Meaning

3 senses
  1. Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.

    alien subjects, enemies, property, or shores

    ausländisch, fremd, fremdländisch

    інозе́мнийinozémnyj, чужозе́мнийčužozémnyj

  2. Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.

    principles alien to our religion

    fremd, fremdartig

    чужи́йčužýj

  3. Pertaining to extraterrestrial life; typical of an extraterrestrial creature.

    außerirdisch

    інопланетнийinoplanetnyj, позаземнийpozazemnyj

More definitions
  • being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
  • not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something

Examples

722 sentences
  1. I was abducted by aliens.

    Його викрали інопланетяни. — aandrusiak

    ruМеня похищали инопланетяне. — Selena777

    deIch wurde von Außerirdischen gekidnappt. — enteka

  2. I don't think Tom is an alien.

    ruНе думаю, что Том - инопланетянин. — marafon

  3. Do you think Tom could be an alien?

    deDenkst du, Tom könnte ein Alien sein? — mrtaistoi

  4. I don't think that Tom is an alien.

    ruНе думаю, что Том - инопланетянин. — marafon

  5. I think it's unlikely that aliens similar to what we see in the movies have ever visited our planet.

    Думаю, що малоймовірно, що пришельці, подібні до тих, яких ми бачимо в кіно, коли-небудь бували на нашій планеті. — deniko

    ruДумаю, маловероятно, что инопланетяне, подобные тем, что мы видим в кино, когда-либо посещали нашу планету. — sharptoothed

    deIch halte es für unwahrscheinlich, dass Außerirdische, die so aussehen wie in den Filmen, unseren Planeten je besucht haben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
not belonging to the same country:
very unfamiliar, strange:
pertaining to extraterrestrial life:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
not belonging to the same country:
very unfamiliar, strange:
pertaining to extraterrestrial life:

Origin

From Middle English alien, a borrowing from Old French alien, aliene, from Latin aliēnus (

From Middle English alien, a borrowing from Old French alien, aliene, from Latin aliēnus (“belonging to someone else”, later “exotic, foreign”), from Latin alius (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Related to English else.

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Forms

more alien, most alien
Comparativemore alien Lesson
Superlativemost alien Lesson

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Synonyms

76 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world:exotic
  • not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something:foreign

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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