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Meaning 1
Having to do with foreigners.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- xenophilia, xenophobia
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Having to do with foreigners.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Relating to strangers or strangeness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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From a foreign place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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From a donor of another species.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
Synonyms: hetero-
Antonyms: none provided
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Of extraterrestrial origin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *ksénwos Ancient Greek ξένϝος (xénwos) Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos)der. English xeno- Derived from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, of a stranger”).
Across languages
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.