foreign
A foreign personA foreign person: A foreigner: a person from another country.
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» Learning a foreign language is difficult.
Eine Fremdsprache zu lernen, ist schwierig. — MUIRIEL
Es ist schwierig, eine Fremdsprache zu lernen. — MUIRIEL
Учить иностранный язык трудно. — marafon
Иностранный язык трудно учить. — marafon
Трудно учить иностранный язык. — marafon
Важко вивчити іноземну мову. — shanghainese
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8 sensesA foreign person
(informal)A foreigner: a person from another country.
A foreign vehicle
(slang)A foreign whip, a car produced abroad.
A foreign area
(dialectal)An area of a community that lies outside the legal town or parish limits.
A foreign person
(obsolete)An outsider: a person from another place or group.
(obsolete)A non-guildmember.
A foreign vehicle
(obsolete)A foreign ship.
(obsolete)An outhouse; an outdoor toilet.
A foreign area
(obsolete, usually plural)An area of a monastery outside its legal limits or serving as an outer court.
Examples
1253 sentencesLearning a foreign language is difficult.
Важко вивчити іноземну мову. — shanghainese
ruУчить иностранный язык трудно. — marafon
deEine Fremdsprache zu lernen, ist schwierig. — MUIRIEL
Are you interested in foreign languages?
Ви цікавитеся іноземними мовами? — deniko
ruВы интересуетесь иностранными языками? — Hellerick
deInteressierst du dich für Fremdsprachen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Do you have any foreign books?
У тебе є якісь іноземні книжки? — deniko
deHaben Sie ausländische Bücher? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I am learning two foreign languages.
Я вивчаю дві іноземні мови. — deniko
ruЯ изучаю два иностранных языка. — elsteris
deIch lerne zwei Fremdsprachen. — MUIRIEL
He is engaged in foreign trade.
Він зайнятий у сфері міжнародної торгівлі. — deniko
Forms
plural: foreignsSynonyms
56 synonymsCollocations
12 patterns- foreign language
- a foreign language
- learn a foreign
- only foreign language
- the only foreign
- foreign language is
- master a foreign
- foreign country
- foreign language that
- a foreign country
- in a foreign
- any foreign languages
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.