Meaning

8 senses
  1. A foreign person

    (informal)A foreigner: a person from another country.

  2. A foreign vehicle

    (slang)A foreign whip, a car produced abroad.

  3. A foreign area

    (dialectal)An area of a community that lies outside the legal town or parish limits.

  4. A foreign person

    (obsolete)An outsider: a person from another place or group.

  5. (obsolete)A non-guildmember.

  6. A foreign vehicle

    (obsolete)A foreign ship.

  7. (obsolete)An outhouse; an outdoor toilet.

  8. A foreign area

    (obsolete, usually plural)An area of a monastery outside its legal limits or serving as an outer court.

Examples

1253 sentences
  1. Learning a foreign language is difficult.

    Важко вивчити іноземну мову. — shanghainese

    ruУчить иностранный язык трудно. — marafon

    deEine Fremdsprache zu lernen, ist schwierig. — MUIRIEL

  2. Are you interested in foreign languages?

    Ви цікавитеся іноземними мовами? — deniko

    ruВы интересуетесь иностранными языками? — Hellerick

    deInteressierst du dich für Fremdsprachen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Do you have any foreign books?

    У тебе є якісь іноземні книжки? — deniko

    deHaben Sie ausländische Bücher? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I am learning two foreign languages.

    Я вивчаю дві іноземні мови. — deniko

    ruЯ изучаю два иностранных языка. — elsteris

    deIch lerne zwei Fremdsprachen. — MUIRIEL

  5. He is engaged in foreign trade.

    Він зайнятий у сфері міжнародної торгівлі. — deniko

Forms

plural: foreigns
Singularforeign
Pluralforeigns

regular

Synonyms

56 synonyms

Collocations

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 dictionary

Dictionary 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.

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