foreigner
A person from a foreign countryA person from a foreign country.
» I'm used to talking to foreigners.
Я привык разговаривать с иностранцами.
Я привык к общению с иностранцами.
Я звичний до розмов із іноземцями.
Meaning
2 sensesA person from a foreign country.
Ausländer, Ausländerin
иностра́нецinostránec, иностра́нкаinostránka, чужезе́мецčužezémec
інозе́мецьinozémecʹ, інозе́мкаinozémka, чужозе́мецьčužozémecʹ
a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
A private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.
Examples
338 sentencesI'm used to talking to foreigners.
Я звичний до розмов із іноземцями.
ruЯ привык разговаривать с иностранцами.
Tom pretended to be a foreigner.
Том удавав із себе іноземця.
Only foreigners are affected by this law.
Цей закон стосується лише іноземців.
deDieses Gesetz betrifft nur Ausländer.
How many foreigners do you have working here?
Скільки у вас тут працює іноземців?
deWie viele Ausländer arbeiten hier bei Ihnen?
Talking with foreigners is a lot of fun.
Спілкуватися з іноземцями дуже весело.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English forner, foreyner, foroner, forenere, augmentation of earlier forein (“From Middle English forner, foreyner, foroner, forenere, augmentation of earlier forein (“foreigner”), from the adjective. Equivalent to foreign + -er. Use of the -er suffix may be due to analogy with Middle English straunger (“stranger”). Displaced native Old English elþēodiġ.
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Forms
plural: foreigners| Singular | foreigner |
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| Plural | foreigners |
regular
Synonyms
25 synonyms- a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country:aliennoncitizenoutlander
- someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group:outsider
Antonyms
8 antonymsWord family
4 related wordsCollocations
3 patterns- is a foreigner
- by a foreigner
- many foreigners