lithuanian: užsienietis — person in a foreign land
• Lithuanian: užsienietė — person in a foreign land
• Lithuanian: svetimšalis — person in a foreign land
• Lithuanian: kitakilmis — person in a foreign land
• Macedonian: странец (stranec) — person in a foreign land
• Macedonian: странкиња (strankinja) — person in a foreign land
• Macedonian: туѓинец (tuǵinec) — person in a foreign land
• Macedonian: туѓинка (tuǵinka) — person in a foreign land
• Malay: orang asing — person in a foreign land
• Malayalam: വിദേശി (vidēśi) — person in a foreign land
• Maltese: għarib — person in a foreign land
• Maltese: għariba — person in a foreign land
• Maltese: barrani — person in a foreign land
• Maltese: barranija — person in a foreign land
• Māori: tautangata — person in a foreign land
• Mauritian Creole: etranze — person in a foreign land
• Middle English: foreyn — person in a foreign land
• Middle English: foreyner — person in a foreign land
• Mongolian: гадаадын хүн (gadaadyn xün) — person in a foreign land
• Mongolian: гаднын хүн (gadnyn xün) — person in a foreign land
• Khiamniungan Naga: chónghái — person in a foreign land
• Navajo: anaʼí — person in a foreign land
• Navajo: déʼéyóní — person in a foreign land
• Norwegian Bokmål: utlending — person in a foreign land
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utlending — person in a foreign land
• Occitan: estrangièr — person in a foreign land
• Occitan: forastièr — person in a foreign land
• Old English: elþēodiġ — person in a foreign land
• Old English: elþēodgu — person in a foreign land
• Old Tupi: mamõygûara — person in a foreign land
• Pashto: اجنبي (ajnabí) — person in a foreign land
• Pashto: خارج (xāréj) — person in a foreign land
• Dari: اَجْنَبِی (ajnabī) — person in a foreign land
• Dari: خَارِجِی (xārijī) — person in a foreign land
• Dari: بیگَانَه (bēgāna) — person in a foreign land
• Iranian Persian: اَجْنَبی (ajnabi) — person in a foreign land
• Iranian Persian: خارِجی (xâreji) — person in a foreign land
• Iranian Persian: بیگانِه (bigâne) — person in a foreign land
• Polish: cudzoziemiec — person in a foreign land
• Polish: cudzoziemka — person in a foreign land
• Polish: obcokrajowiec — person in a foreign land
• Portuguese: estrangeiro — person in a foreign land
• Portuguese: estrangeira — person in a foreign land
• Romanian: străin — person in a foreign land
• Romanian: străină — person in a foreign land
• Russian: иностра́нец (inostránec) — person in a foreign land
• Russian: иностра́нка (inostránka) — person in a foreign land
• Russian: чужезе́мец (čužezémec) — person in a foreign land
• Russian: чужезе́мка (čužezémka) — person in a foreign land
• Russian: инозе́мец (inozémec) — person in a foreign land
• Russian: инозе́мка (inozémka) — person in a foreign land
• Russian: чужестра́нец (čužestránec) — person in a foreign land
• Russian: чужестра́нка (čužestránka) — person in a foreign land
• Scots: fremmit fowk — person in a foreign land
• Scottish Gaelic: coimheach — person in a foreign land
• Scottish Gaelic: coigreach — person in a foreign land
• Scottish Gaelic: Gall — person in a foreign land
• Scottish Gaelic: eilthireach — person in a foreign land
• Serbo-Croatian: стра́нац — person in a foreign land
• Serbo-Croatian: стра̏нкиња — person in a foreign land
• Serbo-Croatian: туђи́нац — person in a foreign land
• Serbo-Croatian: ту̀ђӣнка — person in a foreign land
• Serbo-Croatian: stránac — person in a foreign land
• Serbo-Croatian: strȁnkinja — person in a foreign land
• Serbo-Croatian: tuđínac — person in a foreign land
• Serbo-Croatian: tùđīnka — person in a foreign land
• Sherpa: ཕྱི་རྒྱ (phyi rgya) — person in a foreign land
• Slovak: cudzinec — person in a foreign land
• Slovak: cudzinka — person in a foreign land
• Slovene: tujec — person in a foreign land
• Slovene: tujka — person in a foreign land
• Upper Sorbian: wukrajnik — person in a foreign land
• Spanish: extranjero — person in a foreign land
• Spanish: extranjera — person in a foreign land
• Spanish: forastero — person in a foreign land
• Spanish: fuereño — person in a foreign land
• Spanish: foráneo — person in a foreign land
• Spanish: afuereño — person in a foreign land
• Spanish: afuerino — person in a foreign land
• Spanish: extranjis — person in a foreign land
• Spanish: meteco (despective) — person in a foreign land
• Swahili: ajinabi — person in a foreign land
• Swedish: utlänning — person in a foreign land
• Tajik: хориҷӣ (xoriji) — person in a foreign land
• Tajik: аҷнабӣ (ajnabi) — person in a foreign land
• Tajik: бегона (begona) — person in a foreign land
• Telugu: పరదేశి (paradēśi) — person in a foreign land
• Tetum: malae — person in a foreign land
• Thai: ฝรั่ง (fà-ràng) — person in a foreign land
• Thai: ฮวน (huuan) — person in a foreign land
• Thai: ต่างชาติ (dtàang-châat) — person in a foreign land
• Thai: ต่างด้าว (dtàang-dâao) — person in a foreign land
• Thai: คนจร — person in a foreign land
• Tibetan: ཕྱི་རྒྱལ་གྱི་མི (phyi rgyal gyi mi) — person in a foreign land
• Tokelauan: tino atunuku — person in a foreign land
• Tulu: ಪರ್ರಾಯೆ (parrāye) — person in a foreign land
• Turkish: yabancı — person in a foreign land
• Turkish: ecnebi — person in a foreign land
• Turkish: çet elli — person in a foreign land
• Ottoman Turkish: یابانجی (yabancı) — person in a foreign land
• Turkmen: gemişek — person in a foreign land
• Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎋𐎗 (nkr) — person in a foreign land
• Ukrainian: інозе́мець (inozémecʹ) — person in a foreign land
• Ukrainian: інозе́мка (inozémka) — person in a foreign land
• Ukrainian: чужозе́мець (čužozémecʹ) — person in a foreign land
• Ukrainian: чужозе́мка (čužozémka) — person in a foreign land
• Urdu: اَجْنَبی (ajnabī) — person in a foreign land
• Urdu: پَرْدیسی (pardesī) — person in a foreign land
• Urdu: بیگانَہ (begāna) — person in a foreign land
• Uyghur: چەت ئەللىك (chet ellik) — person in a foreign land
• Uyghur: چەتئەللىك (chet'ellik) — person in a foreign land
• Uyghur: ئەجنەبىي (ejnebiy) — person in a foreign land
• Uzbek: chet ellik — person in a foreign land
• Uzbek: ajnabiy — person in a foreign land
• Vietnamese: người nước ngoài — person in a foreign land
• Vietnamese: người ngoại quốc — person in a foreign land
• Volapük: foginänan — person in a foreign land
• Volapük: hifoginänan — person in a foreign land
• Volapük: jifoginänan — person in a foreign land
• Welsh: alltud — person in a foreign land
• Yiddish: אויסלענדער (oyslender) — person in a foreign land
• Yiddish: אויסלענדערין (oyslenderin) — person in a foreign land