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foreign

/ˈfɔːɹən/FAW-ruhn
/ˈfɔɹən/FAW-ruhn

Meaningoutside

Common meaning: from another country

Journey through time

  1. Latinforīs‘outside, out of doors’
  2. Frenchforain
  3. Middle Englishforeinesource
  4. Englishforeign‘from another country’ · today

for also in: forestforfeit

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin forīs ‘outside, out of doors’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry forīs, p. 767 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • forīs Latin “outside, out of doors”

Related words

forestforfeit

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