Foreign — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)

relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fˈɔːɹən/

🇬🇧British English

/fˈɒɹən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fˈɒɹən/

2 syllables Say it as /fˈɔːɹən/.

Examples

foreign trade
a foreign office
foreign nations

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

strange extraneous alien

Antonyms

domestic native

Parts of Speech

adjective	of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own) “foreign trade”
adjective	relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world “foreign nations”
adjective	not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something “an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism”
adjective	not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source “water free of extraneous matter”

Word Forms

foreignness	noun	the quality of being alien or not native
extraneousness	noun	unrelatedness by virtue of falling outside the matter at hand

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

ausländisch

von Belang für oder in Bezug auf die Angelegenheiten anderer Nationen (außer Ihrer eigenen)

🇫🇷French

étranger

qui concerne ou concerne les affaires d'autres nations (autres que la vôtre)

🇪🇸Spanish

extranjero

de interés o concerniente a los asuntos de otras naciones (además de la suya)

🇮🇹Italian

straniero

che riguardano o riguardano gli affari di altre nazioni (diverse dalla tua)

🇳🇱Dutch

buitenlands

van belang voor of met betrekking tot de zaken van andere landen (anders dan uw eigen land)

🇵🇹Portuguese

estrangeiro

que preocupa ou diz respeito aos assuntos de outras nações (além da sua)

🇷🇺Russian

иностранный

беспокоящие или касающиеся дел других стран (кроме вашей собственной)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विदेश

अन्य राष्ट्रों के मामलों से संबंधित या उनके संबंध में (आपके अपने को छोड़कर)

🇧🇩Bengali

বিদেশী

অন্যান্য জাতির (আপনার নিজস্ব ব্যতীত) বিষয়ে উদ্বেগ বা উদ্বেগ

🇮🇳Tamil

வெளிநாட்டு

மற்ற நாடுகளின் (உங்கள் சொந்தம் அல்லாத) விவகாரங்களில் அக்கறை அல்லது அக்கறை

🇮🇳Telugu

విదేశీ

ఇతర దేశాల వ్యవహారాలకు సంబంధించిన లేదా (మీ స్వంతం కాకుండా)

🇮🇳Marathi

परदेशी

इतर राष्ट्रांच्या (तुमच्या स्वतःच्या व्यतिरिक्त) बाबींची चिंता किंवा संबंधित

🇮🇳Gujarati

વિદેશી

અન્ય રાષ્ટ્રોની (તમારા પોતાના સિવાયની) બાબતોની ચિંતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಿದೇಶಿ

ಇತರ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಗಳ ವ್ಯವಹಾರಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಅಥವಾ ಕಾಳಜಿಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ (ನಿಮ್ಮ ಸ್ವಂತವನ್ನು ಹೊರತುಪಡಿಸಿ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിദേശി

മറ്റ് രാജ്യങ്ങളുടെ (നിങ്ങളുടേതല്ലാത്തത്)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਿਦੇਸ਼ੀ

ਹੋਰ ਕੌਮਾਂ (ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਤੋਂ ਇਲਾਵਾ) ਦੇ ਮਾਮਲਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਚਿੰਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

غیر ملکی

دوسری قوموں کے معاملات سے متعلق یا ان سے متعلق (آپ کے اپنے علاوہ)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

外国的

关心或涉及其他国家（除了您自己的国家）的事务

🇯🇵Japanese

外国

他国（自国以外）の問題に関心のある、または他国の問題に関すること

🇰🇷Korean

외국의

(당신의 나라가 아닌) 다른 나라의 문제에 관심이 있거나 관련되어 있는 경우

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nước ngoài

quan tâm đến hoặc liên quan đến vấn đề của các quốc gia khác (ngoài quốc gia của bạn)

🇹🇭Thai

ต่างชาติ

ความกังวลหรือเกี่ยวข้องกับกิจการของประเทศอื่น ๆ (นอกเหนือจากของคุณเอง)

🇮🇩Indonesian

luar negeri

menjadi perhatian atau menyangkut urusan negara lain (selain negara Anda sendiri)

🇵🇭Filipino

dayuhan

ng pag-aalala sa o tungkol sa mga gawain ng ibang mga bansa (maliban sa iyong sarili)

🇲🇾Malay

asing

mengambil berat atau berkenaan dengan hal ehwal negara lain (selain negara anda)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أجنبي

الاهتمام بشؤون الدول الأخرى أو فيما يتعلق بها (بخلاف دولتك)

🇮🇷Persian

خارجی

توجه به یا مربوط به امور ملل دیگر (غیر از خودتان)

🇹🇷Turkish

yabancı

(kendi ulusunuzun dışında) diğer ulusların işleriyle ilgili veya onları ilgilendiren

🇮🇱Hebrew

זָר

של דאגה או לגבי ענייני עמים אחרים (חוץ משלך)

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The primary meaning of 'foreign' is 'of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)'.

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