foreign

foreign
foreign [fôr′in, fär′in]
adj.
[ME forein < OFr forein, forain < LL foranus, foreign, orig., external < L foras, out-of-doors, orig. acc. pl. of OL fora, DOOR]
1. situated outside one's own country, province, locality, etc. [foreign lands]
2. of, from, or characteristic of another country or countries [foreign languages]
3. having to do with the relations of one country to another country or countries [foreign affairs, foreign trade]: often opposed to DOMESTIC
4. not subject to the laws or jurisdiction of the specified country
5.
a) not natural to the person or thing specified; not belonging; not characteristic [a trait foreign to one's nature]
b) not pertinent; irrelevant
6. not organically belonging; introduced from outside: said of substances found in parts of the body or in organisms where they do not naturally occur
SYN.- EXTRINSIC
foreignness
n.

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